India Booked | Tales from the Himalayas
b'In this episode of India Booked, journalist and children\'s book writer Priyanka\\nPradhan takes us on a journey through the Himalayas by discussing stories from\\nher book \'Tales from the Himalayas\' which features snow leopards to bagpiping\\ngirls to the real life stories of heroes from the Himalayan state of\\nUttarakhand, Gaura Devi and Nain Singh Rawat.\\nThis book is for "all the children, including the children in us" as she says,\\nfor the stories in it, from the heart of the mountains, though fascinating and\\nfun, are diverse and impactful at the same time.\\nThis podcast is light hearted as Ayushi Mona and Priyanka Pradhan engage in a\\nconversation about her childhood in Uttarakhand and the books she read growing\\nup that inspired her to write one of her own, the causes and reasons of the\\nevents addressed in the book and the importance of why children and young\\nreaders need to be educated about it early on.\\nTune in to this episode to get a sense of what lies in her book, the simplicity\\nand innocence of its writing and its audience, and the way she modified the\\nstories to make it relevant to current world, reflecting the times we live in\\nnow.'