Mohini Gupta is an MA in Cultural Studies from SOAS, University of London. She was selected for the Dhvani Fellowship at Sangam House to work on her Hindi translations of Vikram Seth's poems in Beastly Tales from Here and There. She is a Grade 8 pianist, and also freelances with Doordarshan as an anchor for Kitabnama. She currently works as the Programme Lead at the Vedica Scholars Programme for Women, New Delhi.
Kutak-katak… zoing-zoing… bzzzt-bzzzt… zzzk-zzzk… Salim goes from village to village sharpening knives. But who needs knives sharpened every day? Some days he hardly makes enough money for a good meal. Now, with Eid coming, he decides to try his luck on the other side of the jungle – and runs into a customer he hadn’t bargained for in his ‘wildest'...
Words rollick and frolic in Kanna's head, yet he hardly speaks. One day, he is with his family at the cave temples when the lights go off. Everyone is frightened, except Kanna. Light or no light, it makes no difference because he can't see anyway. And as he confidently leads the way out, he finds himself talking… Words tumble out to unleash the playful...
