Tons actually. There is original writing and then there are translations.
Original 1. Check Aniruddha Sen Gupta and Anshumani Ruddra for game books and mystery books. 2. Scholastic India has an incredible list of books divided by age groups: http://scholastic.co.in/ They also have book clubs and children's book fairs. 3. Sampurna Chattarji has published a nice range of children's books - both poetry and fiction: The Fried Frog and Ela 4. The classic Malgudi Days by RK Narayan 5. Pika Nani's Little Indians 6. Samhita Arni has done some nice work with Sita's Ramayana (a feminist perspective at 10 would certainly enhance your son's world view) 7. While at it, also check your Navayana Publications' Gond art illustrated Bhimayana - a book on Ambedkar's life by Durgabai Vyam and Subhash Vyam: http://navayana.org/product/bhimayana/ (and so would understanding the dalit perspective) 8. Anushka Ravishankar (is also editor of Tara Books) 9. I am also a big fan on Devdutt Patnaik's children's books Translations 1. You absolutely must get your son to read Sampurna's translation of the Sukumar Ray classic Abol Tabol: The Nonsense World of Sukumar Ray. 2. Check the Tara Books' and Katha books' rosters for translations of Indian language books Hope this gives you a good start. R Regards, Rashmi Dhanwani *Founder* +91-9820060344 | [email protected] | www.art-x.co Linkedin: http://in.linkedin.com/in/rashmidhanwani Twitter: www.twitter.com/rashmid On Sun, Aug 21, 2016 at 10:13 AM, Mohit <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 <[email protected]> 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 the > > typical ruskin bond -- i imagine there are a whole new generation of > modern > > writers ... any recommendations please ? >
