Living with ADI by Zarin Virji. Published in 2024 by Duckbill Books, an imprint of Penguin Random House India Pvt Ltd, 4th Floor, Capital Tower 1, M. G. Road, Gurgaon, 122002. Pp: 217. Price: Rs 299.
Adi Krishnan is a Grade 9 student. He gets straight ‘A’s and tops most tests. He is a treasure trove of information and knows, for example, that gulmohar leaves are "Fern like. Compound leaves. Doubly pinnate (feathered).” There is a good chance that he knows more about snakes than anyone else in Bombay.
Even so, Adi is different. He has no friends at school. He has......