Pandemic pastimes: An author of children’s books finds ways to use words to unlock young minds
Locked down at home, children can be introduced to books in ways that can turn them into lifetime readers. Dec 11, 2020 · 05:30 pm
I was brought up in a literary family, surrounded by constant debate and dialogue. We didn’t have a television until I was a teenager. Our childhood games were make-believe stories, spontaneous recitations, and memorised soliloquies delivered with theatrical flourish.
As the middle child, I found it simpler to remain in the shadows of my exceptionally articulate and prodigious older brother, Shashi, and my precocious and loquacious younger sister, Smita. Our parents placed fewer demands on me, and it was easy to be invisible.