Pahile Jagtik Mahayuddha

IT`S 2020 AND CHILDREN ARE STUCK INDOORS AS THE NOVEL CORONAVIRUS FINDS ITS WAY INTO INDIA. A NATIONWIDE LOCKDOWN IS ANNOUNCED AND AMIDST THE GROWING CRISIS AJJA AND AJJI WELCOME THEIR GRANDCHILDREN AND KAMLU AJJI INTO THEIR HOUSE IN SHIGGAON. FROM STITCHING MASKS SHARING HOUSEHOLD CHORES PREPARING FOOD FOR WORKERS TO LOSING THEMSELVES IN TIMELESS TALES THE LOCKDOWN TURNS INTO A MEMORABLE TIME FOR THE CHILDREN AS THEY ENTER THE ENCHANTING WORLD OF GODDESSES KINGS PRINCESSES SERPENTS MAGICAL BEANSTALKS THIEVES KINGDOMS AND PALACES AMONG OTHERS. THE MYRIAD STORIES TOLD BY THEIR GRANDPARENTS BECOME THE BIGGEST SOURCE OF JOY MAKING THE CHILDREN COMPASSIONATE WORLDLY-WISE AND MORE RESILIENT THAN EVER. FOLLOWING THE TRAIL OF THE BEST-SELLING GRANDMA`S BAG OF STORIES INDIA`S FAVOURITE AUTHOR SUDHA MURTY BRINGS TO YOU THIS COLLECTION OF IMMORTAL TALES THAT SHE FONDLY CREATED DURING THE LOCKDOWN PERIOD FOR READERS TO SEEK COMFORT AND FIND THE MAGIC IN SHARING AND CARING FOR OTHERS. WONDERFULLY WOVEN IN HER INIMITABLE STYLE THIS BOOK IS UNPUTDOWNABLE AND PERFECT FOR EVERY CHILD`S BOOKSHELF! 2020 सालात कोरोना व्हायरसनं साऱ्या जगाची दारं बंद केली. राष्ट्रीय टाळेबंदी जाहीर झाली. इकडे शिगावला आजी-आजोबांच्या घरी नातवंडांसह कमलु आजीचा प्रवेश झाला. नातवंडांनी या काळात आजीआजोबांना अनेक कामांमध्ये हातभार लावला. पण त्याचसोबत त्यांच्यासाठी गोष्टींचं एक अफलातून जग खुलं झालं. राजा-राणी जादुमंतर प्राण्यांचं गमतीदार जग या गोष्टींच्या रूपाने मुलांनी अनुभवलं. आणि त्यांची टाळेबंदीतील सुट्टी खऱ्या अर्थानं समृद्ध करणारी ठरली. एकदा हाती घेतल्यावर संपवूनच खाली ठेवावं असं दमदार खुसखुशीत पुस्तक.