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I'm Not Butter Chicken
I'm not butter chicken, you can't order me!'. Not a very wise thing to shout at your dad. But then, that's teenagers for you: so un-wise, yet breathtakingly brilliant, all at the same time. Growing up in a changing world, coping in a fallible world. The stormy years, the funny, wise, heart-wrenching years.The precious years, the bandar years, the wonder years. Teen stories, heart-breakingly wise, because they are so true.
87 pages, Kindle Edition
First published January 1, 2003
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About the author
Paro Anand
53 books43 followersParo Anand is the author of 18 books for children and young adults, including plays, short stories, novellas and novels. She is also published in several anthologies and has written extensively on children’s literature in the country. She headed the National Centre for Children’s Literature, The National Book Trust, India, the apex body for children’s literature in India. As a part of her work here, she set up libraries and Readers’ Clubs in rural India and conducted training programs on the use of literature.
She is a World Record Holder, for helping over 3000 children make the World’s Longest Newspaper (850 meters long) in 11 Indian states in 13 languages. The concept behind the project was to give a voice to those children who do not have a platform and to empower young people to create their own literature.
Paro Anand has been awarded for her contribution to children’s literature by The Russian Centre for Science and Culture. Dr. Kalam, the President of India, honored her for her writings on Republic Day, 2007. She has represented the country at various forums internationally, including in the UK and France.
She is a performance storyteller and has performed her stories in many parts of India, UK, France and Switzerland. She runs a program, Literature in Action on the use of stories in the holistic development of young people. She was part of an Indo-Swedish workshop and has co-authored a book for teenagers with special needs, with a Swedish writer.
She has been a resource person with the Rajiv Gandhi Foundation, working with children impacted by terrorist, separatist violence in Kashmir. Coming out of her experiences, she has written No Guns At My Son’s Funeral, a book that has had extensive critical acclaim. The book was nominated onto the IBBY Honor List, 2006, as the best book for young people from India. It is currently being translated into Spanish and German and talks are on for basing a film on the book. The book is about a young boy, seduced into becoming a terrorist. A follow up novel, also based in Kashmir, entitled Weed is the story of the son of a terrorist and his struggle to find an alternate life to sustain himself and his family.
She was a writer-in-residence at the Woodstock School, Mussoorie, India where she worked on writing her first novel for adults.
She is a World Record Holder, for helping over 3000 children make the World’s Longest Newspaper (850 meters long) in 11 Indian states in 13 languages. The concept behind the project was to give a voice to those children who do not have a platform and to empower young people to create their own literature.
Paro Anand has been awarded for her contribution to children’s literature by The Russian Centre for Science and Culture. Dr. Kalam, the President of India, honored her for her writings on Republic Day, 2007. She has represented the country at various forums internationally, including in the UK and France.
She is a performance storyteller and has performed her stories in many parts of India, UK, France and Switzerland. She runs a program, Literature in Action on the use of stories in the holistic development of young people. She was part of an Indo-Swedish workshop and has co-authored a book for teenagers with special needs, with a Swedish writer.
She has been a resource person with the Rajiv Gandhi Foundation, working with children impacted by terrorist, separatist violence in Kashmir. Coming out of her experiences, she has written No Guns At My Son’s Funeral, a book that has had extensive critical acclaim. The book was nominated onto the IBBY Honor List, 2006, as the best book for young people from India. It is currently being translated into Spanish and German and talks are on for basing a film on the book. The book is about a young boy, seduced into becoming a terrorist. A follow up novel, also based in Kashmir, entitled Weed is the story of the son of a terrorist and his struggle to find an alternate life to sustain himself and his family.
She was a writer-in-residence at the Woodstock School, Mussoorie, India where she worked on writing her first novel for adults.
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January 10, 2020I dare not to rate this book for this one holds so dear to my memories. Coming to the book, Paro Anand has her way to take us back to the long lost teenage years where anything can be possible. Every story in this book stands out special and sure touches some memory at some point in one's life. At least for me, it worked. I admire her simple writing and her picturing the weird-yet-witty-wired feelings of a teenager to perfection.
February 8, 2023
An exceptional book that catches the young minds with utmost clarity. I am used to being a parent for so long and I have quite forgotten how it was to be a child. This book brings about an empathy that we forget and make the children bend to our ways. Teen age is the most difficult but Mrs.Paro tries to emphasis on the positive side through their weaknesses. The stories are short and does not linger on mindless details. It brings out the emotions of the child at that precise moment of their world. Also she gives a note as to how the story was formed. I would definitely recommend this book to all adults and kids alike.
October 20, 2017
Very nice book.
March 5, 2013
Some funny tales from an Indian teens perspective. It made me hungry and thankful that I didn't go to schools like that!
January 7, 2014
Nice short stories about life that you can relate to
December 5, 2014
JUST AWESOME!
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November 30, 2015it was a friendly and funny story that was comiled together into many different stories, a lovely combination!
January 23, 2016
Stories for teenagers. The author brings out the stories that help in understanding the day to day reality with interesting narration.
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