Almost a thousand years ago, an Indian scholar called Hemachandra discovered a fascinating number sequence. A century later, the same sequence...
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“Lost a pet? Can’t find something valuable? Noticed any suspicious activity? Need to investigate a mystery? Have a clue to solve? A treasure to...
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Once upon a time, a young girl was taught by her mother that all people were her people. So, Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu undertook an eventful journey...
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Children’s book publishers are constantly trawling the slush piles in search of fresh, original voices. One imagines that when Lalita Iyer’s...
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Why aren’t there more superhero books around? The fascination with superheroes and superpowers strikes most of us at a very young age, and while...
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Dear Aunty presents the thought processes of an extraordinarily ordinary middle schooler, Apoorva Joshi. In a style reminiscent of the Wimpy Kid...
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If covers could sell books, Jyotin Goel’s two books in the Sept-Opus series, with their arresting, blue-green-aqua-undersea-wow covers by...
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Most kids growing up in India are likely to have some sort of familiarity with the stories of Vikram and Betal. Natasha Sharma’s Vikram and the...
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Some writers are wonderfully adept at creating magic with a string of words, conjuring up scenes, and holding you spellbound. The first Ruskin...
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At first glance, twelve-year-old Madhura’s life doesn’t seem all that bad. She lives in the prosperous city of Pataliputra, capital of the Mauryan...
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“Mummy, does Madonna have periods too?” I still remember this line from an article I read in a magazine when I was in my teens. Nothing much seems...
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Anu Kumar’s A Chola Adventure catapults its reader back in time to 990 CE, Thanjavur. The prologue is an intriguing one: we’re introduced to...
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