shyamala's world

US based  author, Shruthi Rao, is out with a nonfiction book for children. Published by  Talking Cub, 20 Indians Who Changed The World is a  collection of  Indian personalities who made a difference in this world.                                                    How did this project come about? Sudeshna Shome Ghosh, editor at Talking Cub, asked me to write it. How long did you take to write the book? About a year, including zeroing in on the personalities, research, writing and editing. What was the biggest challenge in writing this book? Was it easy to find offline research materials in US? The biggest challenge – too much information, too little information, diffused information, conflicting information. To collate it all into one structured write up was very, very hard. Offline research material wasn’t difficu...

She is an instant hit in the Mumbai school and college circuit.   Be it nature walks, talks or children books on animals, Katie Bagli is everyone's  first choice. Kahani Takbak quizzed the nature loving author about her new release,   The Less Known Lovables (Shree Books). 1                                    1. Tell us a bit about your journey as a writer. I began writing about 7 years ago.  It just happened.  I completed some correspondence courses in Entomology, Biodiversity and Botany with BNHS.  These courses involved quite a few field trips where I got excited seeing creatures in the wild.  Their behavior fascinated me and inspired me into writing.  2    Did you start your career as an author or an illustrator? I definitely began as a writer, the illustrating was purely incidental. 3    Your lov...

Book trailer of my latest book 'Greet When You Meet' by National Book Trust, India.  Atanu Roy has illustrated the book. Cheers!  My book made its debut at AFCC, Singapore.