Rhea Kuthoore My journey with Philosophy began during my undergraduate years. By 2019, after completing my degree, I found myself thinking more critically about how a philosophical education can be transformative. It was this line of questioning that led me to engage with and practise philosophy with children in India, in order to explore what … Continue reading Growing the Field of Philosophising with Children’s Literature in the Indian Context
Riots and Children: Warped Childhood
Kamayani Kumar “Riots are an uncanny subversion of normalcy”[1] Riots create an uncanny experience because they involve a collapse of the familiar social structures, and the world feels alienated and hostile. This is especially true in the context of children. Most often, children emerge as the most invisible victims of riots, largely because of their … Continue reading Riots and Children: Warped Childhood
Horror and Trauma in Contemporary Indian Children’s Literature
Sietse Hagen In 2018, I started my undergraduate studies on English language and culture in the Netherlands, where I am from. I came for linguistics, and I wanted to become a secondary-school teacher, but I ended up falling in love with literary criticism. I quickly encountered postcolonialism and became intrigued with postcolonial literature. In my … Continue reading Horror and Trauma in Contemporary Indian Children’s Literature
A Trunk Full of Magic: How Indian Comics Shaped My Imagination
Jyoti Kushwaha Weekends today may be a time for leisure, but for someone like me—born in the late seventies and constantly balancing tradition and modernity—Sundays were never about rest. They were about dusting, cleaning, and occasionally stumbling upon forgotten treasures. One such Sunday, while rummaging through the storeroom, I tripped over an old trunk. As … Continue reading A Trunk Full of Magic: How Indian Comics Shaped My Imagination
Stories That Raised Me: Growing up in the Magic of Storytelling
Krishna Pillai Good stories have a captivating beginning. My introduction to the world of stories was nothing short of captivating. Where do you think we started this business of storytelling? I like to think that one fine evening, after a long and hard day of hunting, people gathered around the crackling fire, and as they … Continue reading Stories That Raised Me: Growing up in the Magic of Storytelling
Seasons Council – A Winter Ruse
by Reshmi Thampy The author, technically and chronologically a grown-up, wrote to us that she wrote this for children because she too, is a child-at-heart. 🙂 This is to all the children we shall always be! Preface It’s 2025, and I’m no longer at university. It’s been a while since I last met my friends … Continue reading Seasons Council – A Winter Ruse
The Femme Fatales: The Enigmatic Yakshis of Kerala
Anandhu S. The sun sank below the horizon, painting the sky a deep red before twilight took over. Birds flitted across the evening sky racing to their nests as darkness wrapped around the village of Panchavankadu. Adithyan Namboothiri, the youngest of the Kizhekkeparabil family, walked quickly along the shadowy path holding a flambeau made from … Continue reading The Femme Fatales: The Enigmatic Yakshis of Kerala
Bridging Worlds Through Stories: Sohini Dasgupta’s Insights from the ChLA 50th Annual Conference
Telling Stories, Bridging Worlds: Reflections from Golden Jubilee ChLA 2024 conference. “śṛṇvantu viśve amṛtasya putrāḥ . . .” Śvetāśvatara Upaniṣad 2.5 I had a profound experience at ChLA50 when I met researchers from around the world. It reminded me of a quote from the Śvetāśvatara Upaniṣad that my father often recites to me. The quote … Continue reading Bridging Worlds Through Stories: Sohini Dasgupta’s Insights from the ChLA 50th Annual Conference
Ruggy Journeys
- Titas Bose One of the co-founders of ACLiSA, Titas Bose is most likely to be found in public libraries and archives, rummaging through twentieth-century magazines or negotiating with librarians these days. She is a PhD candidate at University of Chicago, training to be a literary scholar and a book historian. Some of her writing has … Continue reading Ruggy Journeys
CFP: ACLiSA Feature Series: Fantasy in South Asian KidLit
As children we crossed the Seven Seas and Thirteen Rivers in search of Patalkanya Manimala and fell asleep at the touch of the Golden Stick while listening to Scheherazade’s never-ending stories. We danced with Cinderella at the Ball and held Frodo’s hand on Mount Doom, all the while learning how to swish and flick at … Continue reading CFP: ACLiSA Feature Series: Fantasy in South Asian KidLit