Mother Steals a Bicycle: and Other Stories - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 8193448510 ISBN 13: 9788193448519

Publisher: Tara Books, 2019

Synopsis

“Did Amma really steal a bicycle, and is it even possible to wrestle your shadow?”
Did you ever wonder how your parents were as kids? Were they up to mischief? Did they get into trouble a lot?
Then read these stories about a mother who tells her child about her strange and exciting adventures growing up in a village in South India. Look carefully at the beautiful illustrations... and imagine yourself in this fantastic world of midnight feasts, roving hyenas, shrieking peacocks, buzzing insects and stolen bicycles...does it sound unbelievable? And yet...could it all be true?

About this title

About the Author:

Salai Selvam is a Tamil writer, interested in education, childhood studies, and children's literature. Her writings have appeared in several Tamil feminist journals and newspapers. For over three decades she has been working on literacy and gender issues in rural India. Currently she is with an educational foundation that supports teacher education.

Shruti Buddhavarapu is a writer, editor, poet, academic and translator. Educated in the Universities of Delhi, Jawaharlal Nehru and British Columbia, she has a double masters in Literature and Social Justice. Informed by popular culture as much as critical theory, her work is anchored in sifting the various networks of power in the quotidian

Born in Rajasthan and to music, Tejubehan belongs to a community that wandered the streets, singing devotional songs. In return, the singers were given grain, clothes and some money. Like many old caste-based practices, this one has also lingered on in a fashion, but is no longer a viable occupation. After moving from her village to the city, Teju married Ganesh Jogi, and the two began to work together, initially singing, but after a chance encounter with an encouraging artist, also painting. This is her second book with Tara Books.

About this edition

• Publisher: Tara Books
• Publication date: 2019
• ISBN 10: 8193448510
• ISBN 13: 9788193448519
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 64