A Hindi primer by Gulzar and illustrated by Rina Singh for those who fall in love with Hindi or Hindi-speaking people This is a lovely little book that opens up the world of Hindi. Delightfully illustrated by Canada based writer and artist Rina Singh, it is a 'kayada', an alphabet primer, for grown-ups that teaches you how to read Hindi through the magical poetry of Gulzar.

Gulzar is one of India's finest scriptwriters, film makers and lyricists. He has been working in mainstream Hindi cinema for over fifty years. He has published many collections of poetry and short stories and also written for children.His list of awards includes many Filmfare and National Awards, an Oscar and a Grammy, the Sahitya Akademi Award in 2002 and the Padma Bhushan in 2004.