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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The Ramayana has all the ingredients of a robust, full-blooded adventure saga. A fast-paced plot with loads of action and crackling tension...
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When it is done well, historical fiction can be a beautiful thing. The ‘boringness’ of names and dates and battles and ‘extent...
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As heroes go, they rarely get quirkier than this. An almost-octopus? Whaaa’? A sept-opus! Didn’t get that? An octopus whose eighth tentacle never...
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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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