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History Unpacked: The Why, When and What of Ancient India

Forget dusty dates and yawning over dynasties. This witty guide unpacks Ancient India—from the Stone Age to the Golden Age—through hilarious stories, quirky maps, and baffling connections. History finally makes sense (and stays fun) for curious minds aged ten-plus.

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History Unpacked: The Why, When and What of Ancient India || Saisudha Acharya

 

The Padmas

From the football field to the laboratory, these fifty illustrated biographies celebrate seven decades of India’s highest civilian honors. A stirring collection of grit and greatness, it proves that perseverance turns ordinary dreams into extraordinary legacies for readers aged eight-plus.

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The Padmas | Neha J. Hiranandani

The People of the Indus

Unravel the enigma of the Indus through this meticulously researched graphic narrative. From 3200 BCE to its mysterious decline, experience a visually stunning journey that replaces dull dates with the vibrant, everyday lives of a civilization that reshaped human history.

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The People of the Indus | Nikhil Gulati, Jonathan Mark Kenoyer

The Incredible History of India’s Geography

From ostriches roaming the plains to being related to a blond Lithuanian, this trivia-packed journey explores the “unbelievable” in India’s geography. Full of quirky illustrations, it turns complex history into a fantastic, fact-filled adventure for curious minds aged twelve-plus.

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The Incredible History of India’s Geography | Sanjeev Sanyal

A Children’s History of India in 100 Objects

From prehistoric hand axes to the iconic HMT watch, discover the vibrant pulse of India through 100 extraordinary objects. This colorfully illustrated journey captures the voices of both rulers and commoners, weaving a rich tapestry of history, identity, and culture for young readers.

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A Children’s History of India in 100 Objects | Devika Cariapa

The Constitution of India for Children

From the colorful Republic Day parade to the seventeen-day countdown of its creation, this essential handbook brings India’s foundational document to life. Packed with cheerful illustrations and surprising facts, it transforms legal complexity into an engaging, witty guide for every young citizen.

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The Constitution of India for Children | Subhadra Sen Gupta

 

Whether you’re tracing the Indus or discovering why your ancestors might be Lithuanian, these stories prove that the past is anything but boring. Dive into these essential reads to see India’s legacy in a whole new light—because understanding where we came from is the ultimate adventure.

Happy Reading!

PENGUIN RANDOM HOUSE INDIA ANNOUNCES STRATEGIC INVESTMENT IN MAPLE PRESS TO STRENGTHEN CHILDREN’S PUBLISHING IN INDIA

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New Delhi, 2 September 2025: Penguin Random House India today announced a strategic investment in Maple Press, one of India’s fastest-growing children’s publishing companies. This partnership underscores Penguin’s commitment to nurturing entrepreneurial talent in the publishing sector and expanding its footprint in the fast-evolving children’s books market.

Founded with a vision to make high-quality, affordable books accessible to young readers across India, Maple Press has built an impressive catalogue that blends engaging storytelling with educational value. With this investment, Penguin Random House India aims to support Maple Press in scaling its reach, accelerating innovation in formats and distribution, and deepening its impact on the reading journeys of millions of children.

“Children’s publishing in India is at an exciting inflection point,” said Gaurav Shrinagesh, CEO, Penguin Random House India, SEA & MENA. “Our investment in Maple Press is a vote of confidence in entrepreneurs who are passionate about stories, learning, and nurturing the next generation of readers. We’re proud to support Maple’s entrepreneurial vision and bring together our creative strengths to offer more books, better access, and richer experiences for India’s youngest readers.”

This collaboration will also create opportunities for shared expertise in editorial development, marketing, and distribution, while preserving Maple Press’s independent spirit and creative vision.

Saurabh Mittal, Director of Maple Press, says, ‘We are delighted to welcome Penguin Random House India on board as a strategic partner in our journey. Together, we look forward to creating meaningful new avenues of engaging with young readers across India and beyond. This pivotal partnership marks a significant milestone, strengthening our shared commitment to advancing literacy and purposeful publishing.’

