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In today’s news: the world arbitrarily deems model Candice Swanepoel too thin; Prince Willy will not wear a ring; study says nurses and midwives can safely perform abortions; concern about Japanese seafood; and India’s population is really, really large.

Nayana Currimbhoy reveals her inspiration for the book, her fave authors and what her own school experiences were like.

Our next book club pick is set in the '70s, an era of colourful clothes, crazy hair and psychedelic... um, everything. Here's a playlist of our fave songs from that decade to set the mood as you read

Can you really ban love? That’s precisely the hope of a local council or “panchayat” in a rural village in India (via The Telegraph) that recently banned love marriages — those unions that haven’t been arranged by the parents of the bride.

A murder has just been committed and four of Charu's students, Nandita, Ramona, Akhila and Shoba, set out to solve it.