Description
- Author : Nalini Ramachandran
- ISBN: 9789391028909
- Subject: Non-fiction/ Animal Stories
- Binding: Paperback
- Publisher: Hachette India
- Page Extent: 200
ABOUT THE BOOK
Elephants are like humans – why do they say that?
Can they grow a forest and plough a field? Can they defeat an enemy and win a war? Can they dance and paint, or trek up a mountain? Dig a well, build a temple and lay railway tracks, can they? Do they form lifelong friendships and let bitterness fester? Can they think of shortcuts? Do they pray and mourn?
The questions are many, but the answer will be the same: ‘Yes!’ Elephants can do all of this and much more.
For ages, people around the world have befriended and overcome these wonderful animals, who in turn have played significant roles in the evolution and progress of humankind. But do the elephants truly belong in our world? And what is their world like?
Let’s ride on the backs of…actually, let’s walk beside some of the most extraordinary elephants that have roamed the earth and watch their stories come alive, and understand how these beasts wish to shape their world and if they really want to be like humans.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Nalini Ramachandran is always looking for interesting stories to tell – of glorious goddesses, daunting demons, stealthy shapeshifters, gorgeous geographies, wondrous wildlife and ordinary objects. She began writing for children when working with India’s only all-comics children’s magazine, Tinkle. Today, her short stories have appeared in anthologies such as Gifts of Teaching, Scary Tales, and Thank God It’s Caturday! She is the author of Detective Sahasasimha: The Case of the Disappearing Books, APJ Abdul Kalam: One Man, Many Missions (which won Multistory Learning Pvt. Ltd.’s ‘Best of Indian Children’s Writing – Contemporary Awards 2019’ in the ‘Comics/Graphic Novels’ category), Lore of the Land: Storytelling Traditions of India and Nava Durga: The Nine Forms of the Goddess and Gods, Giants and the Geography of India. She also edits children’s books and holds workshops on creative writing and storytelling.
Also read this wonderful book by Nalini, GODS, GIANTS AND THE GEOGRAPHY OF INDIA