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SOCIAL CHANGE THROUGH CHILDREN’S BOOKS

-AN INDIAN PERSPECTIVE

Nita Berry

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VISHNU SHARMA KNEW THAT HE COULD NEVER INSTRUCT THE PRINCES THROUGH CONVENTIONAL MEANS. SO HE EMPLOYED A LESS ORTHODOX WAY.

HE WOVE A SUCCESSION OF ANIMAL FABLES TO HELP THE PRINCES UNDERSTAND THE ‘WISE CONDUCT OF LIFE‘. THE

COLLECTION OF 5 DISCOURSES IS CALLED THE ‘PANCHTANTRA’-MEANING THE FIVE (PANCHA) TREATISES ( TANTRA).

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SOME POPULAR REPRINTS OF THE PANCHATANTRA

INDIAN POSTAGE STAMP COMMEMORATESTHE PANCHATANTRA

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STORYTELLING THROUGH DANCE

STORY CARVED INTO ROCK –ANCIENT KAILASH TEMPLE, ELLORA CAVES,

8TH CENTURY AD

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ANCIENT STORY WRITTEN ON BHOJPATRAOR BIRCH BARK

SCROLL PAINTINGS TELL A TRADITIONAL STORY

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A PICTURE BOOK BY NILIMA SINHA THAT

UNDERLINES THE IMPORTANCE OF KEEPING ONE’S

DISTANCE FROM HELPFUL STRANGERS.

‘SMITTEN’ AND ‘FACES IN THE WATER’ – BY RANJIT LAL

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‘I AM SONA’ BY MANORAMA JAFA

DISCUSSES THE DEADLY DISEASE HIV AND ITS REPERCUSSIONS ON

LIVES, AND PROVIDES INFORMATION ABOUT

ITS TRANSMISSION WHILE DISPELLING

MANY MYTHS.

TODAY’S BOOKS PORTRAY EQUALITY OF SEXES AND ALSO ROLE

REVERSALS .

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BOOKS LIKE ‘THE MISFITS’ TALK ABOUT THE BARRIERS

OF SOCIAL INEQUALITY.

‘WHAT A MESS ‘ AND ‘ARI ’S NEW GLASSES’ EMPHASISETHE IMPORTANCE OF CLEANLINESS AND HYGIENE.

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PICTURE BOOKS ON STRONG FAMILY

VALUES

“Monkeys, stray dogs, stray cows and rodents are all dependant on what we throw away. In the process, they lose their ability to survive in the wild, in

their natural state. But it’s our fault, not theirs. As human habitation spreads

and the forests diminish, we come into conflict with these wild creatures who

still prefer the independence of the jungle and wilderness. Every week we hear of leopards straying into towns and villages and attacking people, or being attacked in turn and beaten to death. Of elephants being killed by

trains…”

•Ruskin Bond

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DEEPAK DALAL IS ONE OF INDIA’ S

FIRST WILDLIFE WRITERS

“If the young of India spread love and awareness

of wildlife amongst their peers and acquaintances,

half the future battle to save our forests and wildlife will be won.”

•Deepak Dalal

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“Do not cut down the forest with its tigers, and do not banish the tigers from the forest. The tiger perishes without the forest, and the forest perishes without its tigers. Therefore the tiger should stand guard over the forest and the forest should protect all its tigers.”

•Mahabharata

‘THE NIMBA TREE’ TALKS ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF SAFEGUARDING

OUR ENVIRONMENT.

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‘THE ROAD TO PEACE’ EXPLORES THE THEME OF

PEACE IN DIFFERENT SPHERES OF OUR LIVES. ‘

‘LIGHTHOUSE IN THE STORM’ IS A COLLECTION OF STORIES ABOUT LOVE AND LOSS, DISASTER AND PERSONAL GRIEF, ABUSE

AND AGGRESSION…