Editor | Children’s Books Have you heard of the magic spell that can make a dead person come alive? Or about the wishing tree that gives the wonderful gift of daughters? Who do the gods turn to for support when they are helpless? Do you know where the world’s first clone came from? Women in

Editor | Non-fiction In a new book (coming out in December 11) aptly titled Mind Master, India’s first Grandmaster and five-time chess World Champion Viswanathan Anand looks back on his wealth of experience and shares sharp lessons on how to navigate life. In this absorbing account (as told to Susan Ninan), Anand takes readers on

Editor | Non-fiction Crack the Code: Maths Mysteries for All Ages is packed with clever conundrums and ciphers for anyone interested in critical thinking, logical reasoning and mathematics, of course. Whether you are 11 or 41, you’re going to love solving the 25 mysteries in this book that combine simple cryptology and arithmetic with some

Editor | Food Discover the magic of Maharashtrian cuisine! If you thought that Marathi food was only about coconut and spices, or vada pao and missal pao, think again. In this delectable compendium of recipes and stories, culinary researcher Saee Koranne-Khandekar debunks the myths surrounding the foods of Maharashtra and showcases the versatility and sheer

By A Correspondent New Delhi: After an overwhelming response from readers, Penguin Random House India is back with the second edition of The Penguin Classics Festival—There is One For Everyone. As the home to the largest selection of classics for adults and young readers, Penguin Random House India will celebrate the love for Classics with

Editor | Economy In this, his final book, economist Anthony Atkinson, one of the world’s great social scientists and a pioneer in the study of poverty and inequality, offers an inspiring analysis of a central question: What is poverty and how much of it is there around the globe? The persistence of poverty―in rich and

Editor | Culture Christened Reginald Dwight, he was a shy boy with Buddy Holly glasses who grew up in the London suburb of Pinner and dreamed of becoming a pop star. By the age of twenty-three, he was on his first tour of America, facing an astonished audience in his tight silver hotpants, bare legs

Editor | Fiction What else can we have in the zoo?’ asked Teju. ‘We need more than a lizard.’ When Mukesh decides to start a zoo with the help of his friend Teju, little does he know it’s no child’s play. He and his friends work hard at finding animals, and making them enclosures in

Editor | Fiction In the summer of 1959, an Antiguan immigrant in north west London lives the last day of his life, unknowingly caught in someone else’s story of hate and division, resistance and revolt. A mother looks back on her early forays into matters of the human heart – and other parts of the

Editor | Fiction It is twenty years since the events of La Belle Sauvage: The Book of Dust Volume One unfolded and saw the baby Lyra Belacqua begin her life changing journey. It is almost ten years since readers left Lyra and the love of her young life, Will Parry, on a park bench in