Cover of Inara Celebrates Diwali

English edition

Inara Celebrates Diwali

A Story About the Festival of Lights

Inara Celebrates Diwali is a small rhyme for small children.

On every page two more people in the family get the house ready for Diwali. her big sister arranges the tray of lamps, her brother lights the sparklers, Mumma fills a bowl of kheer, Papa hangs the lights, Chachi hands round the laddu. And every time, Inara celebrates Diwali with two more of them.

Every page tells one small part of the day. One in Punjabi.

It is written for children who are growing up far from India, and for the people who put them to sleep at night.

  • LanguageEnglish, written in Latin, with English on every page
  • Pages26
  • Size8.5 inches square, full colour
  • AuthorSatbir Malhi
  • PublisherInara Library, 2026

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How to read it

Every page of this book has three lines.

The first line is Punjabi, written in Gurmukhi.

The second line is the same Punjabi in English letters. Read this one out loud if you do not read Gurmukhi. It will still sound right.

The third line is English, so you know what it means.

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