‘kabir and the silver spoon’- A concoctions of magis, adventure and fantasy. A perfect recipe for a children’s book. Author Vinita Srimal Garg tossed in all the right ingredients and whipped up quite a debut with her first book- ‘Kabir And The Silver Spoon’. on Tuesday afternoon, ‘Kabir And The Silver Spoon’ Was launched in the presence of filmmaker Sudeshna roy, magician Maneka Sorkar, actor and anchor mir and the author Vinita Srimal Garg at Saturday club, kolkata.
The story begins with kabir’s visit to his mother’s native place in rajasthan. A family heirloom handed over to him- an old silver spoon, suddenly starts speaking to him. This unfurls a series of extraordinary events. while asking what made her pen down the story, the author said, “The idea of the story came to me while I was feeding my son. we all have these silver spoons with inscription on them, and I wondered what if the spoon starts speaking to him. That really was the genesis of the idea”.
The book is priced at Rs 195 and is targeted at the middle reader. It will soon be available in all leading bookstoress, on Amazon and at Mango DC books website.
Photo- Koyel Paul Sinha
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