Wingless
- Publisher : India Ink
- Publishing year : December 2003
- Binding : Paperback
- ISBN : 9788186939161
- Imprint : India Ink
- Age Group : Early Reader
- Language : English
So, chutki isn't born perfect. She's born wingless. So what, you may ask, so are most of us. Well, she's a princess, the ...
So, chutki isn't born perfect. She's born wingless. So what, you may ask, so are most of us. Well, she's a princess, the much-awaited baby of the King and Queen of the Heavens, so it's a BIG so what! Rejected by the un-angelic angels up there, her parents smuggle her out of Heaven. Now begins her journey to earth and the many adventures to find her a new, loving home of not too much and not too little. As Chutki grows up, does she find out what her true origins are? Does she get rejected from where she belongs and is accepted where she doesn't? About The Author: Paro Anand runs a programme, Literature in Action, in Delhi and in various places outside, including Kashmir. She is a performance storyteller and an actress. She works with children and has helped them make the world's longest newspaper in eleven languages in sixteen different states in India in the year 2000. She has been awarded for her contribution to literature.
Paro Anand has written several acclaimed fiction titles including Wingless: A Fairly Weird Fairy Tale, I’m Not Butter Chicken, and No Guns at my Son’s Funeral, which was on the IBBY honour list 2004-05. She conducts creative writing, reading and discussion workshops with teachers and children, through her program, Literature in Action. She holds a world-record for helping children make the world’s longest newspaper.