: A new graphic novel offers a deep dive into the Indus Valley Civilisation that children will enjoy #IndiaNEWS As a parent, I must admit, on most days I’m fairly confident. But come exam season and

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A new graphic novel offers a deep dive into the Indus Valley Civilisation that children will enjoy #IndiaNEWS
As a parent, I must admit, on most days I’m fairly confident. But come exam season and I’m flying by the seat of my pants. I was an average student at best, and never has that bothered me as much as it does when it is time to help my kids with their studies. That’s when I realise how little I remember from my lessons at school. I blame our archaic textbooks and stiflingly monotonous lectures for a rather glaringly large gap in my learning. If you were a school-going child in the 1980s-90s, you know what I’m talking about! Remember those orange and green history textbooks we had to learn from – filled with dates and names you had to ‘mug up’ with only smudged, grainy pictures for visual cues? They were antithetical to the idea of learning! My strong feelings on this subject perhaps drew me towards a new graphic novel The People of the Indus, and one look at the book was enough to change my perception of what a history book should look like. What history book for young readers should look likeThe People of the Indus, written by Nikhil Gulati with inputs from Jonathan Mark Kenoyer (one of the world’s leading...Read more

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