Karadi Tales | Myth Aunty

Picture Books that 'Stretch the Table'...Stories about Soups and Stews

When I think of FOOD, I think of ‘stretching the table’... always a place and a bowl for one more. When I think about stretching the...

The warmth of 'Paati's Rasam'

Food and stories feed my soul. When they are brought together in a book, I firmly nestles in my soft corner. As I read the book ‘Paati’s...

Letter writing and stories.

"Writing to someone, taking the time to craft each letter, to buy a stamp, to select an envelope, to travel to the post office—none of...

Thukpa for all

9 July, 2019 Years ago, on one of my trips to Calcutta, a Bhutanese friend took me to a street not very far from my hotel. On this...

A Tribute to the Fathers on my Bookshelf this Father's Day

There aren’t many picture books in which we notice Father’s, Dad’s, Daddy’s, Appa’s, Abba’s, Papa’s, Dada’s, Pitaji’s or any other name...

Daisy Dolls

Every once in a while I come across a book that seems so sublime, that I wonder if it was written just for me. I don’t like pegging an...

Sometimes misfortune can indeed be a blessing.

August, 2020 Sion, an excellent and well-respected fortune-teller, lives in a kingdom just along the Great Wall of China. Everyone went...

The Lion's Feast...a romp of a story, an absolute treat.

February, 2018 If an illustrator signs a copy of his book for my students at school, a bias is warranted isn't it? So at the outset, let...