Dreaming Under the Same Sky
From the book
"Then trees appear. Different shapes. Different colours. Different histories. Yet together, they become a forest."
MY THOUGHTS
Dreaming Under the Same Sky is one of those quiet, powerful books that will sock the wind out of you when you read the words and lose yourself in its illustrations. The saddest part is this book is relevant, no matter when you pick it up.
The book is about Parvat, a beautiful town where many cultures live together, but with diversity comes difference, and most often they don’t coexist. Parvat is riddled with conflict, and every generation lives with the uncertainty. Aman is born during those rare years of peace and knows nothing of conflict. She loves skipping through the lanes and finds any excuse to eat halwa from her Abba’s sweet stall, until one day, when there is a loud clap of thunder and her life changes instantly. Aman finds herself on Badal, from where she looks down at the world — the crashing waves in the ocean, the canopies of trees in a forest, rivers gently flowing through valleys. What is this difference everyone is talking about?
Dreaming Under the Same Sky brings back the Fausto Arya and Ogin Nayam combo after Home, for yet another beautiful book that forces you to think about the world we live in and battle with all the sadness we have numbed ourselves to. Fausto writes a story that forces you to think about the true meaning of peace, and Ogin fills the pages with gentle, watercolour imprints of a perfectly imperfect world.
This is a book, so gentle yet so powerful that it becomes essential for parents to have on hand when we need to explain the happenings of the world to our children. Books like these are timeless and can always be relied upon to help us talk to our children about war, conflict, and the repercussions on innocent beings.
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