In 2011 entrepreneur Preeti Vyas founded her own publication “FunOKPlease.” It is an independent, award-winning company which publishes children’s books on contemporary Indian themes.

It’s that time of the year again, Mother’s Day, when our inboxes and chat windows will be filled with pictures of babies, hearts, virtual flowers and ‘Mother is first teacher’ kind of posts- a celebration of the ‘most important job in the world!’  For our generation, it has also transformed into one of the toughest […]

Over the last few decades, children’s publishing in India has moved away from formulaic narratives to a diverse set of genres. The monopoly of fantasy, adventure or mythological tales is fast disappearing to pave the way for more unconventional and intellectually stimulating stories. Indian authors have been substantial in introducing more ground-oriented and edgy material […]

The SheThePeople.TV Women Writers’ Fest began with a panel on Bringing up a Generation of Readers. It was an insightful panel with responses from panelists across the spectrum of parenting and writing. We had Payal Kapadia, Preeti Vyas, Lubaina Tyeb Bandukwala and Dr. Swati Popat Vats talk about what it takes to raise children as […]

The greatest magic a child can experience is not in a magic show, not in a theatre, not on an iPad, but in a rather old-fashioned way –through a book. Reading is perhaps the easiest way we can travel into the distant past, and peer into the future, without leaving the comfort of our home. […]

You can take a concrete, tiny, powerful step which will stop, at least in part, the harmful content that supports and propagates child marriage, child abuse and pedophilia in mainstream Indian media. Here’s Preeti Vyas’ powerful piece on #PehredaarPiyaKi  If you are active on social media, in the past few days, you have probably come across […]