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The Secret Kingdom: NEK Chand, a Changing India, and a Hidden World of Art
by Barb Rosenstock
This is one of those stories that I had no idea existed in this world and I'm so glad I know it exists. This is a nonfiction account of a recycled artist in India. Nek grew up in a village listening to all these stories as a child. When India and Pakistan split their border, Nek had to move with his whole village to a new modern concrete city in India.
From there Nek is unhappy working in this concrete city with no village stories. He goes off into the edge of the jungle and begin to use recycled junk to make characters from his stories. He created a 12 acre rock garden to remember all these stories. He went 15 years without being found and then some authorities found this art space and wanted bulldoze it all, but the city found out about it an than came to see it and save it.
There is one real life fold-out photo of the real place and it's amazing looking. It's an interesting looking garden.
I thought this was an interesting story about real life. It might not be for every kid, but it's really interesting what people can do in life. I'm so glad I found this.
From there Nek is unhappy working in this concrete city with no village stories. He goes off into the edge of the jungle and begin to use recycled junk to make characters from his stories. He created a 12 acre rock garden to remember all these stories. He went 15 years without being found and then some authorities found this art space and wanted bulldoze it all, but the city found out about it an than came to see it and save it.
There is one real life fold-out photo of the real place and it's amazing looking. It's an interesting looking garden.
I thought this was an interesting story about real life. It might not be for every kid, but it's really interesting what people can do in life. I'm so glad I found this.