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New Books and Events that give you joy !

2012-02-04T16:48:00.000+05:30

Hi all, In a blink, we are past the first month in this year, and inching towards our tenth anniversary. A series of events planned over the next two months leading to our birthday. But first, the good news! Yes, we are back to our regular hours from Tues, 7th Feb. So, for all those customers who used to be here regularly in the mornings, please be informed that we are now open in the mornings

Join the citizens campaign - Every Child Counts !

2012-02-03T12:04:00.000+05:30

Door Step School in Aundh is spearheading the "Every Child Counts" campaign in Pune. Please give your time by volunteering. Check out their blog and volunteering activities on this link :

2012-01-22T18:02:00.000+05:30

Check this out ! http://www.punemirror.in/article/56/2012012220120122072240718add0a500/By-hook-or-by-book.html

LOK performing "Walking Along"

2012-01-15T18:36:00.001+05:30

The programme getting underway ! Soumyajit in action ! Soumyajit on song ! The crowd spilling over on all sides The audience in rapt attention tnt-ians - new and old ! The LOK friends with tnt friends !

New Street Performance and Happy Sankranti !

2012-01-09T08:28:00.000+05:30

Hi all, Best wishes for a beautiful harvest season and may the festivals of Sankranti/ Pongal fill you with abundance and joy! As the Sun begins its journey, we in twistntales embark on a series of events building up to our tenth anniversary celebrations! As starters, we have “LOK”, a theatre group from Kolkata performing in twistntales on Sat, 14th Jan. For those of you who attended their show

Happy Happy 2012 !

2012-01-03T19:36:00.000+05:30

Message sent to twistntales@yahoogroups.com on 3rd Jan, 2012 Hi all, Here’s wishing your families and you a lovely start to 2012 and a great year to follow. Here’s hoping that prosperity, wellness and abundance fills your spirits and your lives. We at twistntales are always excited with the new year…. It means yet another birthday is round the corner, yes, very soon we shall be completing ten

Santa and Magic at Sassoon !

2011-12-21T16:41:00.001+05:30

The gifts for Sunshine ! the twistntales volunteer teams !! Our lead guitarist, Lijya The twistntales choir in action ! Dr. Aarti Kinikar honoring Varsha, our enthusiastic social worker twistntales volunteers enjoying the show as well ! Onlookers galore ! An excited young volunteer from the audience! The magician at work ! The kids enthralled by the magician The doctors

Santa at twistntales !

2011-12-21T15:52:00.000+05:30

Dr. Aarti Kinikar, our biggest supporter in Sassoon Hospital Santa gheraoed by kids at Sassoon ! Decorations in Sassoon under Mrs. Claus's (Gauri) supervision. Santa getting ready at twistntales. Now the secret can be told. Our Santa is ex Radio Mirchi RJ Srikant (Bumper to bumper). Srikant spent his student days working in twistntales, and has been our Santa ever since. Changes in job,

Thanks from Sassoon Hospital

2011-12-20T15:04:00.000+05:30

Dear Janaki, Sincere thanks to you and the entire Twist n Tales team for yet another lovely Christmas celebration at Sassoon hospital. The kids and everyone present enjoyed the evening and Santa was a big hit with the children as always. The hospital staff were very touched to be acknowledged and delighted with their gift. Our thanks to all the donors for the stationery, books and toys as well

List of donors for Sassoon X'mas event

2011-12-20T14:45:00.001+05:30

A very big thank you to all our donors who made our Xmas event joyful and meaningful. Sr.no Name Item 1. Shafqat Hussain Rs. 5000/- 2. Piyush Goel Rs. 500/- 3. Delia Carey Sponsor paid for magician/ music system 4. Lijya P Coloring books and crayons 5. Nikita Kulkarni toys 6. Pramila Tate toys 7. Lalitha Vaidyanathan Rs. 1000/- 8. Gunjan/ Anagha/ Meenakshi/ Kanchan Carrom Board

Merry Christmas - Join us !

2011-12-16T15:38:00.000+05:30

Mail sent to twistntales@yahoogroups.com on 16th Dec’11 Hi, Here’s another reminder for all of you who will like to come for our Christmas Party at Sassoon Hospital (Pediatric Ward) tomorrow (Sat, 17th Dec). The party (magic show, singing etc) happens at the Pediatric ward and starts by 4pm. For those of you coming directly, please assemble on the ground in front of the pediatric ward, and you

Things required for Sassoon Hospital (Pediatric Ward) - Christmas 2011

2011-12-06T15:25:00.001+05:30

A. Medical/ Hospital Supplies (Consumables) Any contribution towards buying of syringes, needles, etc, Bedsheets - 120 beds – 2 sets (240 bed sheets to tuck in beds). Details of medical consumables given below : List of Consumables that can help- 1. Intracaths No 24, No 25 (requirement of 300 each) Approx. Cost Rs 40/- each (Rs. 12000/-) 2. Butterfly Scalp Needles No. 25 (

Celebrate the Spirit of Giving at Christmas at Sassoon Hospital

2011-12-06T15:20:00.000+05:30

Hi all, Thank you to many of you for making it to our event, “Tales Teens Try”. We had a wonderful response and a good interesting debate between the authors and pre-teens/ teens and the parents/educators gathered here on that day. Details of proceedings and snaps of the event posted on Facebook and in our Blog. We are ready to move on to the next event – our annual feature, an X’mas party

Tales Teens Try !

