This book beautifully weaves the life of a herd, challenges, and difficulties faced by a leader and how he/she overcomes that, and how a leader always has to be calm, unafraid, and humble – all with simple and captivating snippets.
The stories are a retelling of folklore that originated in the languages Kodava, Tulu, Badaga, etc., which are some languages I only learned about now. Through the stories, I got a glimpse of the culture of Southern India, especially the coastal regions.
This book aims to help our chaotic minds overcome that state of boredom by giving us around 150 ideas about things we could do while we feel bored.
The book is based on the true story of Jadav Payeng, who lives in the village of Majuli in Assam. He pleaded with the forest department to plant trees there, but they were not interested, and instead handed him a bag of bamboo seeds.
This book has a large dollop of courage, a dash on the value of education, a spoonful on the pain of India and a large drizzle of anger. At the end of a chapter, there are bits of information you can read to understand the history better.
Here are some of the books that got ordered over and over again in June 2023!
