https://books.katha.org Wed, 24 Jun 2026 10:50:58 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.1 https://books.katha.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/cropped-png-01-1-32x32.png https://books.katha.org 32 32 https://books.katha.org/product/choomantar/ Mon, 04 Dec 2017 19:53:15 +0000 https://books.katha.org/product/choomantar/ Jivuba wants to become a singer but she cannot because she has to get married. Luckily, Dammu, the wise apsara of the forest, casts a spell to remedy the situation! But what happens when the spell breaks? "Challenging the prevailing constructs of gender in society, all the stories conclude with open-ended questions that encourage young readers to engage in thinking and have a dialogue within a peer group." — Scroll.in "This story will make young readers think about following their dreams, and about girls’ right to choose their future." — Goodbooks Also available in Hindi as Choo…mantar! Author: Geeta Dharmarajan Illustrator: Priyanka Pachpande Series: India Library, 300M Library]]> Jivuba wants to become a singer but she cannot because she has to get married. Luckily, Dammu, the wise apsara of the forest, casts a spell to remedy the situation! But what happens when the spell breaks? "Challenging the prevailing constructs of gender in society, all the stories conclude with open-ended questions that encourage young readers to engage in thinking and have a dialogue within a peer group." — Scroll.in "This story will make young readers think about following their dreams, and about girls’ right to choose their future." — Goodbooks Also available in Hindi as Choo…mantar! Author: Geeta Dharmarajan Illustrator: Priyanka Pachpande Series: India Library, 300M Library]]> https://books.katha.org/product/choomantar-2/ https://books.katha.org/product/choomantar-2/#comments Mon, 04 Dec 2017 19:53:15 +0000 https://books.katha.org/product/choomantar-2/ जिवुबा को गाना पसंद है और वह एक गायक बनना चाहती है। लेकिन वह नहीं बन सकती क्योंकि उसकी तो शादी होने वाली है। वन की अप्सरा दामू अपने जादुई मंत्र से समस्या का समाधान करती है। क्या हुआ जब मंत्र का प्रभाव टूटा? Also available in English as Choo…mantar!  Author: Geeta Dharmarajan Illustrator: Priyanka Pachpande Series: India Library, 300M Library    ]]> जिवुबा को गाना पसंद है और वह एक गायक बनना चाहती है। लेकिन वह नहीं बन सकती क्योंकि उसकी तो शादी होने वाली है। वन की अप्सरा दामू अपने जादुई मंत्र से समस्या का समाधान करती है। क्या हुआ जब मंत्र का प्रभाव टूटा? Also available in English as Choo…mantar!  Author: Geeta Dharmarajan Illustrator: Priyanka Pachpande Series: India Library, 300M Library    ]]> https://books.katha.org/product/choomantar-2/feed/ 1660