Pallavi, a twelve year old girl from Mamallapuram of the Pallava empire, is one of the few privileged ones who gets to attend the classes held at the royal library since her father works in the king’s court. However, things take a different turn when her father loses his job due to alcoholism and is sent away by the king to a Buddhist monastery for penance.
Battle of the Minds by Mamta Nainy is a perfect book to introduce the young curious minds to the world of chess. What can be more inspiring than to know about the legend himself?
Arjun loves science. But the mess that they leave behind are not something that his mother likes. With experiments firmly banned at home, the school’s announcement of a science competition feels like the universe finally giving Arjun his moment. There’s just one catch: he has to work with his bench mate, Kiara Parekh, who he finds thoroughly annoying.
Carri-On, Ruddy!: The Continued Adventures of the Naturalist-Sleuth Mongoose written and illustrated by Rohan Chakravarty, follows Ruddy, Kanha Tiger Reserve’s resident nature detective, as he solves weird wildlife “crime scenes” across India.
There are books that play with your mind, books that resonate with your heart — and then there are rare ones that quietly stir something deeper in your soul. Vibha’s book, Manifest your True Self, is one of those.
It is a collection of real, half-legendary, and totally legendary moments of kindness, none of them connected by plot, just by theme.
