Manicure in Mundirikuppam, written by Subhashree Giridhar and illustrated by Vallabhi Shegaonkar, pays a heartfelt tribute to manual labourers who endure hardship with quiet strength and resilience.

A tribute to the Jamakkalam weavers of Tamil Nadu.

Stories help us know our traditions. When such stories blend mystery, adventure, and fantasy, they create a special kind of magic. What happens when such magic is created in the life of an eleven-year-old boy who thinks the town he lives in is ordinary, and nothing exciting ever happens there? A story is born where tradition meets imagination.

“Brighter days are ahead”, “ the light is coming” We live in an era where we dream of living forward. Days focused on shaping our tomorrows, but there were days when every day felt like a discovery, and days when we lived for simple pleasures, and we call them our good old days.  Lalitha Ramanathan transports us to those days through a fictional tale called Kanmani and Co.

This story by Mahasweta Devi is about Moyna a ten-year-old girl from the Shabar tribe and her never-ending Why’s!

Dotted Lines is a visual autobiography of Bhil artist Bhuri Bai and it is told through drawings of Bhil art, India's oldest tribal art form