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‘A Man Called Bapu’
is published by Pratham Books
The Hindu
- 1st Feb, 2008 |
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Understanding Gandhi
Deccan Herald
- 1st Feb, 2008 |
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A Man Called Bapu:
D-Day arrives
Deccan Herald
- 31st Jan, 2008 |
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The power of now-and-here tales
Pratham Books Blog
- May 23rd, 2008 |
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No Kidding
Indian Express
- 12th May, 2006 |
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History with a
fun twist
The Hindu
- November 25, 2005 |
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LAUNCH ‘PARTY’
Deccan Herald
- October 16th, 2005 |
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Books on Indian History
Times of India
- October 5th, 2005 |
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History books for
children on the shelves
Asian Age
- October 3rd, 2005 |
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Interview with Rohini
Nilekani in Indianngos.com
by Mala Kumar
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READ, READ, READ
– FOR A GENERATION THAT READS
Deccan Herald
- September 6th, 2005 |
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Let’s bring
the book back
Deccan Herald
- April 2nd, 2005 |
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“Not all’s
well with kids”
The Hindu - October 1, 2004 |
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“Read Alert”
Economic Times
- September 26, 2004 |
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“Getting India to read, quickly”
Business Standard
- September 25, 2004 |
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“Books campaign launched”
Times of India
- September 23, 2004 |
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“Read India takes Pratham steps”
Deccan Herald
- September 23, 2004 |
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“Pratham Books unveils reading
campaign for rural children”
Hindu Business Line
- September 22, 2004 |
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“Photo Caption”
Asian Age
- September 21, 2004 |
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“No child’s play, but
kids deserve the joy of reading”
Times of India
- September 21, 2004 |
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"Read India takes Pratham
steps" Deccan Herald
– September 23, 2004
Every child must have a book in his hand and a library in his neighbourhood.
With this in mind, Pratham Books launched its first 50 'Read India'
books in four languages in Bangalore on Wednesday.
The launch is part of Pratham's three-pronged strategy - accelerated
reading programmes, community libraries and the 'Read India Book'
series. The launch has assumed importance as there aren't enough
titles in print in the regional languages for children. Read India
books will focus on children between four and 11 years. The children
will be taught to read letters, words, sentences and later, stories.
The objective is to provide access to high quality books at a low
cost and assist publishers to create affordable reading material.
These books have been printed in English, Hindi, Marathi and Kannada
and will soon be printed in Urdu, Telugu and Gujarati. Well-known
writers from Dharwad and Bijapur have contributed to the books.
Jnanapeeth awardee Dr Girish Karnad said there is a tremendous need
for entertainment, through reading, for the children in villages.
"A child relates to a story as a friend but this is not made
available to them." Speaking on the state of education in the
country, Dr Karnad said, "instead of focusing on health and
education, we are focusing on building industries."
Rohini Nilekani. Chairperson, Pratham Books, said. "our goal
is to ensure that every child has a book in hand. We will enable
children to read, support a library near them and create books that
will be stocked in the library."
Pratham hopes to open at least 10.000 libraries across the country.
The City alone has about a 100 of them in different slums. Their
'Baiwadis' are in full swing in Mysore, Dharwad, Hubli and Mandya
districts. Pratham's next initiative is a 'performance measure'
project where an attempt will be made to make schools more accountable
and transparent. 'Read India' Books are priced between Rs 5 and
Rs 20. The books will be available in all languages in a few months
time.
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