But when 10-year-olds come up to her and tell her they loved her popular interpretation The Gita for Children, she’s happy. Pai has recently written a prequel to the book, The Vedas and Upanishads for Children (Rs 399, Hachette). The Gita is more a practical self-help book on how to live joyously in the world than it is a ‘holy book’,” says Pai. In the book, Pai gets the basics straight on what are the Vedas and who composed them, and the traditional system of studying them. She was apprehensive what if the book turned out to be casteist or sexist or patriarchal, she wouldn’t be able to “whitewash” it for children.

Source: Indian Express January 08, 2019 18:45 UTC