Back to school and a need a quick pick me up? Or maybe it is an extra boring summer vacay and you need the chills, thrills, and all the feels? The Body in the swimming Pool by Shabnam Minwalla, is just the book you need! This book is not as scary as some of Shabnam […]
Every once in a while, you need to return to that something which feels warm and familiar and gets your heart all buzzing! In movies, a good romcom does that for me. But with books, it has to be a good fantasy fiction where anything can happen and we are rooting for the underdog! The […]
As parents, how often do we tell our children to keep quiet? If there is anything we learn from the news around us today, it is to Speak Up, confidently. That is why Woebegone’s Warehouse of Words is a fascinating book, especially for YA readers. Award-winning author Payal Kapadia’s Woebegone’s Warehouse of Words is a […]
If you have ever wondered about how to talk to your children about the India/Pakistan partition, then this book should be in your starter kit. Roop and the River Crossing is one of those finely nuanced books you come across that look gentle but will blow your mind away. Roop has a new gift from […]
If there was ever a love letter to Bangalore, then this book would be winning hearts. As a Bangalorean myself, I was so excited to read this book and it did not disappoint. Author Roopa Pai is a third-generation Bangalorean and this is an extension of her fortnightly column, ‘Beloved Bangalore’ that appears in the […]
As parents, every passing day is a reminder that we live in a world where we cannot afford to take the mental state of our children lightly. When we were growing up, there was not much thought given to how much stress we were under until we were in the dreaded Board Exam years. But […]