EXPLORING INDIA BOOKS
When Chandragupta Maurya left his palace in a procession, there were, apparently, in addition to the elephants, chariots, soldiers, women...
READ MOREWhen Chandragupta Maurya left his palace in a procession, there were, apparently, in addition to the elephants, chariots, soldiers, women...
READ MOREIf Zahiruddin Babur had been born in the twenty-first century instead of the fifteenth, he could have chosen to become a...
READ MOREA wild romp through author Nandini Bajpai’s imagination, Rishi and the Karmic Cat is, essentially, a book for the reader who demands a thrill a...
READ MOREStories of Birbal and Tenali Raman are always popular with children. This is possibly because they feature well-known figures with interesting...
READ MOREI recall, a few years ago, my then twelve-year-old daughter was grumbling indistinctly under her breath while doing her homework. Now that was not...
READ MOREPut on your sneakers, strap on a backpack and let’s go on a walkabout with Mamta Nainy and Jayanto. In this generously large and brightly-coloured...
READ MOREWhen it is done well, historical fiction can be a beautiful thing. The ‘boringness’ of names and dates and battles and ‘extent...
READ MOREThat we can never have enough good, well-researched books on Indian history for children, written by authors with tons of street-cred, a secular...
READ MOREDuckbill’s History Mystery series comes with an appropriate tagline, “Mysteries you’ll never find in history books”. Indeed, the things that...
READ MOREIt’s like a whirlwind tour of India – some parts of it, anyway. All done and dusted in the comfort of your home, with snacks to munch on if you...
READ MOREAt 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...
READ MOREEveryone will tell you that children hate history. Actually they don’t. They hate the history that is taught in schools. They love historical...
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