AN EXTRAORDINARY TRUE STORY OF LOVE, FAITH AND RESILIENCEThe third installment in the GRIT series, The JyothiKalai Story is an evocative graphic memoir of caregiving and the transformative power of belief. Born visually impaired and later diagnosed with autism, Jyothi finds her voice and her feet in the world through music, guided by the love, patience and resolve of her mother, Kalai, who refused to let dire circumstances dictate her daughter's fate. What...

Sixteen fractures and eight surgeries caused by brittle bone disease could not stop Ummul Kher from cracking the prestigious IAS exam and joining the civil services.The determination of homemaker Smrithy Rajesh to educate her child affected by autism and ADHD empowered her to forge a career path for herself.Inspired by a blind friend, Pancham Cajla successfully transformed several railway stations, making them accessible to the visually impaired.These are only a few...

BIBLIOPHILIA: A perfectly acceptable addiction marked by obsessive reading, aggressive book-sniffing and strategic hoarding.For as long as Ferose, a San Francisco-based techie and 'gently mad' bibliophile, has understood books, he has devoured them with the unmitigated enthusiasm of a toddler on a sugar rush. For him, reading has been more than a weekend pursuit or a hobby on steroids. It has been a lifestyle - generously peppered with serendipitous first edition f...