What is happening in India - in terms of publishing houses consciously bringing out books with girl lead characters - is in keeping with the larger global trend. Says Karthika Gopalakrishnan, who is trying to do the same with her publication, “Not just in India, there is gender imbalance in children’s books across the world. But there are a lot of publishers who are writing stories, in which girls are seen being strong, having a lot of fun and doing whatever they want. I am trying to raise a son who will be a good father and husband, but I don’t know how conducive society is to this,” says Almas.Īlmas is happy to have got a response from the makers of Chhota Bheem - a show that is watched equally in cities and rural areas in India - who have promised to look into this. But his female friend wore two plaits, puts on pink blush, started cleaning the table and kept laddoos for him. In their game, my son was strong, powerful and mighty, and showed off his muscles.
My son was Chhota Bheem and the girl was Chutki. “One day, my seven-year-old son was playing with my friend’s 11-year-old daughter. All this makes our kids believe that boys are strong and that girls are not,” says Almas, who recalls an incident involving her son. Chutki is not as physically strong as the other kids. For e.g., her mother tells her not to climb trees, and she is seen making laddoos for Bheem. Chutki is intelligent and she participates in the adventures with the rest of the gang, but unlike the others, she has restrictions. So, there are superheroes, but no supersheroes. But there is none in which a girl is the lead. “The makers of Chhota Bheem have other shows, like Mighty Raju, Krishna the Great and Arjun Prince of Bali.
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