Arundhati Roy writes intimately of life with, and without, her mother
While reading Arundhati Roy’s Mother Mary Comes To Me, it is best to be armed with the author’s…
Ruminations between the co-founders of Brown Girl Bookshelf
In August 2020, friends Mishika Narula and Srisruthi Ramesh created Brown Girl Bookshelf (BGB), a platform and growing…
Death and war in Eric Ambler’s supremely stylish spy thriller, ‘Journey into Fear’
“In case of danger… In case! But you couldn’t get away from danger! It was all about you,…
Tara is missing. Her best friend Mansi sets out to retrace her days before she disappeared
On my first night in Jora, when I opened my eyes, there were so many stars in the…
Why Sudeshna Shome Ghosh took on ‘one of the toughest jobs in publishing’: Children’s picture books
Imagine a book. A slim one. A colourful one. You flip through it, and it appears to be…
How two young men tried to make drinking tea cool with an investment of Rs 3 lakh
If you are still in college, you might have friends preparing for competitive exams such as the UPSC…
An exhibition that brought together 130 years of Indian children’s book art
In the charming picture book Nani’s Walk to the Park, little Venki is eager to get to the…
Fyodor Dostoyevsky’s 1848 social media sensation book ‘White Nights’
Last year, Fyodor Dostoyevsky’s slim novella White Nights became an online sensation on Bookstagram, with thousands of posts,…