The Wooden God
Bablu hated the ritual of prayer and fast that his family had been observing for as long as he could remember. The entire family …
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Childhood experiences
All features, stories and articles tagged with: Childhood experiences
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The Butterfly in a Bottle
Poltu was wide awake in his bed. He had had a marvellous dream in which he had won the football match in the inter-school …
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The Adventurer
I am sure all families are interesting. But I like to think that my family is especially interesting. I have such great nephews …
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Tilak and Sudhir
“Guess what, Tilak!” his mother said, a week after they had moved into their new house. “I’ve discovered that …
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Why is Snow White?
I am sure like my two kids, all of seven and three years, you too may find the cold in Delhi a bit too extreme. It is cold and …
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The Not-quite Robbery
This time, the summer vacation felt longer than normal to Vamshi. Nothing exciting was happening. So many exciting things happened …
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A Sister for Shubya
It all began when Shubhya walked into her friend Diya’s house one evening. The Sharma household was agog with excitement. …
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Fairy Tale Country
Anjali got up. Her grandmother was still asleep. It was quite bright outside. ‘It must be eight. Why hasn’t Naani got …
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Wonder in the Sand
Adventures in the Desert Written by Cheryl Rao Illustrations by Ashish Sengupta Published by National Book Trust, New Delhi Two …
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The Boy who Lacked Sight but Had a Vision
It was like any other day in school for six-year-old George Abraham. He went to La Martinere school in Lucknow, where he lived …
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Hungry in the land of plenty
One day I came back from school, I was hungry… I looked for a samosa but my sister had eaten it all up. I guess she was as …
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