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Drawing on years of reporting and the latest developments in neuroscience, the author explores how today’s teens are shaped by social pressures, early puberty, and an evolving digital world. He offers fresh insight and practical guidance for parents, educators, and anyone concerned about youth mental health. He dives into new research and gripping personal stories to offer accessible, scientifically grounded answers to the most pressing questions about generational change. Most importantly, he takes us where most of the action happens: the brain.

Journalist and political thinker Shahid Siddiqui takes readers on a compelling journey through the shifting landscape of post-Independence India, recounting with the unflinching honesty and the nuanced perspective of an Indian Muslim who has walked the margins and the mainstream. It is the saga of a nation reborn from the ashes of Partition — scarred, yet unbroken — rising through trials and tribulations to become one of the world’s most vibrant and enduring democracies.

Written by Adil Jussawalla when he was barely 18, this book is about Jian and his struggle, marked by long hours of darkness and brief flickers of revelation, by perturbation and torment and then, a floodlight of perception. Jeet Thayil has brought this lost piece of Indian literary history to readers along with a long interview with Jussawalla, detailing his youth and friendships, and the 10 guineas he once borrowed.