July 18, 2022 2:23 pm
While Vaishali Shroff’s Batata, Pao, And All Things Portuguese shows how history changes with each retelling, Rati Malaiya’s A to Z of Indian Cities offers a ringside view of India’s unparalleled diversity
July 05, 2022 11:30 am
Rules of Summer is a book for children, yes, but it’s also one that roots the adults in their past and in their now. Between ‘never wait for an apology’ and ‘always know the way home’ lies the universe that some relationships traverse with ease while in which some others falter and wither away
July 03, 2022 6:34 pm
While Ruskin Bond’s epistolary musing speaks of the importance of perseverance, Ikigai for Teens is a recipe for slowing down and learning to take cues from one’s own life
June 28, 2022 5:20 pm
Merlinwand publishing house gives children the unique option of having the protagonist of a book named after themselves.
June 22, 2022 5:50 pm
For the bookworm, a chance to take part in a reading Olympiad or explore diversity through free book resources online
June 19, 2022 6:35 pm
While Ruskin Bond’s memoir takes young readers through the time he spent with his father, Ta-Nehisi Coates explores generational racial wounds suffered by African Americans in his seminal letter to his son
June 07, 2022 9:07 pm
What a powerful picture book to say in the simplest of ways what philosophers and spiritual gurus take pages to propound. That we have it in us to change the course of our thoughts.
June 05, 2022 6:39 pm
Robin Stevens’ 'Murder Most Unladylike' series and Trenton Lee Stewart’s 'Mysterious Benedict Society' series offer adventure, thrill and an exploration of the nature of friendships and what it means to be different
May 22, 2022 5:23 pm
Through parallels with food, nature and colours, the books counter discriminatory perspectives of race with a more inclusive one
May 09, 2022 7:46 pm
Of loss and grief and a showdown between right and wrong -- books on nature that fuel the imagination and feed curiosity