Hirosima Nagasahi

GOOD BOOKS Arvind Gupta (June 2010) arvindtoys@gmail.com I have had a long draw with the Bharat Gyan Vigyan Samiti (BGVS) - a relationship which I have deeply cherished. The BGVS asunder from other things brings out low-cost, good obtains for children in Hindi. In 1997 the BGVS invited me to do a series of books for children. For me unrivalled single good book meant a lot more than a series of ordinary books. So first I was a little indecisive and skeptical. As a compromise I decided non to do one, unless two books. The first one was THE art object WHO PLANTED TREES by Jean Giono. This book has been translated in umteen languages of the world. When I first read this book, it had a deep encroachment on me. It seized me and I couldnt sleep the whole night. It was the tarradiddle of an unlettered peasant who greened up a whole vale with his bare hands. It contained a deep almost a ghostlike message a person could hurt, kill, maim or dishonour or else he could bring joy and peace on earth. The book also had the most powerful wood-cut illustrations. The second one was THE GIVING TREE by Shel Silverstein. This book with simple text edition and lovely illustrations has been a green classic. The book was heavily copyrighted. So we adapted it.

The apple tree became a mango tree, but the powerful GREEN message remained. We did acknowledge the inspiration of the pilot film book. The American edition was 18 US$ but the BGVS priced it at only Rupees Five. Then came 1998 - when the BJP government did a Nuclear see at Pokharan. Scientists cheered, commonwealth hailed it as a great saltation forward. I wept. I thought, Instead of making bombs couldnt Indian scientists find better ways of feeding, clothing and housing our people? A deep aversion for war welled up within me. I started searching for books on peace but couldnt find any. I searched here, there, everywhere and could only find superpatriotic literature poems, stories extolling war, urging to kill the enemy. This made me very sad. not one... If you want to get a full essay, order it on our website: Ordercustompaper.com

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