Dec 21 2025 to Dec 21 2025 11 a.m.

Where

Bangalore International Centre

7 4th Main Rd, Stage 2, Domlur 560071

Event Description

We can always get by with a little help from our friends!

Basava, a young boy, discovers this for himself when a search for firewood in the forest turns into an unexpected journey shaped by the gentle magic of helping others.

To mark the 20th anniversary of Basava and the Dots of Fire, author Radhika Chadha will do a special reading of her much-beloved tale. First published by Tulika Books in 2005 and now in its seventh reprint, the book has become a steady favourite among parents, reviewers and young readers alike. Celebrated for its warm narrative of kindness and friendship, as well as illustrations that make every page feel like artwork, it continues to be recommended as a standout picture book two decades after its debut.

Join us for a joyful session that revisits a story whose sparks of wonder and empathy glow brightly long after it is read.

Around the World in 50 Sundays is a journey that begins, not with a ticket, but with opening a book. In a city like Bangalore where families are always in motion, the BIC Library hopes to offer stillness and a quiet, welcoming space for both parents and children where reading becomes a shared way of being and not a task.

Every Sunday, we open our doors to invite you into a library that listens; building a rhythm of return, a habit of joy and a new community bound not just by books, but by the weekly ritual of reading together.

Supported by:

Storyteller

Radhika Chadha
Writer
Radhika Chadha is an author, innovation consultant, and artist whose work spans children’s literature, nonfiction, and the visual arts. She is the creator of Tulika Books’ bestselling Baby Bahadur series and the author of Basava and the Dots of Fire, as well as the poem “A Well Is Born,” included in Water Stories, Tulika’s anthology of myths. Her children’s books have been translated into several Indian and international languages, and I’m So Sleepy, the first book in the Baby Bahadur series (now in its eleventh reprint!) was listed in Young Zubaan’s 101 Indian Children’s Books We Love. She teaches the Writing KidLit module at the Bangalore World Famous Semi Deluxe Writing Programme.

Chadha is also the author of Intelligent Investing (Wheeler Publishing) and Innovative India (Penguin), which examines innovation in corporate and national contexts. She co-authored the script for Mandukya Sant Vani, a musical production by Sunaad. She is currently working on a collection of short stories and poems and preparing for her first exhibition of mixed-media sculpture using handmade paper and found objects.