Around five-six years ago, it would have been easy to say that nothing was happening in the world of Marathi children’s literature. I would have simply left my comment at that. But since the situation today has changed, it needs a mention as well. It is high time that we acknowledge the bits and pieces of contributions and explorations, initiated and ongoing despite the odds.
There was a deep silence in the field of children’s literature at the time when I started working. Be it the writers, publishers or buyers, no one was interested to hear or say a word about it, let alone to give it a thought. A discrete community of ‘children’s books illustrators’ hadn’t yet been born.