निराली दादी

Authors: Mala Kumar, Manisha Chaudhry

Illustrator: Niloufer Wadia

सबकी दादी भोली भाली

कहें कहानी सीखों वाली।

हमारी दादी बड़ी निराली

बने बाज़ीगर, लगें मतवाली!

बस चार चीज़ जो पड़ें दिखाई

और दादी की आँखें ललचायीं!

हाथों में है ग़ज़ब की फुर्ती

एक भी चीज़ न नीचे गिरती।

बढ़ा कुछ ऐसा उनका शौक़

रसोई, बाज़ार, दफ़्तर, चौक

कहीं भी दादी करतीं करतब

आँखें फाड़े देखें हम सब!

हवा में उड़ता चश्मा छाता

आम रसीले हुए छपाका!

कुछ लोगों ने अब भौंवें तानी।

दादा को भी हुई परेशानी।

रंगीन गेंद का लाये उपहार

बोले, इन्हें उछालो बारम्बार!

दादी शर्माईं, कुछ इठलायीं

ऐसा प्यार देख मुस्कायीं!

अब दादा सोते लम्बी तान

दादी उछालतीं गेंद तमाम

हिलती है उनकी परछाईं

अपनी दादी हमको भायीं!

प्रिय पाठक,

क्या आपने कभी सर्कस के बाज़ीगर देखे हैं?

वे कौन सी चीज़ें हवा में उछालते हैं?

क्या दादी के जैसे किसी  भी चीज़ के साथ बाज़ीगरी करी जा सकती है?

#6FrameStoryChallenge: A Carnival of Art

The illustrations in this book were created as part of the #6FrameStoryChallenge, an online campaign run by Pratham Books to build a rich bank of illustrations for StoryWeaver.

The essence of the #6FrameStoryChallenge was to tell a good story using just 6 illustrations. The campaign inspired nearly 70 illustrators to donate their time and skills to India’s first open-source story-publishing platform for children.What started out as an experimental campaign soon blossomed into a carnival of art, birthing nearly 500 new illustrations.

These wordless narratives cut across language barriers, opening up a world of possibilities, encouraging StoryWeaver’s growing community to dream up multiple stories around these images. The #6FrameStoryChallenge is a powerful reminder of the need for collaboration, to get closer to our mission: “A Book in Every Child’s Hand.”

This book was made possible by Pratham Books' StoryWeaver platform. Content under Creative Commons licenses can be downloaded, translated and can even be used to create new stories provided you give appropriate credit, and indicate if changes were made. To know more about this, and the full terms of use and attribution, please visit the following link .

Story Attribution:

This story: निराली दादी is written by Mala Kumar , Manisha Chaudhry . © Pratham Books , 2015. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license.

Other Credits:

This story has been inspired by an entry to the #6FrameStoryChallenge, an illustration campaign conducted by Pratham Books. The illustrations in this book were selected as the one of the winning entries of the #6FrameStoryChallenge.

Illustration Attributions:

Cover page: Woman juggling at night , by Niloufer Wadia © Pratham Books, 2015. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license. Page 2: Old woman juggling in the kitchen , by Niloufer Wadia © Pratham Books, 2015. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license. Page 3: Juggling old woman and annoyed old man , by Niloufer Wadia © Pratham Books, 2015. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license. Page 4: An old woman juggling in the office , by Niloufer Wadia © Pratham Books, 2015. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license. Page 5: A group of people looking at a splattered mango , by Niloufer Wadia © Pratham Books, 2015. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license. Page 6: A smiling woman looking at a basket full of colourful balls , by Niloufer Wadia © Pratham Books, 2015. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license. Page 7: A sleeping old man and a juggling woman , by Niloufer Wadia © Pratham Books, 2015. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license. Page 8: Juggling granny , by Niloufer Wadia © Pratham Books, 2015. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license. Page 9: 6framestory , by Niloufer Wadia © Pratham Books, 2015. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license. Disclaimer: https://www.storyweaver.org.in/terms_and_conditions

Some rights reserved. This book is CC-BY-4.0 licensed. You can copy, modify, distribute and perform the work, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission. For full terms of use and attribution, http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

निराली दादी (Hindi)

मिलिए हमारी निराली दादी से।इन्हें चीज़ें उछालना बहुत अच्छा लगता है!

यह पठन स्तर २ की किताब है, उन बच्चों के लिए जो सरल शब्द पढ़ लेते हैं और थोड़ी मदद से नए शब्द भी पढ़ सकते हैं।

Pratham Books goes digital to weave a whole new chapter in the realm of multilingual children's stories. Knitting together children, authors, illustrators and publishers. Folding in teachers, and translators. To create a rich fabric of openly licensed multilingual stories for the children of India and the world. Our unique online platform, StoryWeaver, is a playground where children, parents, teachers and librarians can get creative. Come, start weaving today, and help us get a book in every child's hand!