A Cloud Called Bhura

Climate Champions to the Rescue

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A story about four friends, a city in need of help, a bunch of clueless groan-ups and a very angry, very brown and very dangerous cloud.


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“ A Cloud Called Bhura not just stands out for its biting satire, the way it breaks down climate science for kids, but also for being a rare children’s book that talks about Ambedkarite politics.”

— The Indian Express

Amni wakes up one morning to find the sky taken over by a huge brown cloud. Where did this cloud appear from suddenly? Even as she and her friends Mithil, Tammy and Andrew start finding out more, their city of Mumbai starts reeling from the changes the cloud brings to the weather. Bhura Cloudus, as the media calls it, contains noxious gases, causes scalding rain to fall, makes birds flee the city, and suffocates every living thing.

What will Mota Bhai, the powerful politician, do now? Can Vidisha and Bidisha, the scientist twins, find a solution? And what about superstar Pavan Kumar and the amazing cloud-sucking machine? Can Bhura ever be driven away, or is it already too late?

Thought-provoking, funny and inspiring, A Cloud Called Bhura is about the changing global climate and the havoc it can cause, as well as the forces of friendship, trust and community that give hope and will help counter this deadly threat to humanity.

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Published by Talking Cub

The book’s fabulously illustrated by Aindri C.

Editor: Sudeshna Shome Ghosh

Art Director: Maithili Doshi

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Here’s what the one and only Jerry Pinto has to say about the book!

For aunties and maamis and maasis and chachis and akkas and fais and foois looking at books to buy for their nephews and nieces:

This is the kind of book that is fun and informative too. You might even want to read it yourself before you gift it.

For children looking for their own books:

You are a lucky thing if you can choose your own books. But if you are a lucky thing, you got luckier. You picked the right book. Don’t put it down. You’ll enjoy it and you’ll learn a lot about the climate and global warming and each time there’s a word in CAPITAL LETTERS, you get to shout it out!