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PICTURES BY Nirupama Sekhar

“And is that it?” you will enquire.

To which I will reply,“No it isn’t, dear one. Not by a long shot.Our story has just

begun.”

WHO OWNS THE WATER?Deepa Balsavar

“This can’t go on,” the Hero Twins cried. “We have to do something. We must at least try.”

The people watched while the woodlands withered and the land died.

THE HERO TWINS AND THE SWALLOWER OF CLOUDS Suniti Namjoshi

A day and a night they travelled… they had unknowingly reached the End of the World, the Land of Darkness.

THE GREEN MANMariam Karim-Ahlawat

Now listen well, because the strangest thing of all happenedabout a week after this.

SELEKANA AND THE RIVER GODDESSZai Whitaker

Armed with maps and reports and a drill,They marched together up a low hill,Wearing safety helmets, bright and yellow…

A WELL IS BORNRadhika Chadha

Ayasha looked at the sun again and thought, there is more mercy in your golden flame than in the hearts of people.

KOLUSCAP AND THE WATER MOSTERSowmya Rajendran

His stomach and whole body seemed to be on fire. His insides were raging!

THE DRAGON’S PEARLNiveditha Subramaniam

“What is it?” he asked.

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