Being Gandhi

Name: Being Gandhi
Brand: Harper Audio
Availability: InStock
Author: Paro Anand
ISBN: 9789354220821

Author: Paro Anand

Narrator: Paro Anand

Unabridged: 3 hr 7 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Harper Children's

Published: 03/16/2022

Categories: Children's Fiction

Synopsis

How many times are kids supposed to study Gandhi? Come September and out comes the bald head wig, round glasses, white dhoti, tall stick ... that's about the extent of how today's kids engage with the Mahatma. Chandrashekhar is one such teen. Bored by the annual Gandhi projects, he wonders if his teacher is being too unreasonable in asking them to ""BE"" Gandhi. And then, his world is shaken by events that rock him to the core, forcing him to dig deep and not just find his 'inner Gandhi', but become Gandhi. Not for a day or two. But, maybe even, for life. This is a novel that explores, not Gandhi the man or his life as a leader, but really the Gandhian way that must remain relevant to us. Especially today when the world is becoming increasingly steeped in violence and hate.

About Paro Anand

Paro Anand is a Sahitya Akademi, Bal Sahitya Award winner for her book, Wild Child. She has written books for children, young adults and adults. As a performance storyteller and speaker, she has represented India all over the world. In 2019, she was awarded the Kalinga Karubaki Literary Award for Fearless Women Writers.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Book

Wonderful book on Gandhigiri set against the historical backdrop of the riots that ensued from the assassination of Indira Gandhi. The protagonist and the narrator, 13 year old Chandrashekhar, has a witty sense of humour and a wild vivid imagination. The story is very satisfying and attempts to esta......more

Goodreads review by Tanvi

An internet cut-off day for a person like me means reading a book and I was effortlessly reading this book until I realized that I've picked up a children's novel but that didn't hindered me because the protagonist,Chandrashekhar, has already captivated me. And it went on all fun and frolic with fle......more

Goodreads review by Jeyanthi

Being Gandhi by Paro Anand 'My life sucks, just sucks!' are the first words that scream at you. Shaking the world through a teenage view point, Paro Anand puts across a tough topic making it relevant to today's world in a sensitive, thoughtful way. In 'Being Gandhi', a bored-to-death Chandrashekhar is a......more