On Thu, May 2, 2013 at 8:44 AM, Radhika, Y. <[email protected]> wrote:

> yes, I noticed that only expats seemed to want books in desi languages. on
> Karadi Tales, the subject matter is secular and child-friendly. But there
> is so much verbiage - haven't heard the CDs but was dissatisfied with the
> text - good start but not enough. Really nothing beats ACK.
>

Yeah I agree with your complaint about Karadi tales, I have some of them
... the Audio CD with the book has a voice over from people like Girish
Karnad and Naseerudin Shah ... but far too many words for under 6 year
olds. Also most of their publications are in english and I found very
little in regional languages.

Ashok



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> On Wed, May 1, 2013 at 10:37 PM, Gautam John <[email protected]> wrote:
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> > On Thu, May 2, 2013 at 2:42 AM, ashok_ <[email protected]> wrote:
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> > > Do you think there is a demand for this in Indian languages ...or is it
> > > just me ?
> >
> > From my experience working at Pratham Books, not as great a demand as
> > I would have expected. Bilinguals seem popular. Strong NRI demand for
> > Indian languages. In India, English seems to have great demand.
> >
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