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A pacy, romantic, coming-of-age novel that brings alive the challenges and joys of a girl growing up in contemporary middle-class Muslim family in Bangalore. The protagnist’s quest for agency is skillfully presented, breaking stereotypes in an organic and layered way. Weaving an engaging romace amidst class differences and family/community expectations, this book conveys the complexities of relationships and everyday life with both humour and seriousness.
Two 18-year-old Zainabs, nearly a century apart. Both rather unconventional, gutsy, and not yet fully grown up. This intriguing and exciting book portrays the awakening of love, of political awareness, and of the dilemmas faced by both Zainabs. Both live in times of turmoil: the freedom struggle, and the fight to preserve democracy in the current times. Their lives touch each other through a sari here, a diary there. A totally engrossing and delicate coming-of-age story.
A beautifully produced book, focusing on the Bangla artist Jamini Roy, that explores his growth as an artist and how the art he saw around him shaped his style. The text is written simply and evocatively, and the design of the book, with many cut-throughs, pull-outs and flaps, offers multiple ways of engaging with text and image. The activities at the end of the book are well-designed and encourage ways of understanding his style more practically.
This brilliantly researched collaboration between a graphic artist and archaeologist meticulously presents the story of the Indus Valley Civilization in a comic-book format. Through an unnamed narrator, it presents complex historiographical issues accessibly, not shying away from difficult debates of origin and identity. The imagination of the Indus cities requires fidelity to known objects and structures. The book adheres to this closely.
Unknown Heroes of India’s Freedom Struggle
The term ‘freedom struggle’ conjures images of iconic leaders, yet there were millions of others who contributed to India’s independence, displaying remarkable courage and sacrifice at their own small levels. Journalist P. Sainath documents the lives of these lesser-known figures, many in their twilight years. The graphic format brings their stories alive in this fascinating children’s version.
This research memoir attempts to capture the many facets of elephant lives in the wild. The writer gets to know elephants as individuals, and grows close to them, particularly to Tipu, the largest of them in Rajaji National Park, the area of his study. Written in a vivid, lively style, and illustrated with photographs, his book captures changes in physical and socio-cultural landscape and the escalating conflicts with humans, giving a fascinating insight into a complex co-existence of forests, animals and humans in today’s world.
This unusual book attempts to banish the common perception that philosophy is not for children, though most of us can recognize that children make wonderful philosophers. The book is divided into sections where timeless and core philosophical concerns are transformed into common themes in a child’s life – seeing, thinking, reading, writing, mathematics, art, being good and learning – that they can relate to easily. The quirky illustrations animate and support the lucid text that makes philosophy contemporary, fun, relatable yet absorbing.
After Midnight -A History of Independent India
An inspiring but realistic look at the triumphs and trials of the post-independence era, when this motley union of hundreds of little princely states became a nation, grew and developed, and reached a stature of no small significance in the world today. Due credit is given to all who contributed to this journey, and the narrative brings us right to the post-pandemic times, giving context to the present and hope for the future.
