On her way to school, this writer would pass an abandoned building where her granduncle used to live. Too young to remember much about the inside of the apartment, her imagination would take off from the peeling paint and sounds of the road leading to the house, to build a life from the stories she heard about him. Without the sight of that building and the experience of walking past it every day, would the stories about him be comprehensible to a young mind? If stories have to travel long distances and time, visual aids, sounds and common experiences help lend structure to world-building. Recognising this need, North America-based platform Golguppa, a women-led small business, uses storytelling and illustrations to help Indian children living across the world learn Indian languages and culture. 

Artwork from Feeling Junglee