Mother to twins Puhor and Niyor, Pritisha Borthakur has published an illustrated children’s book with stories about various types of families such as those with two moms, two dads, a single mother, foster and adopted children, and a multiracial family. “In India, I have come to realise the need for children and adults to welcome families of all kinds. Some of my friends are unmarried, single parents or married but childless. I often hear them complaining how their personal life is labelled as broken and incomplete,” she says. This state of things concerned her deeply and with Puhor and Niyor’s Mural of Family Stories (Repro Books Limited; Rs 299), a book aimed towards children between the ages of four and eight, she decided to take matters into her own hands.

Pritisha Borthakur