Geeta's day - Prodeepta Das

Geeta's day begins as most children's do: she washes, brushes

her teeth and has her breakfast. But when she sets off to school, passing the "kamar" at the forge, the "bhandari"

shaving a customer and the "mali" weaving garlands of flowers to offer to the temple gods, her world begins to beat to the distinctive rhythm of Indian village life.



PRODEEPTA DASs photography

vividly conveys the heat and

vibrancy of an Indian plains village,

and his delightful dawn-to-dusk

journal will encourage young

readers, wherever they live, to

compare and contrast Geetas day

with their own.



This book is part of the series A Child's Day, photographic information books concentrating on the daily lives and experiences of children in countries around the world. The book highlights the differences in children's lives around the world, but also much that is the same. Other books in the series are Bongani's Day (South Africa), Boushra's Day (Egypt), Cassio's Day (Brazil), Enrique's Day (Peru), Huy and Vinh's Day (Vietnam), Iina-Marja's Day (Lapland), Nii Kwei's Day (Ghana), Polina's Day (Russia) and Yikang's Day (China).