Roshan Sahi is a freelance artist and crafts-person. He is an art practitioner and also works as a consultant arts and craft facilitator in different schools and colleges. Working outdoors is an important dimension in his art practice. He worked as a horticultural therapist with people of special needs in the...

What a decade it has been! Way back in November 2008 when Bookaroo first took flight, we would have probably smiled disbelievingly if someone had told us that the festival would journey through 12 cities and complete 31 editions. Well, here we are. All set to unveil Alpenliebe-Bookaroo – the...

Ajaa Sharma leads capacity building at Tata Trusts’ Parag Initiative for children's libraries and plays a key role as faculty lead for the Library Educator's Course. She believes in nurturing educators and enabling children's response and engagement with books in all possible ways. Nitu Singh is a library and craft...

It is always nice to be back every year in the Pink City. Bookaroo’s annual excursion to one of India’s most beautiful cities became possible thanks to the Jawahar Kala Kendra’s staunch support. In short, it is Bookaroo time once again in Jaipur. Twenty-seven authors, illustrators, storytellers and performers from...

In a 31-year career, Champa Saha has taught at various schools across the country – St Thomas School for Girls, Delhi; St Mary’s Higher Secondary School, Dehradun; Army School, Devlali; KLM International School and St Joseph’s School, Pathankot; Baba Farid School, Faridkot and Mayoor School, Ajmer. In the process, she has set...

Gautam Benegal graduated from Jadavpur University with a degree in Comparative Literature. At age 16, at the invitation of Satyajit Ray, renowned director and editor of the children’s magazine Sandesh, his illustrations and articles appeared regularly in Sandesh and, subsequently, in other children’s magazines such as Anandamela, Neelkamal Lalkamal and Scifun...

Jeeva Raghunath pioneered the storytelling movement in Tamil Nadu, India. She has represented her country at various festivals around the globe. She has won the "Best Entrepreneur Award" for her contribution to storytelling as well as the "Pride of Asia" prize awarded by Surindra Rajabhat University, Surin, Thailand. Her company, Kathaikalatta,...

Back in 2009, when a group of students came to Bookaroo Delhi all the way from Gangtok’s Taktse International School - led by their indomitable principal, Maria Lauenstein - nobody could have foreseen that these visits would become an annual ritual. As it turned out, a November visit by a...

Ajaa Sharma leads capacity building at Tata Trusts’ Parag Initiative for children's libraries and plays a key role as faculty lead for the Library Educator's Course. She believes in nurturing educators and enabling children's response and engagement with books in all possible ways. Nitu Singh is a library and craft...

Varanasi, Benaras or Banaras, Kashi. The three names mean one city but Varanasi is more than just its three names. It is one of the oldest living cities in the world. The land has been the ultimate pilgrimage spot for many. For Bookaroo too, it is a pilgrimage of sorts...

Dear friend, Very often, chance conversations can lead up to meaningful ones that, in turn, lead to new connections and, in the end, a new project – sometimes all very suddenly. Bookaroo’s first edition in Vadodara was born out of two conversations - first with IGNCA (Indira Gandhi National Centre...

A round dozen! If we were given to pinching ourselves, we would have been black and blue all over, as we pleasurably contemplate the occasion of Bookaroo's 12th edition in New Delhi. Well, here we are ready to present the 38th overall edition of Bookaroo from the time we began in...