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Prachi Kalra teaches courses in literacy at Gargi College University. She also teaches a course in children’s literature and storytelling. Her mother and grandmother, instilled in her a love of stories by telling her stories orally, or reading them out. Prachi has a PhD in storytelling from Delhi University; her data showed that children, even young ones, enjoy complex stories not necessarily with a direct moral. Stories help children make meaning of their lives and shouldn’t be used to merely test memory or teach grammar.

Prachi lives in Delhi. She has a sizeable collection of children’s books, built by scouring book fairs, even second-hand book shops. Prachi’s dream is to open a public library for children.