Flying with Grandpa

Nominated | Book Awards 2019 | Writings for Young Adults
Flying with Grandpa
'We need to take him out of here. Xerxes will never grow up with Mamavaji around.'
Xerxes' mother wants him to be like JRD Tata, but all Xerxes wants is to be like his Grandpa - his beloved Mamavaji. His mother thinks Grandpa is a bad influence on Xerxes and she wants to separate them.
Xerxes cannot let that happen! If Grandpa learnt to fly, it might just solve the problem. But Grandpa isn't interested in any plans for him! Whatever is Xerxes going to do?
Madhuri Kamat has documented and edited NGO work for two decades, written a poem on women who live on the pavement, a play on child sexual abuse and a script for UNICEF, and translated poems by street children. She has penned television soaps and scripts for forthcoming films. Her first book is Whose Father, What Goes?, a retelling of Hamlet.
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An absolutely delightful read. I finished it at one go. The relationship between grandfather and child is so beautifully and sensitively portrayed. I especially liked the way the father also joins in the fantasy with grandpa and child! The mother gets portrayed as a villain but often, isn’t that the case😊? The author Madhuri Kamat shows an uncanny ability to capture nuances in relationships.
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