Off With Their Heads is a thriller that leaves you with a question worth asking: how much of our thinking are we already handing over to technology?
Pacy chapters… rebellious youngsters… dystopia + murder… Do I need to say more?
Tag: indian author
The story follows Bhim, who is intrigued by all the colourful kites and strings that are covering the city during the annual kite festival. Equally vivid is his depiction of the casteist exclusion of Bhim’s bustee (slum/basti) from the festival.
The book talks about a small boy Dhiman, based in Kolkata around the time when refugees escaping from East Pakistan / Bangladesh were entering India to save their lives. His father, a journalist, has gone to the Ground Zero to report the events while his mother is battling for life.
The story is about a little boy, Amal, who is all set to attend his first Gurpurab and this one is going to be uber special – Maan Singh, the cook from Golden Temple Amritsar is coming to their Gurdwara!
The book grew out of the author’s encounter with the Tehri Dam in Uttarakhand, where she saw the top of the old Tehri clock tower going underwater. This led her to investigate the villages, homes and lives that had disappeared beneath the reservoir.
Sarika aka Saru is probably one of the most interesting third graders you will meet in a book! She is feisty, fiercely independent, strongly opinionated and, most importantly, absolutely convinced that she is almost always right. 😄As the name suggests, Saru hates saying sorry.
