When authors speak about their books to children
The Hindu
An initiative of Balasahithi, YouTube channel of State Institute of Children’s Literature
Introducing the short story Manja Niramulla Rosapoovu (Yellow Rose), writer T. Padmanabhan recalls how he had got a yellow rose plant transported all the way from Kolkata to his residence. While he was planting it, a girl from a poor family in the colony asked him if there was a rose that was yellow. The writer assured her that indeed there was one, and offered her the first flower on the plant. The joy she felt on receiving the promise was palpable. It is this moving experience that Mr. Padmanabhan describes in the short story, which is included in his book for children Poochakuttikalude Veedu brought out by the State Institute of Children’s Literature.A crowd comprising farmers, researchers, professors, students, and horticulture enthusiasts thronged the ICAR-Indian Institute of Horticultural Research (IIHR), Hesaraghatta, Bengaluru, on Friday for the inaugural ceremony of the Triphal Diversity Show which showcased 300 mango, 100 jackfruit, and 100 banana genotypes in collaboration with ICAR-National Research Centre for Banana, Tiruchirappalli.
The State government on Friday constituted a Special Investigation Team (SIT), headed by Additional Director-General of Police, Manish Kharbikar of the Economic Offences division of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) to probe the alleged multi-crore scam in the government-run Maharshi Valmiki Scheduled Tribes Development Corporation.