Ekki -Dokki a review By Artnavy
And like I said, the kids at my place love it. Here’s a video of the author narrating the story..
A word of caution: I find myself saying this about a lot of folk tales. I do not like the story much. The punishment seems too severe and the focus on external appearance unnecessary, The kid running away from home is a mother’s nightmare. Somehow the book ends rather abruptly. Maybe temper the tale with shades of grey when you narrate it.
Art also shared this lovely drawing her daughter, anush made of the main characters but with a twist
Anush’s adaptation has both the girls with an extra hair each and hence a slightly different take on the title, she calls them tokki, dokki 🙂
Now wasn’t that a treat?? 🙂 Thanks Art for this review.. I esp like ur disclaimer cos when this story was narrated to Lil P she asked the same thing – why didn’t Ekki’s mom scold her when she ran away? Isn’t Jungle a dangerous place.. But now, I’m sure the other mom’s won’t do the same mistake as me…
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A pleasure to be featured here Shruti
Thanks!
I just raided Tulika press when I was in India last and my little one loves eecha poocha – this one was not available at that time!
Thanks Art….I definitely will go for the book..
Loved Anush’s take on the story :):)
and oh Thanks Shruti also 🙂
I distinctly recall my granma telling us this story when we were in primary school!! And the lesson too 🙂
There was no ‘running away from home’ in her story though…
Nice series Shruti 🙂
@Now serving – You should pick it up in your next visit 🙂 I love this tale.
@Art – Hugs. Thank you for doing it for me.
@R’s mom: 🙂 with the kind of stories u spin u don’t need a book – u need to write one!
@Priya: I’m from maharashtra , i never heard this 1.. 🙂 Glad it brought back childhood memories.