Children are the gurus as they help us from the perils of being adults: Vani Tripathi Tikoo

The launch of actor and Central Board of Film Certification member, Vani Tripathi Tikoo’s book Why can’t Elephants be Red? I wanted to remember all those little red elephants that we still have inside but we have forgotten because we have become adults,” said Tikoo. Paresh Rawal, Smriti Irani, Vani Tripathi Tikoo The book — also tells a touching story of the time Tikoo couldn’t go back to her toddler daughter in Singapore for a year and a half during the Covid-19 pandemic. I knew that she called to tell me that something happened to her mother— that either amma has collapsed or she has to be rushed to the hospital or somebody has done something at the hospital and she is not recovering.” She added, “So Vaani, jab aap chaturai dikhaati hain, aur ek bahaut hi sundar si bachchon ki kitaab likhti hai, toh shayad isko compliment karte huye, un auraton ke liye bhi kitaab zaroor likhni chahiye, jo rishton mein bant jaati hai, par har rishton mein nyaya karti hai.” Complimenting, Tikoo on becoming an author, and a child’s inquisitiveness being one of the reasons for getting inspired to write a book, Irani said, “I will be honest that I don’t stand here for the child’s book.