Made in Humane Club
– By Dhara (Sabi’s mom)
On Teaching Computational Thinking
Sabi wrote this book, but the “product” you see here is the result of a rigorous 15-day sprint. We tackled one computational thinking concept per day, paired with one interactive game. I’ve documented this entire journey in a series of blogs to serve as a roadmap for other parents. Each entry deconstructs the learning cycle. If you are looking to build this foundation with your own child, you can find the complete process here: https://narishakti.in/books
On the Use of AI
As a professional in a tech-driven world, I believe in using AI as a “power tool,” not a ghostwriter. To maintain the integrity of Sabi’s learning, we followed a strict protocol:
AI was NOT used to:
- While I taught her the technical concepts, every story, every character and every idea that makes those concepts relatable to pre-teens came entirely from Sabi without the use of AI
- Write the Text: Every word was drafted from scratch by Sabi.
- Design the Games: All game logic, requirements, and prompts were conceptualized and documented by Sabi in a Google Doc.
AI was used to:
- Copy Edit: Punctuation and spell checks.
- Visuals: Generating cover images via Google Gemini.
- Using ChatGPT to transform Sabi’s specific logic into games.
2025-2026: A Year Of Struggle and Resilience
Sabi’s inspiration to write began after our pilgrimage to Sabarimala. She completed her first book, fueled by pure excitement. What followed, however, was a year of creative struggle and identity shifts. Before this book “clicked,” Sabi walked away from many projects:
India’s Warrior Tradition Through Rap Music: Sabi’s favorite artist, Rapperiya Baalam, writes songs focused on the historic valor of Indian kings. Around the same time, she read Pankaj Saxena’s Svayambodha. Inspired, she tried writing a version of Svayambodha for kids. 10,000 words and a couple of months later, she lost interest.
The Maratha Century. How Hindus Took Back Most Of India And Then Lost It All. Sabi read every book by Dr. Uday S. Kulkarni on Maratha history. After seeing how Yuval Noah Harari’s Sapiens was transformed into the children’s book Unstoppable Us, she wondered why Kulkarni’s work couldn’t be next. However, after dedicatedly writing 20,000 words over several months, she lost interest.
India’s Republic Day Parade For Kids: Our family friends, Deepan and Krupa, took Sabi to see the Republic Day Parade. Seeing the weapon systems first-hand, Sabi had a profound realization: she was building using “craft,” but she didn’t understand “technology.” She tried writing about the weapons she saw, but 4,000 words later, she lost interest.
Shutting her business: Since age 5, she has been building something or the other and selling it. After the Republic Day Parade, she lost interest in her current products, bookmarks, ISRO rocket models, Tulsi Tea, and her Sabarimala book and even gave up on her business, Snug Monsters.
Giving up on Karate: Since age 5, she has been deep into Karate and became an advanced brown belt. Then she lost interest.
Finally, she completed this book. Between Book 1 (“How I Met Ayyappa”) from 2025 and this one, Sabi shifted from chronicling what happened to her to using stories as carriers for technical concepts. Dialogue carries more weight than description, and characters change through the chapter instead of just appearing in it.