Machher Jhol (Fish curry)
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TextPublication details: Noida Pickle Yolk Books 2018Description: 38pISBN: 978-93-5321-312-1Subject(s): Children's stories | Fiction | English Literature | Picture Book | Short stories | Parag Honor List 2019 | Winner of Publishing Next Industry Awards 2019 | Winner of Crossword Book Award 2019 | Winner of Neev Book Awards 2019 | Winner of BICW Awards 2019 (Best in Children’s Writing) | Winner of Comic Con Book Awards 2019DDC classification: 823 Summary: When Gopu's father (Baba) falls sick, the visually impaired Gopu knows he would have to step out alone. He negotiates the crowds, the markets and the traffic of the city of Calcutta, all by himself, to reach his grandma's house to get her to cook Baba's favourite fish curry. Does he succeed in bringing it home to him? In this book, Richa Jha writes as much about the courage of Gopu as she does about the sounds and smells of a bustling metropolis. Sumanta Dey brings alive the city of Calcutta between the covers of this book and makes the readers feel they are walking alongside Gopu.
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When Gopu's father (Baba) falls sick, the visually impaired Gopu knows he would have to step out alone. He negotiates the crowds, the markets and the traffic of the city of Calcutta, all by himself, to reach his grandma's house to get her to cook Baba's favourite fish curry. Does he succeed in bringing it home to him? In this book, Richa Jha writes as much about the courage of Gopu as she does about the sounds and smells of a bustling metropolis. Sumanta Dey brings alive the city of Calcutta between the covers of this book and makes the readers feel they are walking alongside Gopu.
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