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    Amla Mater
    Amla Mater
    Amla Mater
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    Amla Mater

    By Devi Menon

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    In the stillness of autumn, I feel I can almost hear someone hum 'Lokame tharavadu (the world is my home)....'

    In her tiny flat in East London, as Mili waits for her baby to arrive, little things remind her of her life in India­­-the scent of jasmine flowers, a heavy downpour, a late-night cup of coffee, an&n

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherYali Books
    Release dateJun 15, 2018
    ISBN9780989061575
    Amla Mater
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    Devi Menon

    Devi Menon is a software professional by day and a bedtime story weaver by night, forced to concoct tales from five random words that her niece and nephew come up with-tales of moons, cats, clocks, blues, and much of muchness. This is her first graphic novel. Devi has been featured in The Inking Woman: 250 Years of Women Cartoon and Comic Artists in Britain (Myriad Editions 2018), a groundbreaking picture-led celebration of the work of over 100 named British artists.

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