Living in Harmony with Nature
Neera Jain
HUM JUNGLE KE JAGAR MAGAR by By Raj Shekhar.Illustrated by Venkat Shyam.Designed by Nina Sabnani Tulika, Chennai, 2022, 24 pp., INR 165
October 2023, volume 47, No 10

Gond art and a folk song sourced from a tribe in Telangana come together in a delightful picture book for children, Hum Jungle ke Jagar Magar. The three people who got together to make this book: Raj Shekhar, Venkat Shyam, and Nina Sabnani have rich experience and credentials for this kind of work. Raj Shekhar is a well-established poet and has been awarded Kavya Samman by the Hindi Academy.

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