BOOK REVIEW

NO GUNS AT MY SON’S FUNERAL

Title: no guns at my son’s funeral

Author:paro anand

Publisher:roli books

ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED ON:- JAN 1 2005

Pages:- 184

Price:-195.00

Type:fiction

This book shows how innocence gets gunned down. Literally GUNNED DOWN. Kinda like The Boy
In The Striped Pyjamas, which also, you know, stabs right at the heart of innocence. Although they
are both heartcrushing in different ways.

That title is such an eye-catcher. And that cover really appeals to me. So simplistic and kinda raw.

Beautiful book :)
Brings out the psychological ups of all the characters really well
Surprisingly action packed , a fast read.
Loved the ending

I liked that this book didn't *really* take sides, but showed the multi-faceted aspect of something
terrible.

A great piece of young adult from India. Paro Anand takes an engaging and important topic
(recruitment of young people into terror cells) and makes it approachable for students. The character
development and plot twists(!) make it fun to read.

I loved this book. It brought tears to my eyes. The author's writing style is amazing and the storyline
was terrific. It kept me glued!

I really enjoyed the book it previewed a double life that aftab a simple teenager at day who loves cricket
,family and friends but also how he does secrect things that are uncalled for that can be dangourous. So
mesmerized by akram aftab gets into performing dangourous deeds. By day aftab is a bubbly teenager but
by night he successfully sneaks out of the house to meet with his secret terrorist gang. His caring mother
also has some suspicions about aftab. Soon in the book aftab is willing to die for his friend akram a
terrorist from afghan.
SPOILER ALERT!!
In the end of the book aftab is put on a time bomb by his friend akram and as he realizes that what he’s
doing is wrong he jumps into a river with the bomb on him and dies alone.
Amazing. Sad. Eye opening. And AwEsOMe BoOk!!
Paro anand

Literary style

Paro Anand
Paro Anand can’t stop writing books for children, young adults and adults although many people tell her she should
slow down. She also works with children in schools and NGOs, through her programme Literature in Action. She is a
world record holder for helping children make the World’s Longest Newspaper. She performs her stories for all who
will listen—in India and many parts of the world. She has been awarded for her contribution to children’s literature by
The Russian Centre for Science and Culture. On Republic Day 2007 Dr Kalam, the President of India, honoured her
for her writing. Her book, No Guns at My Son’s Funeral was on the IBBY Honour List and is also translated into
German and Spanish. If you want to contact her to compliment or complain, or read more about her, visit her
website: www.paroanand.com recently, she gave a TEDx Talk on storytelling.
But as far as a certain approach and writing style is concerned, Anand believes there is definitely a
need for more young-adult fiction.

Her words
“Teenagers today are exposed to a lot of information, on almost every subject. You can’t shield them
from it anymore. And in a world that bombards them with conflicting, confusing ideas, they need
books that speak to them on those very subjects, but do so in a voice they can relate to, and is
accessible to them.”

Literary achievements
Paro Anand has written books for children, young adults and adults. She also works with children in schools and
NGOs, through her program Literature in Action and holds a world record for helping over three thousand children
make the world’s longest newspaper. She has been awarded for her contribution to children’s literature by The
Russian Centre for Science and Culture. No Guns at my Son’s Funeral, opened to rave reviews, was on the
International Board on Books for Young People Honour List, has been translated into German and French, and is
being adapted for cinema. The Little Bird who held the Sky up with his Feet was on the 1001 Books to Read before
You Grow Up, an international gold standard of the world’s best books ever. Wingless has been performed nationally
and internationally.

A PINCH OF SALT ROCKS AN EMPIRE

Our saintly image of Gandhi has grown smooth and dull, just as a piece of glass loses its edges and clarity in
the churn of sandy ocean waves. Chadha reexamines Gandhi's life with an eye to restoring its complications
and contradictions, noting that "to suppress his weaknesses would be to undermine his strengths." And he
succeeds in his mission, presenting the great leader not as a holy man but as a humanist and politician. This is
not to say that Gandhi was not a spiritual being; he was, but he involved himself in improving the most earthy
aspects of human life in his well-orchestrated and strategic campaigns for cleanliness and abstinence, boycott
of foreign cloth, crusade against untouchability, and support of the rights of women. His commitment to
nonviolence is also a legacy we have yet to appreciate thoroughly, let alone practice. Chadha does a superb
and commendable job of presenting all the detailed facts of Gandhi's remarkable and complex life without
losing a sense of its vital spirit and continuing relevance.

BOOK: A PINCH OF SALT ROCKS AN EMPIRE

AUTHOR:SAROJINI SINHA

ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED:1985

When Gandhiji Launched The Salt Satyagraha In The Summer Of 1930, The Then Viceroy, Lord Irwin,
Scoffed At His Crazy Scheme Of Upsetting The Government With A Pinch Of Salt. Yet This Was What
Exactly The Dandi March Achieved!

Literary style of sarojini sinha

Sarojini sinha was a gifted artist, whose novels are appreciated for its bird like quality and sophisticated
style. They occupy a place of eminence in the history india. Lyricism, symbolism, imagery, mysticism and
native fervour, are the remarkable qualities of her novels.

About the author

Sarojini Sinha born in Jamshedpur (Jharkhand) in Sep. 1950, developed interest in painting during her
adolescence. While in her teens, she was doing mostly fabric paintings. She turned to oil paintings in
1975 and over years interspersed with marriage, motherhood, family and social responsibilities, she
retained her interest in oil and acrylic paintings.