All the world’s eyes are on this tiny village by the Arabian Sea, where Mahatma Gandhi will soon break the Salt Law to defy British rule.
Dinu would rather be home in
Surat, reading his beloved Sherlock Holmes books. Instead, he finds himself
wading through mud, battling angry goats and eating burnt food as the youngest
of the student volunteers helping prepare Dandi for Bapu’s arrival.
When a man is found dead and
rumours of an angry demon grip the village, Dinu finds himself drawn into the
mystery, even as he grapples with dilemmas of his own. But as Dinu and his
friends race against time to find the killer, the demon strikes again . . .
The Songs of Freedom series
explores the lives of children across India during the struggle for independence.
It was nice to host Lavanya at
the Nehru Centre Library to talk about A Demon in Dandi, her new book from The Songs
of Freedom series. She has brilliantly illustrated the book herself. The children
loved writing their own mystery scripts and then telling the stories to a rapt
audience.
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