Growing Up in Pandupur

Adithi and Chatura Rao

ISBN 10: 818988493X / ISBN 13: 9788189884932

Published by Zubaan Books, 2015

About this Item

With its bustling marketplace and honking traffic posh colonies and shanty towns railway station and dam forests parks and playgrounds Pandupur means many things to the children who live there Just like the River Dhun that flows by it is teeming with life Through Pandupurs children Adithi and Chatura Rao weave a web of stories life-lessons in growing up laughter and tears insecurities small unkindnesses and surprising friendships stories that will resonate in the hearts and minds of children everywhere 104 pp.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Growing Up in Pandupur
• Publisher: Zubaan Books
• Publication Date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 818988493X
• ISBN 13: 9788189884932
• Binding: Pbk

About this title

Synopsis

Welcome to Pandupur! With its bustling marketplace and honking traffic, posh colonies and shanty towns, railway station and looming dam, forests and playgrounds, Pandupur is teeming with life, much like the river Dhun that flows alongside it.
In Growing Up in Pandupur, sisters Adithi and Chatura Rao weave a web of stories of life lessons, laughter and tears, insecurities, small unkindnesses, and surprising friendship in this fictional town. The book builds a map of Pandupur through the lives of its youngest residents. Characters in the thirteen stories are faced with bullying, gender stereotyping, poverty, and privilege and, in the process of tackling these issues, they learn valuable lessons about the human heart and about growing up. Growing Up in Pandupur is a book that will resonate in the hearts and minds of children―and the young at heart―everywhere.

About the Authors

Adithi Rao is a writer and editor for both film and television. She is the author of Shakuntala and Other Stories.


Chatura Rao is an author and freelance journalist. Her previous books include Amie the Shawl of Colour and Meanwhile, Upriver.