Books and Beyond

A school-age Indian boy outdoors holding a yellow book

Is It Okay to Let My Child Read Story Books Dur...

Half-yearly exams are underway in most CBSE schools this month, and the storybook on your child's nightstand suddenly feels like an indulgence you can't quite justify. Every evening spent with...

Is It Okay to Let My Child Read Story Books Dur...

Half-yearly exams are underway in most CBSE schools this month, and the storybook on your child's nightstand suddenly feels like an indulgence you can't quite justify. Every evening spent with...

A smiling Indian woman sitting outdoors on the ground with two young children beside her

Does Growing Up Bilingual Confuse Kids or Delay...

Hindi at home, English at school, Tamil with grandparents on the phone — and somewhere in the mix, a relative wonders aloud if all that switching is why your child...

Does Growing Up Bilingual Confuse Kids or Delay...

Hindi at home, English at school, Tamil with grandparents on the phone — and somewhere in the mix, a relative wonders aloud if all that switching is why your child...

A young boy around eight years old sitting at a red table, absorbed in reading a book

Best Books for an 8-Year-Old in India (And Why ...

Picture books feel like "baby books" now, but the current chapter book seems too hard, too long, or gets abandoned by page ten. Finding the next right book for an...

Best Books for an 8-Year-Old in India (And Why ...

Picture books feel like "baby books" now, but the current chapter book seems too hard, too long, or gets abandoned by page ten. Finding the next right book for an...

Two young children sitting together on a sofa, engaged with an open picture book

My 4-Year-Old Won't Sit Still for a Story — Wha...

Ten minutes into story time, your 4-year-old is upside down on the sofa, narrating a completely different plot to a stuffed elephant, and the book is somewhere under a cushion....

My 4-Year-Old Won't Sit Still for a Story — Wha...

Ten minutes into story time, your 4-year-old is upside down on the sofa, narrating a completely different plot to a stuffed elephant, and the book is somewhere under a cushion....

A stack of colorful children's books piled on top of a table

Are Rented or Secondhand Books Hygienic for Kid...

A rented or hand-me-down book arrives a little soft at the corners, maybe with a faint sticker-residue ghost on the cover, and there's a small pause before you hand it...

Are Rented or Secondhand Books Hygienic for Kid...

A rented or hand-me-down book arrives a little soft at the corners, maybe with a faint sticker-residue ghost on the cover, and there's a small pause before you hand it...

A young girl in traditional Indian attire with a green sari and bangles, indoors, holding an open book

Turning Navratri and Dussehra Into Family Readi...

Navratri starts on 11 October this year, building up to Dussehra on 20 October — nine nights that, in a lot of Indian homes, mean garba practice, new clothes, a...

Turning Navratri and Dussehra Into Family Readi...

Navratri starts on 11 October this year, building up to Dussehra on 20 October — nine nights that, in a lot of Indian homes, mean garba practice, new clothes, a...