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The Travelling Cat Chronicles book review featured image showing Hiro Arikawa’s hardcover novel resting on a rustic wooden table beside a teacup, a postcard, flowers, and a sleeping cat.

The Travelling Cat Chronicles | Hiro Arikawa | 2012 | Book Review

The Travelling Cat Chronicles Book Review: A Journey That Stays With You Cats have a way of making themselves indispensable without appearing to try. They claim the most comfortable corner of the sofa, demand food at inconvenient hours, and behave as though sharing a home with us is a favor they’re doing us. Then, somewhere Read more…

Kora kneels beside a faithful crab by a pond at sunrise in a Jharkhand folk tale about loyalty and friendship, with a distant Rakshasa and palace visible in the background.

The Faithful Crab | A Folk Tale from Jharkhand

Long ago, there lived a man named Kora and his brothers. They shared a home, worked the same land, and depended on the same harvest. Yet there was one important difference between Kora and the others. His brothers worked. Kora did not. While the others spent long hours in the fields, Kora preferred to sleep Read more…

Maya tigress Tadoba book lying on a rustic wooden surface with leaves, compass, and natural elements in soft light

Maya: The Biography of a Tiger | Anant Sonawane

Maya Tigress Tadoba: A Life We Were Allowed to Witness There are some animals we hear about, and then there are a few we seem to grow familiar with—almost without realizing it. Maya, the famous tigress in India, was one of those rare presences. For years, she moved through the forests of the Tadoba Andhari Read more…