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Under The Neem Tree/Neem Gaachher Tolaay (Bengali)

Author : P Anuradha
Illustrator : A V Ilango

Who should get more rotis — Ookamma or Ookaiah? A folktale about a quarrelling old couple is woven into another story about the lives of children in a village, growing up, playing, going to a government school, watching adults squabble, feeling hunger, understanding friendship and, most importantly, sitting under a neem tree and listening to stories from an old grandmother. Originally in Telugu, this came out of a collection of stories around the Dalit experience. Well known artist A.V. Ilango's strong, flowing lines recreate the earthy ambience of rural Andhra. CBSE recommended 2018: Best of Indian Children's Writing: Contemporary

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Age 6+
Specifications 24 pages; 10.5” x 8.5”; full colour; soft cover
Translator Suchhanda Sarkar
ISBN 978-93-5046-068-9
First Published 2012

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The story, at its basic level, is about a group of children listening to a folktale narrated in installments by the village story-teller Nainamma. She narrates the well known story of Ookamma and Ookaiah. However there are additional complications. The issue of equality of the sexes and equal importance of their work and roles in society comes up. Goodbooks.in

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Under The Neem Tree/Neem Gaachher Tolaay (Bengali)

Under The Neem Tree/Neem Gaachher Tolaay (Bengali)

Who should get more rotis — Ookamma or Ookaiah? A folktale about a quarrelling old couple is woven into another story about the lives of children in a village, growing up, playing, going to a government school, watching adults squabble, feeling hunger, understanding friendship and, most importantly, sitting under a neem tree and listening to stories from an old grandmother. Originally in Telugu, this came out of a collection of stories around the Dalit experience. Well known artist A.V. Ilango's strong, flowing lines recreate the earthy ambience of rural Andhra. CBSE recommended 2018: Best of Indian Children's Writing: Contemporary

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