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by Sharada Dwivedi, پروین علی‌پور (translator)

The Broken Flute is a very touching story about human relationship. A story rich in human experience, in which pain and loss and happiness, and the complications of human relationships are dealt with in a way that neither diminishes the power of these emotions nor overwhelms the reader with subjects that are too complex to cope with...Beautifully illustrated by Mario Miranda who has extended the author's setting with lovingly detailed drawings of a Bombay flat and the children in the story.

133 pages, Paperback

Published January 1, 2011

Reviews

[tazmeen ✨ · Rating 4 out of 5]

I, my brother and my friends were laughing our hearts out because of the book's ending.

My 12 year old sis, who has this book this year is extremely annoyed by its ending.

I still am chuckling everytime Mr. Nath and Seven's mother's wedding and love story. As much as it was funny it was emotional at times, not just bad emotions good ones as well.

This book cracked me up, I had to shed a few tears

[Sudarshan Bindal · Rating 5 out of 5]

A very touching story!

[Shiba Shankar · Rating 3 out of 5]

The book which I read first on mobile.

[Jyoti Kerkar · Rating 5 out of 5]

I just chanced upon this book , i was attracted as it was illustrated by Mario Miranda , one of my favourites. This is a quick read book just 122 odd pages , but captures the imagination of the two kids Maya and Nishad. Its a simple story told with a ;ot of human touch. The inquisitive nature of kids , the male servant Govinda evoked my male servant Narayan , he was exactly as described by the author Sharada except for the flute playing , so in all this book brought back pleasant memories of my childhood In all it is a quick read and i would have cherished the hard copy but it is not available . So read on Kindle edition.

[Gowri N. · Rating 4 out of 5]

I read this book for the first time when I was 11, a year after my father passed away. That (and the fact that I was a motor-mouth and had a younger brother I used to bully!) is probably what made me connect so strongly with this book.

A few years ago, the book went out of print. But I was thrilled to find it on Kindle. Reading it as an adult, I found myself slipping back into the shoes of that bespectacled, pig-tailed tween with an overactive imagination! The story is just as heart-warming and I especially loved the atmospheric Bombay setting which hadn't registered at all in 1999.

A lovely read.

[Wildflower · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book was a part of our course syllabus. I will share the same sentiment with Maya of loving happy endings. Dwivedi fulfills her promise and ends with the happiest ending possible. I remember how I got hooked to this book and finished reading it even before it was started at school. I love the descriptions the author has given of the markets, the house, everything...

[Manoj · Rating 5 out of 5]

this happens to be my son's SD-5 class book to which i got attracted due to its cover. its a nice book on children's fantasies & human behavior. thoroughly enjoyed . as usual great sketches by Mario Miranda

[LoLoLoLoLoLoL · Rating 1 out of 5]

worst

[Netraa · Rating 5 out of 5]

It might be the fact that I first read this book as a child, but something about its innocence gives me so much joy while reading it.

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bro let me read

[Shivanshi Agrawal · Rating 2 out of 5]

Was a school book for English but read it in one day lol