Penguin is set to release JAMLO WALKS to mark the one-year anniversary of migrant workers walking home post the biggest lockdown announced last year due to COVID-19.
This book is dedicated to the memory of Jamlo. Her walk needs to be remembered if we want to create a world that shares resources fairly, a world that listens to everyone’s voices, a world that is just and kind.’
The book marks the one-year anniversary of migrant workers walking home. It has been a year since the lockdown was announced, with only 4 hours of notice and when Indians across took to the streets to walk home when all means of livelihood dried up.
Even though things seem to be drifting back to some version of normalcy, we still see inequality every day. We still see voices being crushed and our humanity dying.
About The Book
The world has stood still. The streets lie empty
and schools are closed. All work has dried up
and people keep whispering the word ‘corona’
all the time.
Jamlo walks down a long and hot road,
alongside hundreds of men, women and
children whom Tara watches on a screen.
Jamlo walks as Rahul watches
the streets turn quiet.
Jamlo walks and walks in a world that
needs to be kind and just and equal—a world
where all lives are seen as important.
About the Author
Samina Mishra is a filmmaker, writer and teacher, and works in the area of child development. Samina’s books include Shabana and the Baby Goat, My Friends in the City, My Sweet Home, 101 Children’s Books We Love to Read (co-author) among others. Her latest book with Duckbill called Nida Finds a Way will be out in 2021.
Release Date- 19th April 2021
