Chatur |
About Chatur
CHATUR is a hilarious and entertaining picture book
written in Hindi (also with Hindi phonetics) for kids.
CHATUR is a wise laundry man. MAND is a loyal,
reliable, albeit sluggish, partner in Chatur’s trade. He is a lazy donkey whose
mantra is “Na Na Na hum to aaram karenge!”
Chatur’s ambition and Mand’s attitude doesn’t blend
well. So Chatur comes up with a wise plan to reverse his fortune. He brings
ATAL the elephant to do Mand’s job.
The plan starts out well and it did reverse his
fortune substantially, but How?
Read Chatur(Hindi) a comical and fun read for kids.
It is sure to tickle your funny bones. Bright illustrations are sure to engage
readers. Chatur
has a humorous theme with a subtle message and young readers not only have a
laugh, but towards the end connect with each character and sympathize with
them.
The book is written in Hindi script and also in
Hindi phonetics to make it easy for everyone to read.
Book
Information:
Title
of Book: Chatur (Hindi)
Link
to photo of book cover (an attachment is fine):
ISBN: 978-0-99-03178-0-7
Genre:
Children’s Picture Book
Publisher:
Kommuru Books
Publication
Date: September 2014
# of
Pages: 28
Book
Excerpt
Hindi:
Yeh
kahani hai Chatur dhobhi aur mand gadha ki. Aalsi Mand ka naara hai "NaNa
hum to aaram karenge" aur Chatur ki nazar sirf taraki par hai. Jab Mand ka
tevar chatur ko khatakne laga, to usne dikhai apni chaturai. Kya chatur ko apni
chaturai mehnga padega?
English:
This
is a story about Chatur, the Dhobhi and Mand the donkey. Chatur is smart and
progressive by nature and his Lazy donkey Mand's answer to any request was
"No No No, I gotta take it easy". Chatur realized that his success is
limited by Mand's attitude, So Chatur thought of a smart idea, will it work or
will it hit him back?
About Sujata &
Subhash Kommuru
Subhash
and Sujata hail from India. They migrated to the United States along with their
memories of childhood and youth. Now that they are parents, just like every
immigrant they crave to introduce their child to the culture and values of
their upbringing. Yet it is challenging to teach something while you are in the
midst of adjusting to a different culture yourself. Subhash and Sujata both
work in different disciplines and have different styles and backgrounds, but it
is the upbringing of their son that brings them on the same page. That exact
place where they meet is captured and reflected in their stories, where Subhash
can express in words, and Sujata can illustrate them beautifully. Where he puts
it in black and white, she adds color to it. You get the idea! These stories
are their attempt to share a glimpse of their childhood days with their son. He
is their inspiration to write short stories that have meaning to them and
provide teaching in some shape or form.
Our Goal
Our
goal is to introduce kids to Indian culture one story at a time and along the
way have some fun. While stories are primarily written in Hindi they are
tastefully being narrated in English as well, while maintaing the essence and
moral.
Our Promise
Our
promise is to write sensible stories with a moral to them.
1 comment:
very elegant imagery,
thanks, rebecca.
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