TUMNE MERA ANDAA TO NAHI DEKHA?
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TUMNE MERA ANDAA TO NAHI DEKHA? by Adapted by Eklavya’s Bal Gatividhi Karyakram. Illustrations and Design by Kanak Shashi Eklavya Foundation, 2023, 162 pp., INR 80.00
November 2024, volume 48, No 11

Aren’t some stories and pictures more appealing when shared and bigger?! It can’t be truer for Tumne Mera…. A big book! In bold black and red, the cover instantly grabbed me. The image of Mama Hen announced the question, ‘Tumne Mera Andaa to Nahi Dekha?’, while she and the chick, who seems to have just emerged from the egg, look at each other… What a tender moment! Even though I’ve known this story for quite some time now (the Hindi book is in its 19th reprint), the Big Book was like a treasure chest!

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