Biography

The Chowpatty Co (Series: Songs of Freedom)

by Lubaina Bandukwala

The Chowpatty Co (Series: Songs of Freedom) A Tale of the Quit India Movement in Bombay | Middle Grade Historical Fiction | Ages 10+ Lubaina Bandukwala Bombay, 1942 With Mahatma Gandhi’s call to the British to Quit India, the city has become a hotbed of revolutionary activity-student protests, secret magazines and even an underground People’s Radio which broadcasts news that the British want concealed. Sakina and her friends Zenobia and Mehul desperately want to be part of this struggle for freedom. But there is little that they are permitted to do. But at least, they are trying to do something useful, while their mothers are only running a cooking club … The Songs of Freedom series explores the lives of children across India during the struggle for independence. The series complements school textbooks about the independence movement. As the stories are told from a child’s point of view, these stories bring the facts of the independence movement to vivid life in settings all over the country—and inspire each reader to engage with the idea of India.

Age

8–12

Language

English

Pages

100

Publisher

Penguin

Reading level

Easy

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