Multicultural publishers expect to be judged on their quality as well as diversity, finds Judith Napier
Nirmal Hirani knows the value of reading. She recalls that, growing up India, there may not always have been enough money for new clothes, but there was always plenty to spend on books. 'My mother would suggest we buy extra food, perhaps, but my father would say books gave you a fat brain, they opened your eyes!'
So when she needed a name for her new publishing company, she chose Mansi, the Sanskrit for 'inner eye', expressing her ambition of producing multicultural books that give children a greater appreciation of their place in the world.
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