Showing posts with label India. Show all posts
Showing posts with label India. Show all posts

Saturday 30 April 2022

Gugulu the Little Bear dares

 An Amazing Children's story


Summary

Go on a wild adventure with Gugulu, the sloth bear, as he takes on a
journey deep inside the western ghats of India.

Gugulu's parents won't allow him to go to school alone. But he can't
wait to explore the forest on his own. So one day, he runs ahead of
his parents. And before he knows it, he ends up in a river filled with
danger - first a roaring leopard, then a gang of gaurs, but soon he
shrinks in fear. 

Will naughty Gugulu be able to reunite with his parents?

Gugulu, The Little Bear Dares, is a quirky, funny, beautifully
illustrated story about new experiences and courageously facing
challenges when encountered




My Review

What an amazing beautiful children's story. And again I really liked
the layout and the way the author deepened out the characters.
I enjoyed it very much.

At the end there is a summary of all the characters Gugulu the bear
met during his trip.

I recommend this book to all parents who want to read for their children
or to children, who start reading.

Of course, I give a 5 star rating to Gugulu the little bear dares. 


The Author


Srividhya is an entrepreneur and writer. She always had a passion for
storytelling and started to write when she was eleven.

​Her early success came when one of her dramas got selected by the
‘All India Radio’. 

She spent years reading and writing stories, giving her characters
a bright sparkle!

​She is a chartered accountant and spent 15 years in corporate jobs.
Later, she founded and managed a fashion e-commerce company.

More about this splendid author, check last author in the picture
blog post on this link

Sunday 24 April 2022

1914: NaMo or MoNa : Why is 2019 not 2014?

 This is an interesting reading!






My review


The book was intersting for me because I hardly know nothing about 
the politics of India's past, present and future.

As India will become (or is) an economical power to count with it's a 
must read for every one who wants to know more about this wonderful
country.

The author did his research very well, although it sometimes became a 
bit dry but writing about politics never is easy and perhaps it was a bit 
from a one side view. 

Thus I recommend this book to people who are interested in history
and the political situation of India.

I give a five star rating for this interesting -  and for me unknown 
matter- story. 



The author


His parents thought he was studying business administration in the USA.
He was actually studying journalism.

When he was a consultant for the Aditya Birla Memorial Hospital in Pune,
he told Rajshree Birla and Kumar Mangalam Birla their offices would
be in the Basement of the Hospital.

As an entrepreneur, Amit has been India’s No.1 Healthcare Consultant,
India’s No.1 Retail Consultant, and India’s No.1 Residential Real Estate
Consultant, apart from excelling in several other sectors.

As a Retail Consultant, he wrote prolifically for various retail publications.
For one article, he interviewed several industry leaders, including Kishore
Biyani, considered the father of modern retail in India. Little did poor
Mr. Biyani know that Amit would lambast him in the article. The next time
they ran into each other, Mr. Biyani told Amit that - being a fellow Marwari
- he should have been less critical of him.

Saturday 23 April 2022

World Book Day 2022

The original idea of World Book Day was conceived in 1922 by Spanish
writer Vicente Clavel AndrĂ©s as a way to honour the author
Miguel de Cervantes. It was first celebrated on 7 October 1926,
Cervantes' birthday, before being moved
to his death date, 23 April, in 1930.

An accident Don Quixote - Cervantes
source picture: Wikipedia


The celebration continued to enjoy great popularity in Spain, especially
in Catalonia, where it coincides with the Diada de Sant Jordi, the patron
saint of Catalonia. The Diada usually involves the exchange of gifts
between loved ones and, since the 1931 Book Fair in Barcelona,
the gifts are a book and a rose.

In 1995, UNESCO decided that the World Book and Copyright Day
would be celebrated on 23 April, as the date is also the anniversary of
the death of William Shakespeare and Inca Garcilaso de la Vega, as well
as that of the birth or death of several other prominent authors.



Source picture: Wikipedia


Spain


In Spain, Book Day began to be celebrated since 1926 every October 7,
the date that Miguel de Cervantes was believed to have been born. But,
it was considered more appropriate to celebrate this day in a more pleasant
season for walking and browsing the books in the open-air.

Spring was much better than fall. So in 1930 King Alfonso XIII
approved the change of celebration of the Book Day on April 23,
the supposed date of the death of Cervantes.


United Kingdom and Ireland

In the United Kingdom and Ireland, World Book Day is a charity event
in March, held annually on the first Thursday and coinciding with the
release of special editions.

The annual celebration on 23 April is World Book Night, an event
organized by independent charity The Reading Agency.



a special book shop in Porto, Portugal



United States

In Kensington, Maryland, the International Day of the Book is celebrated
with a street festival on the Sunday closest to 26 April.


India

World Book Day is also celebrated in India on 23rd April every year.
It is commemorated in many parts of India to encourage & aware of
people for reading & publishing books.


Happy World Book Day!

Enjoy Reading!