Book - Review

By Geeta Prakash (P.G.T. Eng.)
Title: Children Who made it Big
Author Thangamani
Illustrations Parth Sengupta
NBT, India Cost Rs. 30/- Pages 164
The book is kaleidoscopic presentation of the twelve children who became the honored citizen later in the life.
The book consists of twelve stories of childhood days of Nani Palkhiwala, Medha Patekar, Satis Gujral, Lila Seth, Rahul Bajaj, VishwanathanAnand, Yashpal, AmjadAli Khan, Mrinalini Sarabhai, Ruskin Bond, M. S. Swaminathan and Sai Paranjpai. The stories are emotional too,.telling the bitter realities of life. But the children’ turned the table and became the heroes of their lives inspire of the adverse circumstances and the inspiration source for the others also.
‘Child is the father of man’ is true regarding the stories mentioned in this book. The stories are not
Fictitious but based on real facts and that’s why quite motivating and inspirational for the Younger ones and the adults both.