The number one issue: An interview with author Neha Singh

Coimbatore | Tuesday | 29th May, 2018

Summary:

more-in“Ooh look at how she’s standing?” laughed my colleague when she saw the cover of Neha Singh’s I Need To Pee. I Need To Pee Neha Singh Puffin“This particular book is inspired by my own experience of a 17-hour bus ride from Bhopal to Mumbai, which led to some pretty harrowing and, in hindsight, funny experiences regarding my own toilet needs,” says Singh. The book was conceived of as a picture book and the artists she collaborated with —Meenal Singh and Erik Egerup — are her sister and brother-in-law. Singh believes that “any topic can be made into a fun book using a bit of humour, irony and imagination. “I think we need to stop shaming children and young adults for their toilet needs — whether at home, in school, in communities in general — just because our public toilet situation is so bleak..