Re: [silk] Indian authors in english for 8-10 year olds

2016-08-20 Thread Mahesh Murthy
Roopa Pai. On 21-Aug-2016 8:51 AM, "harry" wrote: > On 21 August 2016 at 10:16, Arjun Guha wrote: > > > My 11 year old daughter recommends RK Narayan and Deepak Dalal. > > > > Deepak Dalal looks very interesting too, thanks >

Re: [silk] Indian authors in english for 8-10 year olds

2016-08-20 Thread harry
On 21 August 2016 at 10:16, Arjun Guha wrote: > My 11 year old daughter recommends RK Narayan and Deepak Dalal. > Deepak Dalal looks very interesting too, thanks

Re: [silk] Indian authors in english for 8-10 year olds

2016-08-20 Thread Arjun Guha
My 11 year old daughter recommends RK Narayan and Deepak Dalal. Cheers, Arjun. On Sun, Aug 21, 2016 at 10:15 AM, Karen Fernandes wrote: > Jerry Pinto has written some books for children too. I'm not sure if > they're really long ones though. Samit Basu is excellent. > > On

Re: [silk] Indian authors in english for 8-10 year olds

2016-08-20 Thread Karen Fernandes
Jerry Pinto has written some books for children too. I'm not sure if they're really long ones though. Samit Basu is excellent. On Sunday 21 August 2016, Mohit wrote: > 1. Samit Basu > 2. Nilanjana Roy (although she'll probably work better for him after a > couple of years)

Re: [silk] Indian authors in english for 8-10 year olds

2016-08-20 Thread Mohit
1. Samit Basu 2. Nilanjana Roy (although she'll probably work better for him after a couple of years) 3. Check out http://scroll.in/article/810251/indian-fantasy-writers-are-creating-worlds-beyond-the-epics-but-readers-must-know-where-to-look Regards, Mohit > On 21-Aug-2016, at 10:01, harry

Re: [silk] Indian authors in english for 8-10 year olds

2016-08-20 Thread harry
Yeah have seen those, but he is reading full-length novels, while these are much shorter and below his reading level. He has finished the first 3 harry potters, and I had to stop him after that since I felt the age group for the 4th book onwards was a bit above him in terms of content. I am

Re: [silk] Indian authors in english for 8-10 year olds

2016-08-20 Thread Udhay Shankar N
On Sun, Aug 21, 2016 at 10:01 AM, harry wrote: I am looking for Indian authors for 8-10 year olds. My son has read a lot > of fiction by western authors (jk rowling, philip pullman, philip reeve). I > have been struggling to find things by indian authors. He didn't like

[silk] Indian authors in english for 8-10 year olds

2016-08-20 Thread harry
I am looking for Indian authors for 8-10 year olds. My son has read a lot of fiction by western authors (jk rowling, philip pullman, philip reeve). I have been struggling to find things by indian authors. He didn't like the typical ruskin bond -- i imagine there are a whole new generation of

[silk] Sunday morning alarmist read

2016-08-20 Thread Rajeev Chakravarthi
http://motherboard.vice.com/read/armageddon-comma-explained?utm_source=bbcfb This popped up on my newsfeed. Cursory scan revealed the key words "synthetic biology", "bio hacking" and "eco-terrorism", which meant a detailed read. It is an alarmist take on climate change, pandemics and so on.