2011-11-21T18:41:00.000+05:30

Anushka Ravishankar signing books for her teenage fans! Mini Srinivasan reading from her book, "Just a train ride away" A section of the audience The moderator, Mahrukh Bharucha making a point The pre-teen brigade in the last rows! The teenage author, Aayushi Kolhatkar reading from her book, "Tunnel of Illusions" Sonja Chandrachud, author of "Trouble at the Taj" responding to a

Tales Teens Try !

2011-11-18T13:08:00.000+05:30

at 5 pm in twistntales, on sat, 19th Nov.

Book Review - The Storyteller - Tales from the Arabian Nights

2011-11-18T13:05:00.000+05:30

The Storyteller: Tales from the Arabian Nights by Anushka Ravishankar Here is Anushka Ravishankar’s latest new collection of tales from the Arabian Nights. So you’ll find many, many versions of the Arabian Nights- simplified ones, long ones, illustrated ones, bad ones, good ones, lyrical ones and funny ones. What usually remains more or less constant is the framework- the story of King Schariar

Book Review - Trouble at the Taj !

2011-11-17T12:37:00.000+05:30

Trouble at the Taj Whether it’s Natural or Supernatural, No mystery is out of this World for the young detective kids of the DOA Detective agency! Led by Madame X who is the head of the agency, she has trained her detective kids, and is now on a Holiday somewhere on a sunny Island, but that’s really none of anyone’s business! Anyway Team DOA certainly comprises of some out- of -the -Box

Book Review - Atleast a Fish !

2011-11-15T14:14:00.000+05:30

At least a Fish! ‘Please, At least a Fish, if not a Dog!’ Here it is. The ubiquitous argument heard across all families- Children pleading with their parents into getting them a pet! And just like any other child is Ana’s plea to her parents- ‘The Bopannas’! After rounds of prolonged negotiation, scenes of ‘eyes filling up with tears’ and all what it takes, (yes the children, they sure know

Book Review - Just a Train Ride Away !

2011-11-13T18:26:00.000+05:30

Santosh. His name means contentment. However Santosh is not content. He is a normal, good, school going boy just like any other child; except that he lives with his Mother alone. Ma and Baba had separated when Santosh was four, and that’s all what he has been told, really! Thus Santosh is set to travel alone from Mumbai to Kolkata during his holidays with a secret plan in his mind- that of

Happy Children's Day with events and new books!

2011-11-12T13:47:00.000+05:30

Hi all, Here’s wishing all our children – our biggest fans are kids! – a great time ahead … Happy Children’s Day on the 14th of Nov. The joy of childhood is a great feeling, and many of us as parents relive these joys with them. So, make sure you make time for your kid/s this week to help them enjoy their special day! And for all kids out there, make sure you pick up your copy of the new book in

Come for "Tales Teens Try" @ twistntales

2011-11-10T15:11:00.001+05:30

Tales Teens Try What do Young Adults like to read? twistntales presents award winning authors, Mini Srinivasan, Anushka Ravishankar and Sonja Chandrachud in conversation with noted theatre person Mahrukh Barucha on what our Young Adults like to read! Mini Srinivasan Winner of the first Children’s Literary Award – the Bal Sahitya Puraskar 2010 instituted by the Sahitya Akademi in India.

You Can’t Take What We Have! No Way!

2011-11-09T11:24:00.000+05:30

This is the third burglary attempt at twistntales, and luckily for us, unsuccessful! In the last ten years, we have learnt our lessons, and inspite of the burglars moving from Plan A to Plan B to Plan C, they have not been successful. Tell–tale signs of every plan in evidence! What is it they want from us? Books? I will gladly give away free, if they want to read! Money? We don’t have any! Our

Diwali Hamper of new books !!

2011-10-22T11:45:00.002+05:30

Hi all,First of all, a big thank you to all of you who joined us for the Saraswati Puja on Dusherra day at the Store.As school vacations begin and the festive spirit catches on, we at twistntales are ready and well stocked up in all sections. Do pay your favorite bookstore a visit and stock up your reading treasures for the Diwali break!Lots of new books also happening in the next two weeks – the

Navratri and Dasera Greetings !

2011-09-30T16:12:00.002+05:30

Hi all,Greetings of Navratri and the festive season!Lots of new books to read and enjoy … with a few days break for the festive season, here’s a chance to catch up on your reading!We are a little short of working hands, and some of you have found us closed in the afternoons. Hopefully, it’s a temporary phenomena and before the Diwali break, we should be back to full day working (10.30 to 2030 hrs

2011-09-24T16:32:00.001+05:30

Check this out :http://www.allaboutbookpublishing.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=566:twistntales&catid=60:book-shop&Itemid=178and we can't stop smiling :-))

Where do you want to shop ? Check out the coolest places !

2011-08-29T11:03:00.002+05:30

This is a story which appears in "Simply Pune", a Pune supplement of India Today, 5th September issue. The cover story is "10 Cool Places to Shop in Pune"

August Bonanza !

2011-08-02T18:44:00.002+05:30

Message sent to twistntales@yahoogroups.com on 02/08/2011Hi all,Here’s bringing you another huge pile of new and noteworthy books for you to curl up with in this festive season. Some nice long weekends coming up, and you can start stocking up!New Arrivals:Wow: Grassroots Comics – a tool for democracy and othersThere are five comic books from World Comics India. These are exemplary and you should

The Death of the Golden Goose

2011-06-23T16:36:00.003+05:30

A man had a goose that laid a golden egg every day. He killed it because he wanted to have all the eggs at once. He was shocked to discover that there were no eggs inside the goose and spent the rest of his life wallowing in self pity. What if I tell you this is not a children’s fable? How would you characterize the personality of such a person? THINK HARD FOR 10 SECONDS.