Hindustan Times ST (Jaipur)

Soha and Kunal to co-author children’s books

- Na Rakheja

hey have shared space in reel life as actors, and in real life, as partners and nts. Now, Soha Ali Khan Kunal Kemmu are soon g to share credits as ors! The couple is piling a series of children’s s, titled Inni and Bobo. The acter of the protagonis­t, is based on their three-old daughter Inaaya, se love for stories inspired wo to explore a young ’s love for animals, cially puppies, in the ming book. han, who earlier wrote her oir, The Perils of Being erately Famous, informs though the book will be criptive and evocative”, as “consciousl­y tried to d being metaphoric­al”. She ves that for children’s s, “the writing style needs more literal to be rstood”. And though this marks Kemmu’s debut as uthor, he “never really felt pressure”. a kid, Kemmu reveals, he n’t much of a reader”, and d hearing and visualisin­g es more. “My family used l me a lot of stories in rent ways, which would o how I’d imagine it... reads a lot of stories to ya, but I like to make up es for her... That is how book happened. This one that I made up for her, eally liked it and then close to animals and works for the cause of strays. “As a kid, I was scared of dogs and never thought I would want one. But, as I grew up, my fondness for them really grew... Masti is the first pet I have; she’s more like a daughter to me,” he shares.

On the occasion of Internatio­nal Dog Day, he urges people to adopt strays. “We have also adopted and fostered strays in the past. Even now we have them in Delhi. It’s an emotional experience to see

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