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Tuesday, August 12, 2025
TopicChildren's literarture

Topic: Children's literarture

75 authors, book launches, exhibitions & more at 8th edition of Valley of Words Literary Festival

This year, the festival will launch Lead@VoW, an initiative to connect young minds with institutions in Dehradun, providing them with exposure to India’s scientific, environmental sectors.

Valley of Words Hindi litfest Shabdavali 2024 will see book launches, digital art displays & more

The festival will be held from 27-29 September, leading up to the main event in the middle of November.

Target — the kids’ magazine of the ’80s that has spawned fan groups in the new millennium

During the times of Champak and Tinkle, this children’s magazine was ahead of its time in its writing and art. 

With Malgudi Days, R.K. Narayan paid a timeless ode to the common man

Legendary writer R.K. Narayan's journey began in erstwhile Madras in 1906. On his 112th birth anniversary, we remember a man who can't be forgotten.

Wicked witches and evil queens: Why children’s books need more female villains

There are clear gender biases in children's books. Studies show lead characters are 50% more likely to be male than female.

On Camera

Stray dogs have the right to live. SC order can trigger a wave of animal cruelty

If lakhs of unsterilised dogs are stuffed in the same confined space, what stops them from reproducing there too? Where is the space needed to build so many shelters?

How mining, manufacturing & power sectors weighed on India’s industrial output since January 2024

India’s industrial output growth saw a 10-month low in June, with Index of Industrial Production (IIP) growing by mere 1.5% as against 1.9% in May 2025.

Can’t restrict ‘extent of induction’—why SC struck down gender quotas in Army’s JAG recruitment

New Delhi: The Supreme Court has ruled that the Indian Army cannot cap the number of women in its Judge Advocate General (JAG) branch...

Modi’s ready to risk it all for farmers. Farm reform can answer Trump with new Green Revolution

Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.