I come from a family of book-lovers: my father was a librarian; my mother was a writer. Both her parents were famous authors; she and her sisters all had published novels. My sisters and I are writers too.

Writers are always readers. I read about a hundred books a year. Sometimes, I read children’s books. I love their clarity and the way they make me feel: I read them and remember how I when I was a child, when justice was vivid and pure; when evil was so immediate and obvious you could smell it.

I miss those days. I want them back. I have always dreamed of our Latika children experiencing the magic of books and the clarity of the stories that flooded my own childhood. And now, at last, it’s going to happen.

2026 is the Year of Books.
• Our new building has a library as its central, beating heart.
• Moy Moy’s Circle: A Story of Love, Disability and the World We Can Build Together has just been published.
• And this year, for the first time, our calendar is in the form of a book.

You can use it as a planner, of course, but you can also use it to note the books you read this year. Set some goals! One book a week. One a month. Even if you commit to reading only one book in the whole year, make 2026 be the year you begin. Discover the wonder of stories – for yourself or for your children.

You can buy Moy Moy’s Circle from us or from Amazon. If enough people buy it in English, the publishers have promised they will do it in Hindi. Moy Moy’s story should go far and wide. You can make it happen. Buy the book. Share it with friends. Believe in the power of stories.