This strategic move reflects a growing recognition of children’s publishing as one of the most dynamic segments of the Indian book industry—driven by rising literacy rates, increasing parental investment in early learning, and a burgeoning appetite for diverse, quality content.

Independent financing advisories, IMAP India and Aarayaa CFI-India, were instrumental in coordinating this strategic investment.

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About Penguin Random House India

Penguin Random House India is the country’s leading trade publisher, publishing over 450 new titles every year and managing a diverse backlist of more than 3,500 books. Our publishing spans literary and commercial fiction, non-fiction, and children’s books — from politics, history, memoir, and business to health, self-help, cookery, and culture.

We are home to some of India’s and the world’s most celebrated voices — including winners of the Nobel Prize, Booker Prize, Jnanpith Award, and Sahitya Akademi Award. Several of our authors have also been honoured with the Bharat Ratna and Padma Vibhushan, reflecting the influence of their work in literature and public life.

Penguin Random House India also serves as the exclusive distribution partner for several major international and local publishers, bringing books to readers across India and the subcontinent.

About Maple Press

Maple Press is India’s leading children’s book publisher with over 2000 titles in the catalogue that include timeless classics, storybooks, biographies, and early learning books in English and Hindi languages.

The company, led by Pragya Mittal, Poonam Mittal and Saurabh Mittal, works with 300+ distributors and retailers across India and overseas, selling over 10 million books annually. In recent months, Maple Press has also introduced children’s books in regional Indian languages like Marathi, Tamil, Gujarati, Kannada, Bengali and Malayalam.

Maple Press also partners with various NGOs and supplies books to organisations like Samagra Shiksha, Special Olympics Bharat, Reliance Foundation and HCL Foundation to help support literacy initiatives and promote reading in India.

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We’re bringing you an all new edition of the 2012 Sahitya Akademi winner These Errors Are Correct by Jeet Thayil.

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Penguin Random House India is proud to announce the acquisition and publication of Jeet Thayil’s most intimate and accomplished work to date, These Errors Are Correct. Originally published in 2008, this book of poems was awarded the prestigious Sahitya Akademi Award in 2012. Penguin is releasing a new edition on 18 July 2022 under the Hamish Hamilton imprint, currently available on pre-order at all major e-commerce websites.

These Errors Are Correct, which has been out of circulation for more than a decade, gets a brand new avatar in its 2022 edition. With a new preface and spectacular illustrations by the award-winning poet, for the first time ever, the book is both a gorgeous object and a bracing work of art. Readers will experience a range of fixed and invented forms––rhymed syllabics, terza rima, ghazals, sonnets, the sestina, the canzone, stealth rhymes––all part of this virtuosic, haunting collection.

Thayil says, “I’m so pleased These Errors Are Correct is back in print. It’s a special book for me, and it always will be. As I’ve said before, these poems came from somewhere mysterious and deep. It’s a collection I don’t expect to equal.”

Aparna Kumar, Editor at Penguin Random House India says, “The poems in These Errors Are Correct are exquisitely real, various, and brilliant. I truly believe this book is a masterpiece, and I am honoured to have played a role in publishing it.”

Meru Gokhale, Publisher, Penguin Press, Penguin Random House India, says, “These Errors are Correct is a necessary part of the ongoing adventure that is Indian poetry in English. I am thrilled to bring back this exceptional book––in a beautiful new edition.”

 

About the author

Jeet Thayil was born into a Syrian Christian family in Kerala. As a boy, he travelled through much of the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia with his father, TJS George, a writer and editor. He worked as a journalist for twenty-one years, in Bombay, Bangalore, Hong Kong and New York City. In 2005 he began to write fiction. The first instalment of his Bombay Trilogy, Narcopolis, was shortlisted for the Booker Prize and became an unlikely bestseller. His book of poems These Errors Are Correct won the Sahitya Akademi Award (India’s National Academy of Letters), and his musical collaborations include the opera Babur in London. His essays, poetry and short fiction have appeared in the New York Review of Books, Granta, TLS, Esquire, The London Magazine, The Guardian and The Paris Review, among other venues. He is the editor of The Penguin Book of Indian Poets.

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