Sep 3, 2024 · An engaging book for teaching children about the partition of India, Veena and the Red Roti focuses on themes of hope and determination during challenging times. It beautifully illustrates how simple, familiar acts like making roti together, can bring light even in …

Veena and the Red Roti: A Story of Hope during Partition. Written by Beena Mistry (illus.) Namita Moolani Mehra Review by Bonnie Kelso. Young Veena learns that freedom can have dramatic consequences when she and her family are forced to emigrate after the 1947 Partition of India.

Sep 3, 2024 · When Veena and her family finally relocate to Delhi, India, she brings her rotis and the memories they hold into a brand-new kitchen and life. Inspired by the author’s grandparents’ experiences, this picture book provides a tender, optimistic look at one of the subcontinent’s darkest chapters.

Sep 3, 2024 · Set during the Partition of India, a moving story about a girl who helps others the only way she knows how: by cooking up a small taste of home. Veena loves her home, especially spending time in the kitchen learning how to make roti.

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Set during the Partition of India, a moving story about a girl who helps others the only way she knows how: by cooking up a small taste of home. Veena loves her home, especially spending time in the kitchen learning how to make roti.

Sep 3, 2024 · By making them tasty roti, maybe Veena can use her skills to lift everyone's spirits. This poignant picture book is based on the experience of author Namita Moolani Mehra's grandparents, who left nearly everything behind when they fled Sindh province in 1947 during the Partition of India.

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