Children of a Better God

By Susmita Bagchi Translated By Bikram K. Das

When Anupurba comes back to India from the United States, reluctantly leaving behind a satisfying job as an art teacher, she does so with a sense of apprehension at this displacement from her comfortable, suburban American life. She never imagines that returning to India would turn out to be a profoundly transformational and life-changing decision. A chance meeting with an old college friend introduces her to Asha Jyoti, a school for children suffering from cerebral palsy. Overcoming her initial trepidation, she agrees to volunteer as a temporary art teacher. Anupurba teaches the children how to draw and paint but it is the children who teach her the real lessons about suffering and survival, joyous friendship, love and laughter.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0143066420
• ISBN13: 9780143066422
• Release Date: September 2010
• Publisher: Penguin Books India
• Length: 248 Pages