Mother Steals a Bicycle: And Other Stories

Salai Selvam is a Tamil writer, interested in education, childhood studies, and children's literature. Her writings have appeared in several Tamil feminist journals and newspapers. For over three decades she has been working on literacy and gender issues in rural India. Currently she is with an educational foundation that supports teacher education. Shruti Buddhavarapu is a writer, editor, poet, academic and translator. Educated in the Universities of Delhi, Jawaharlal Nehru and British Columbia, she has a double masters in Literature and Social Justice. Informed by popular culture as much as critical theory, her work is anchored in sifting the various networks of power in the quotidian Born in Rajasthan and to music, Tejubehan belongs to a community that wandered the streets, singing devotional songs. In return, the singers were given grain, clothes and some money. Like many old caste-based practices, this one has also lingered on in a fashion, but is no longer a viable occupation. After moving from her village to the city, Teju married Ganesh Jogi, and the two began to work together, initially singing, but after a chance encounter with an encouraging artist, also painting. This is her second book with Tara Books.