Children's Books
विट्टे आयकोम, विट्टे कैकोम
परेेशाान होंंगेे, परेेशाान करेंगेे
In process of publishing, Muskaan
This book include 3 stories of 3 different seasons rain, winter and summer experienced by residents of a basti in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh. Beautifully woven together the narratives of children, adults, food, school, friendship, fights, dignity and many more.
The stories are written by Baali Jagat, drawings and photos are by Wish Netam and Pooja Dhurve Sahoo and Collages of the images and design of the book is by Sharvari Deshpande.
The book is still in process of publishing. Sharing here few spreads from the book.
Railway Chronicles of Bhopal
Published by Muskaan, 2024
Muskaan (Bhopal based organisation) is developing a curriculum on different aspects of Bhopal’s history to have conversations with children in nearby bastis.
This book takes us on the journey of railways in Bhopal from the 19th century to current times.
Printed copy of the book is available here
Language - Marathi/ English
This story is based on recent 2019 incidents where Bombay High Court allowed the Mumbai Metro to cut nearly 2,500 trees to build a car shed for the Mumbai Metro in Array Colony area of Mumbai. The area spreads over 1,287 hectares of land, is home to around 450,000 trees, a number of endangered species and 27 tribal hamlets.
To read the whole book click here
Jiva's Story
Published by Department of Art History,
Fine Arts Faculty, MSU, Baroda. 2020
Ziddi Shanno
Published by Eklavya, 2019
This children's book is written by Seema, illustrated by me and published by Bhopal based organisation 'Eklavya Foundation' in 2019. (Language- Hindi)
Printed copy of the book is available here
