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Aditya Karnik
MANN MEIN KHUSHI PAIDA KARNE WALE RANG by Teji Grover. Illustrated by Taposhi Ghoshal Jugnoo Prakashan, 2020, 64 pp., 200.00
HEROES WITHOUT CAPESby Dr D. Illustrated by Tanvi Bhat Scholastic India, 2020, 28 pp., 295.00
November 2021, volume 45, No 11

A well-written book with extensive vocabulary, Teji Grover’s Mann Mein Khushi Paida Karne Wale Rang is full of memories, stories, haikus and appealing art. Divided into fourteen chapters, the author reminisces about some of her childhood memories and describes them in detail. Each of the fourteen chapters tells a different story. Readers are able to vividly imagine the incidents, some of which include the rescue of a cat on Deepavali, the life story of the author’s friend Alan or the recollection of her visits to countries. She also writes about the art she made in her childhood, the use of natural colours and their importance. In the last chapter, Teji discusses her friend Sanju Jain’s artwork and the joy her technique brings.

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