![]() ![]() “I would teach them to play games I played in the villages as a young boy,” he says. “I engage with them whenever I get the chance,” he says, adding that he often gets to interact with his elder brother’s grandkids, and his students’ children. He says he does enjoy writing for children. Some of them were published in children’s magazines such as Minmini and Siruvarmani, but he eventually found himself writing for adults. Only, many of them have not been printed: “I wrote several stories and songs for my son and daughter when they were little,” he recalls, adding that they would sing his songs at home. Perumal Murugan has written for children years ago. The book is for children aged five and above. The story presents a glimpse into a day in the life of a steely mother who is happy to lug around her little boys to work, turning a mundane task into a story she will keep telling them once they are older. It has been illustrated by Ashok Rajagopalan who has painted the pages in nightly blue. ![]()
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