How To Reach Mars and Other Impossible Things does a very cheeky thing. It takes a topic that the whole world seems to be talking about and reiterates something very basic and fundamental — that women can be scientists too. Very often, our daily communication and the examples we use with our kids when we […]
I finished reading Zen, put it down, and had to look at the clock to find my bearings. I had read the last 300 pages almost in a stupor — hungrily turning the pages, blocking every other sound and sensation around me. I think at some point my kids said good night, but Zen, Yash, […]
I love it when a book forces you to look at a familiar place through a new lens, and that’s what is so exciting about Mala Kumar’s The Missing Rocks of Hampi. With Hampi in the book title, your mind automatically thinks about the historical ruins, but this story, though set in Hampi, is a […]
How far would you go to find the one you love? Would you travel to the ends of the earth to find the secret of life? Finding Tree is the story of Nachiketaki and her close bond with a mangrove tree. She loves spending time with the birds on the trees, swinging from the branches, […]
“I don’t know if I’m his friend but he has decided to be mine.” This line from The Scent of Roses hit me hard. Simple, heartfelt, and quietly poignant, exactly something a child may say. But that was not the only thing that blew me away about this book. The Scent of Roses is set […]
If there is a book that will get my kids curious about nature and get them to spend time in the great outdoors, I’m all over it! Add to that a good book that dares to dream, and you have just got my complete attention. The Forestborns is that rare combo. Vardhini Amin’s debut novel […]
Ask a group of children what they want to study or what they want to be, ‘job-wise’, and you will get everything from influencer to palaeontologist. It is always nice to hear them have the confidence to say what they dream of being. The School for Bad Girls is a book that takes you back […]
This is a beautiful book and was one of my favourite books of 2025. The story is about the friendship between two girls – Lalli, who is the daughter of migrant workers who come to Sakleshpur to find work during the coffee cherry picking season – and Champa, who is the daughter of plantation owners. […]
I have long believed squirrels are just rats with better PR. So, I have never been enamoured by a scurrying squirrel and have been guilty of egging on Clou to chase them away in his younger, more agile days. But this book made me look at squirrels differently, and I was quite amused. An Absence […]
I live in a society where tolerance towards stray animals is a hot topic. Some people never want to see stray animals near their home. And then there are those people who care for and feed these animals. Children are often taught to be scared of stray animals and with fear comes intolerance. But as […]