Little Meena’s Big Adventure
Book Review Title: A Big Mystery for Little Meena Author: Anamika Kundu Publisher: Sabre & Quill, New Delhi, 2026 Pages: 128 W hen little children are thrown into the vicious world of arms smugglers, there’s a lot in store for the readers of their story. When the children belong to two different worlds altogether, there’s more excitement added. Anamika Kundu brings together a few children from army personnel’s families that live in a little cantonment and a few others from a nomadic tribe in Rajasthan in this little novel that can keep young readers fully engaged from page one to the last. “The stranger was big. He was like a giant, Meena thought.” That’s how the novella begins. Eight-year-old feisty Meena’s adventure begins in those very opening sentences and we follow her to the end of the story which brings Major Bose of Indian army into the plot. The birthday celebration of the twin children of Major Bose, Veer and Lucky, brings Meena’s nomadic fa...
