My Sweet Home
Mapin Publishing
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My Sweet Home: Childhood Stories from a Corner of the City captures Okhla, a suburban colony in South Delhi, from the perspective of 20 children who live there.
My Sweet Home
Childhood Stories from a Corner of the CityMy Sweet Home: Childhood Stories from a Corner of the City captures Okhla, a suburban colony in South Delhi, from the perspective of 20 children who live there.
- Category: All Books, Children's Books, MAPIN20
The children have written and created art about their homes, terraces, mosques, and the villages that their families come from, in a workshop conducted by the authors. The volume brings to light stories from this teeming, thriving corner of Delhi, often bypassed in common discourses on the city.
My Sweet Home also tries to resolve the many misunderstandings that people have of the place as a Muslim ghetto, through the experiences of some of its younger residents. These stories and drawings not only reflect the relationships that the children have with their neighbourhood, but also prompt an intangible connection between the reader—across region, religion, nationality– and this misunderstood, misrepresented neighbourhood.
My Sweet Home also tries to resolve the many misunderstandings that people have of the place as a Muslim ghetto, through the experiences of some of its younger residents. These stories and drawings not only reflect the relationships that the children have with their neighbourhood, but also prompt an intangible connection between the reader—across region, religion, nationality– and this misunderstood, misrepresented neighbourhood.
Samina Mishra is a documentary filmmaker, writer and a teacher, currently with Jamia Millia Islamia University, New Delhi. She also conducts workshops with children and has authored the children’s book Hina in the Old City.
Sherna Dastur is a graduate of the National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad. Some of her documentary work includes Safdar Hashmi (2000), Rah Bahari (1997), and Jungle Bolta Hai (1994).
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| ISBN | 9789385360190 |
| Pages | 156 |
| Number of photographs | 43 b&w photographs |
| Number of illustrations | 71 colour illustrations |
| Size | 11 x 7.5" (280 x 191 mm), sc |
| Date of Publishing | 2017 |
| Language(s) | English |
| Co-publisher(s) | Mapin |
| Rights Available | World rights |