The why-why girl - first picture book by Mahasweta Devi; illustrated by Kanyika Kini, is the story about an inquisitive tribal girl named Moyna from Shabar. The Shabar Samiti started in 1968, and has set up many schools. Moyna was the first girl to study there and gradually became a teacher in the same school. Thus the story also touches upon gender issues and empowerment.
Moyna always kept asking:
"But why?"
Why was about everything and it would never stop. She moved to stay with Mahasweta Devi and asked here, "Why do you read books before y go to sleep?" ; she responded saying "Because books have the answers to your whys!", and for once Moyna was silent.
She never know that her story was being written, if she did, she would ask - "But why?".
Creatively visualised and illustrated, making it an easy read for children, and helping them to be inquisitive.
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