shyamala's world

Red Turtle's latest offering, Moongphalli is part of Amazon's Memorable Books of 2017'. Written by theatre artist, Neha Singh and casting director, Mukesh Chabbra,this book of eight short stories scores high for its freshness and engagement. The accompanying colourful illustrations by Sonal Vaswani are a special treat.  This is one book you must read for its storytelling skills.                                            English language is not bereft of words.   Why did you choose a Hindi title? I think as a country where everyone is atleast bilingual, and most of the population falls in the category of being multi lingual, the demarcations of languages become blurred. We often jump from one language to another, and to another, in a matter of a single sentence, leaving most of the monolinguals in the world flummoxed. In this book too, there are seve...

                                                                                                                                        What is the scariest word in the English language? If the level of its scariness is decided by a word's power to make otherwise reasonable, clear-headed and intelligent adults blanch, in b...