A book about menstrual health by actor and film producer Tisca Chopra
Tisca Chopra graduated in English Literature from Hindu College before she became a professional actor. Having trained with theatre greats like Naseeruddin Shah and Feroz Abbas Khan, she got her big break in Aamir Khan’s Taare Zameen Par for which she won several national and international awards. She followed that up with Dil Toh Bachcha Hai Ji and Ankur Arora Murder Case. She has acted in a runaway stage hit Dinner with Friends. She has written Acting Smart: Your Ticket to Showbiz published by Harper Collins India and contributed to an anthology published by Harper UK and written a short film Chutney.
Tisca Chopra is a celebrated author and her new book, tentatively titled Your Book of Period, a book about menstrual health and growing up, is scheduled to be publish in December 2020, under their children’s imprint, Red Panda. Westland Publications (an Amazon company) announced the acquisition of celebrated author and film producer Tisca Chopra’s new book. Pitched as a conservation-starter, the book will comprise of honest dialogues and advice for children aged between nine and thirteen, written in Tisca’s fun, frank and witty style.
The book will be a celebration of growing up, and a solution to the lack of easy and comfortable access to information. In the absence of open conversations with other children, parents and teachers, this book could be their friend and guide them through these physically and emotionally complicated days in their lives. The intention is to help create informed, empowered young readers who make the best choices for themselves!
Packed with nuts-and-bolts inputs as well as suggestions from experts, this smart and sassy book will provide an in-depth understanding on how to deal with physical, emotional and social changes and make the best of the growing up years.
Expressing her delight, Tisca Chopra said, ‘In trying to entertain and also provide suitable conversation topics for my daughter, I discovered the joy of children’s books. Books are a fantastic and practically effective tool for initiating critical conversations. While I enjoy reading and writing fiction, I believe children need good non-fiction book as well, to address the need for sharing information in a way they don’t feel lectured by parents.
At this strange time, with all of us confined to our homes, I wanted to create a book which would be meaningful for many young girls including my Tara. And so my publisher and I discussed the idea of this book that may well become an essential read for girls on their way to becoming young women. Mothers, daughters and their friends can bond around the book and discuss it as friends.”
She added, “It is my hope that the book will inspire meaningful conversations and be a trusted resource for young girls in their growing up years, about issues they may be confused about and are hesitant to discuss. Through the book, I’d like them to know that that they are not alone and that there’s help at hand.’
Speaking on the acquisition, Vidhi Bhargava, Publisher, Red Panda, an imprint of Westland Publications said, ‘We’re very excited about publishing Tisca Chopra’s forthcoming children’s book under Westland’s children’s imprint Red Panda. Tisca has made a mark with unusual and powerful roles in various mediums, and her passion and commitment are reflected in her writing as well.’
She further added, ‘The soon-to-be-released book is about growing up and the associated aches and pains. Written from a mother’s perspective we feel the book has the potential to be that one book that mothers would like to gift their daughters at the cusp of puberty. ’
An actor-author-screenwriter, Tisca Chopra’s love for novels and bookstores, has been applauded and acknowledged by filmmakers as well as actors across the industry. An author and an avid reader, Chopra describes herself as a “book person” and reveals that she can be often found “at home with a book in hand”. Apart from her acting credibility, her smart fashion choices have also been lauded time and again.