The Boy Who Wore Bangles

Set during the Indian festival of Navratri, this sweet story is about a child who introduces his grandmother to a new perspective on clothing and gender.

Navratri was Bhargav’s favourite festival. He loved everything about it –the twirling chaniyas, the steps of the popat dance, the sweet pedas after the aarti. But what he loved the most was the way the bangles on his wrist sang when he danced. But this year, Bhargav wasn’t dancing. Papa had forbidden him from wearing bangles, a morose Bhargav tells Ba. Is there a still a chance he can hear his bangles sing?

Riddhi Maniar is a creative writer and conceptualiser.She has enjoyed creating stories for visually impairedchildren, of which one was selected for the Typhlo andTactus International Tactile Book Competition in France.Riddhi lives in Bengaluru, India. 

Shruti Hemani is an architect and urbanist with a PhDin Design from IIT Guwahati. Alongside her professionalcareer, she has continued to follow her interest in artsthat was cultivated during her childhood days. She takesart as a journey of discoveries and surprises and thereforewishes to perform storytelling through different mediumsand styles of illustration