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It is never too late to start. And Rahul Kansal is proof of that. He made his debut in children’s books at the age of 61.
His first book deals with the questions that may occupy many a child’s mind. “How did the pig become dirty?” Or, “How did the Langoor get his black face?”
Biologists, explains Kansal, may have their own explanations to do with evolution and what not. But the real answers, believe it or not, lie within these tales… not in biology at all, but in things like dirty soaps and fruit-scented erasers!!
Welcome to the land of Pashupur, where naughty monkeys bully and harass harmless little animals. Where elaborate plots are hatched to take revenge. And justice finally prevails
As Rahul himself confesses, he is an unlikely person to be writing these cock-and-bull animal tales for children after having spent the bulk of his career with The Times of India, looking after brand bottom-lines and leading such weighty brand initiatives as Lead India and Aman Ki Asha. It is certainly not the typical road map for someone choosing to write some wacky tales for 7-year-olds!
His two daughters (now in their twenties) urged him to pen these tales that he had once concocted for them at bedtime.
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