'It is day 7 of the lockdown and everyone says the skies are blue again.
Jamlo walks. She looks straight at the road ahead.
It is long.'
Cover illustration for Jamlo Walks, published by Puffin, Penguin
In March 2020, when twelve-year-old Jamlo Makdam was away from her home working in the chilli fields of Telangana, the government of India ordered a nationwide lockdown. Belonging to the Muria community of Adivasis in Chhattisgarh, Jamlo, like thousands of other migrant workers around the country, started walking back to her home...
Nothing I have ever worked on had such an emotional impact on me as working on this book. Thank you Samina Mishra @findingenchantment for telling Jamlo's story in the most beautiful way possible. And thank you Devangana Dash and Smit Zaveri for making me a part of this wonderful and important book. Published by Puffin, Penguin India.
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