"Tiny Tot in Thoughts" is a book of 25 poems written by eleven year old Sannidhi Kulkarni.The foreword of the book is written by author and academic incharge of Soundrya Central school , Bangalore Ms Sreekala.P. Vijayan and the lovely cover design is by Motivational Strips. A winner of "Grow your Buds Poerty" competition organized by Motivational Strips, Sannidhi has written on diverse subjects including those on which you may not expect a eleven year old to write.
As for example, her book starts with the poem " Do we really have independence?" and answers it saying"not everyone has independence". She, interestingly connects independence to the "confidence level" of citizens of a bright future. Sannidhi concludes "few have confidence". Similarly in her poem "Peace", she gives her own interpretation of peace. She says peace is about "having fun, enjoying things, sharing knowledge," Interesting take, yet so true isn't it? Could we have all these things in the absence of peace or when at war, as in the case of Ukraine presently? Sannidhi says peace should be the goal of your life.
She also writes on 'Trust', 'Bigotry', 'Friendship', 'Space', 'Travel in time machine', 'Choice', 'Discrimination' . Other poems reveal the simplicity and wonder of a child as in 'School', 'A pleasant morning', 'Nature', 'Dancing in the rain', 'Bad dream' 'My new dress'. Thus there is an interesting mix of poems in the book "Tiny Tot in Thoughts". You come across lofty thoughts like "Form of life may be different, but from heart we are the same...." in the poem "Discrimination" and "When the blood color is same, then why bigotry?" in the poem by the same name.
The poem titled "I am " has a picture below it with the question "Who am I". I was surprised on reading the title marvelling at a eleven year old addressing spiritual questions like "Who am I ?". It turned out that the poem was simply about her being a different person to different people- " an astronaut" to her dad, a "helpful person" to family, "shining queen" to sister. An interesting poem in itself.. That then, is the beauty of this book that touches on a wide array of topics of interest to a child as well as adult. Do not be misled by the title. She is no 'tiny tot' in terms of her observation skills and approach to life. The book is testimony to that.
We can look foward to Sannidhi blossoming into a socially concerned wonderful poet in the days to come! I wish the child poet Sannidhi Kulkarni the very best. It was a pleasure reading and reviewing her book!
Book Details
Title: Tiny Tot In Thoughts
Publisher: Evincepub Publishing
ISBN: 978-93-5446-869-8
Price: INR 140
Apparently Sannidhi is a gifted child, so sensitive and eloquent. Congrats! .. Nizar Sartawi
ReplyDeleteThank you so much for reading and responding to this post! Yes, Sannidhi is a socially aware and sensitive child poet.
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