ShalaMukund Joshi is fourteen and newly in love. He attends the same private tuitions as his classmate, Shirodkar, just for a glimpse of her, and follows her back home every day. Sadly, she has not a clue that he is pining away for her, because in their society, boys and girls don't interact freely, much less talk about love. When he's not negotiating the tricky alleys of love, Mukund sits around the school field or loafs about town with his close friends,

at a pivotal moment in its history

Being house-proud became the new mantra

flowers and feathers

why they happen and how they change our weather

His book looks at the various ways in which truth can be manipulated and distorted by governments

'Mike has a prodigious talent for writing completely relatable characters who draw you into their world and tug at your heart strings

'Terrifyingly authentic

Ill prepared and poorly briefed

/Is there one big Internet superhighway

Due to the mix up she is turned down

Revised to the 2025–26 syllabus

''Merely Mary Ann'