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December 7, 2017 5 Comments

LAKSHMI MITTER, WRITER AND ILLUSTRATOR

“A writing course changed things for me”, says 38 year old Lakshmi Mitter, a post graduate in Economics and Management Research. Lakshmi decided to take a break from her job at an MNC to enjoy motherhood, thinking she would return someday to corporate life. But it was during that break she participated in a writing course and discovered the writer in her. Lakshmi started writing for The Deccan Herald on a myriad of topics like Economics, Finance, etc. and also contributed

February 5, 2020 Leave a comment

MRITULA CHANDRASEKARAN

Do you believe that you have the power to change your life or do you believe in destiny and surrender to it? Meet Mritula Chandrasekaran, a wonder woman in every sense of the word. Born into a middle class family in Villupuram, a small town in Tamil Nadu, Mritula as a young girl had big dreams. If she had succumbed to circumstances and decided her destiny was to be curtailed by the events in her life, she would not be

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Illustrated book of poems that will keep kindergarten children enthralled!

Illustrated book of poems that will keep kindergarten children enthralled! Children’s poetry for a long time, has been given importance as a means to enable children grasp new vocabulary more easily, develop language skills and learn concepts better, especially at the kindergarten stage. Written by Mrs.Poonam Sethi, a kindergarten teacher with 38 years of experience in the field, “Fun with Poems” does all that and much more. It brings into the ambit of learning, ordinary, yet important concepts such as

May 18, 2019 Leave a comment

TOP PICKS OF THE WEEK

Lakshmi Mitter’s Top 5 Favourite Books Billionaire Boy by David Walliams Don’t Let The Pigeon Drive The Bus by Mo Willems. Gajapathi Kulapathi by Ashok Rajagopalan The Lion’s Feast by Lavanya Karthik The Sky At Our Feet by Nadia Hashimi Best Books For Children to Start Enjoying Reading Puffin Peter by Petr Horacek: An extremely sweet story with amazing illustrations, is a superb read for children of any age. The Elephant & Piggie Series by Mo Willems: These books are

May 17, 2019 Leave a comment

READING RESOURCES

Digital Reading Resources vs Traditional Reading Resources -LAKSHMI MITTER The digital world has amazing reading resources. True, children spend a lot of time with gadgets these days and to present reading resources on the tablets is not welcome. Something to ponder about is why we would like to restrict the use of gadgets. Possible reasons are that children spend a lot of time on gadgets, which results in limited physical activity, possibility of the eyes getting strained etc. Reading a

May 16, 2019 Leave a comment

READING: 9+ years

LAKSHMI MITTER 9+ age group If you are a reader who loves subtle humour, Midnight Gang by David Walliams is a must read. The story is about a group of children who become good friends in the last place one can imagine- the children’s ward of a hospital. The hospital building itself is badly maintained and most sign boards have lost letters suggesting funny names. Everything about this hospital is bad except for the children of course, who are adorable.

May 15, 2019 Leave a comment

READING: 6-8 AGE GROUP

-by LAKSHMI MITTER Whether you like history or not, it doesn’t matter for the History Mystery Series by Natasha Sharma. As long as you like to laugh, these books are worth every rupee and second you spend on them. The series has five brilliant books- Akbar and The Tricky Traitor; Ashoka and the Muddled Messages; Raja Raja and the Swapped Sacks; Razia and the Pesky Presents and Shah Jahan and the Ruby Robber. Natasha Sharma in the history mystery series

May 14, 2019 Leave a comment

READING: 4-6 AGE GROUP

-by LAKSHMI MITTER 4-6 age group This is the age group that loves colour, lots of small stories and pictures. The Colour Thief, written by Stephen Aitken & Sylvia Sikundar and illustrated by Sandhya Prabhat is a book that has a riot of colours, pictures and a beautiful short story that will definitely capture the imagination of young minds. The book is about a grouchy giant who lives in a dark cave and hates colours. He makes it a point

May 13, 2019 Leave a comment

READING WEEK!

Hi! I am Lakshmi Mitter, the founder of MerryGoBooks – a service that creates personalised children’s books, that are fine tuned to specific interests of every child. I have also written several short stories for children that have appeared in children’s newspapers and magazines such as The Hindu Young World, Magic Pot, Deccan Herald and Intelly Jelly. Five of my picture books are available on Amazon. In addition to writing entertaining stories for children, I strongly believe that creating awareness

March 4, 2019 Leave a comment

NAMMA BOOMI!

An Initiative To Free The World From Plastic Ms. Arulpriya, the Founder and CEO of Namma Boomi is a Wonder Woman in every sense of the word. After working in HCL for 8 years, she quit to start her own company. The trigger was fruit peels lying in a plastic garbage cover! The sight troubled her immensely and she felt a strong urge to delve deeper into research in waste management. She began by trying to develop and implement a

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