Ten Little Dumplings

In schools, reading ‘women centric’ books (or rather, books that amplify the voices of the marginalised) should be a norm and not something ‘special’ on International Women’s Day. As part of our daily read-alouds, today we read a book that hints subtly at how our society makes women less visible even though they are omnipresent. Larissa Fan’s “𝗧𝗲𝗻 𝗟𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗹𝗲 𝗗𝘂𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀” tells the story of 10 illustrious boys in a family and then with a bang, the reader realises that there was also a girl on each page, the equally brilliant sister who we failed to notice! Outside the utopian world of education, a woman’s margin of error at workplace is often slimmer; so, here’s to more books that make equity the norm.

“𝘋𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘪𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯𝘷𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘺, 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘭𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘴𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦. 𝘌𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘪𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘦.” – Ruchika Tulshyan, 𝘐𝘯𝘤𝘭𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘯 𝘱𝘶𝘳𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘦