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An unusual collection of stories from the myths by the author of Jaya: An Illustrated Retelling of the Mahabharata and Myth=Mithya which will bring the gods right into the world of children! Filled with delightful illustrations each book in this new series will introduce thoughts and aspects from our ancient treasure trove of stories for today s children. Why did River Saraswati disappear? Will the vanished river ever reappear? Can you make a river flow in your school? Mrs Sivakami; principal of Madame Mira High School; is astonished when she finds Goddess Saraswati wandering the corridors of her school. The goddess is in search of a missing river! To show her the ancient river and what happened to it; Saraswati puts Mrs. Sivakami on the back of Hansa; her goose; and off they go flying. The teacher sees some schools where students come and go as they please; and others where everyone has a parrot head! She then begins to understand why it is important to make the river flow again; and how she can bring the secret river to her very own school.

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Publié par	Penguin Books Ltd
Date de parution	09 juillet 2011
Nombre de lectures	0
EAN13	9788184755138
Langue	English
Poids de l'ouvrage	2 Mo

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DEVDUTT PATTANAIK
Saraswati s Secret River
Illustrations by Vishal Tondon
PUFFIN BOOKS
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About the Author
Saraswati s Secret River
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PUFFIN BOOKS
SARASWATI S SECRET RIVER
Dr Devdutt Pattanaik studied medicine but decided he loves telling stories better. He feels stories are like Eclair sweets; if you chew long enough, you get a burst of chocolate that is locked inside. So rather than working as a doctor, he decided to write and tell ancient Indian stories and reveal the idea-chocolate locked within them. He believes these stories are the gifts of our ancestors. He has been doing this for a long time and even uses the wisdom of these stories to help businesses. He is currently Chief Belief Officer of Future Group. To know more visit www.devdutt.com
Read these books in the Fun in Devlok series:
Indra Finds Happiness
An Identity Card for Krishna
Gauri and the Talking Cow
Kama vs Yama
Shiva Plays Dumb Charades
On Tuesday morning, Mrs Sivakami, principal of Madame Mira High School, in the town of Mirapur, found Saraswati walking down the school corridor, her pet goose behind her, peeping into classrooms. Yes, it was Saraswati, the goddess of learning. She looked just like the image kept at the school entrance. She wore a white sari, had a book and a pen in one hand, and a stringed musical instrument in another. Was it a veena or a sitar or a tanpura? Mrs Sivakami was not curious to know. She was just too surprised and much pleased to have a goddess as a visitor to her school.

Mrs Sivakami had spent ten years teaching English, History and Geography at the school. Every year she taught eighty students. This means in ten years she had taught the three subjects to eight hundred students. No, eight hundred and ten students! Last year and the year before last, she had eighty-five students in her class, accounting for the ten extra students. She was sure that some day somebody would appreciate her for teaching so many subjects to so many students.