ARTWORK FOR BOOKS
Presenting artwork created for books and publications. Please click on the image to see more artwork from the respective book.
History Unpacked is the book on Indian history that we wished we had back in school.
Written by Saisudha Acharya, and peppered with fun quizzes, timelines and maps, and artwork by yours truly - the book truly unpacks ancient Indian history and makes it fun, with just the right amount of humour. History Unpacked: The Why, When and What of Ancient India - Volume One is available here on amazon.
Kaveri : The journey of a river, by Mrs. Maya Jayapal - author, historian and counselor, is a breezy little book about the river that's part travel book and part memoir, where she recounts her journeys along the path of the Kaveri with her loved ones, with anecdotes and personal notes of places and people along the way.
Mohini made Friends
A sweet little tale of Mohini and her journey into a new school where she learns to make friends. Written by Shruthi KP - a Mohiniyattam performer and teacher.
Privileged to do the cover and artwork for the very first book of a dear friend, Hariny Ahana. In here are poems and short writings about growing up, love, stepping into adulthood, memories, and everything in between. Whimsical and bitter sweet, just like life.
Extremely honored to have my artwork selected for Nisha Susan’s debut collection of short stories, which looks at how the internet has curated modern human relationships. The women who forgot to invent Facebook and other stories by Nisha Susan, portrays a range of human experiences driven by women protagonists who come out all guns blazing to push the boundaries in an unequal world - both real and virtual.
Chakla Makla, was created in collaboration with Pratima Chabbi - who provided the initial concept and text - as a little summer holiday fable about a boy and his first encounter with a mango, courtesy his Ajji (grandma). Click on the image to see more artwork from the inside pages.
10 year old Noor saw a mysterious man take her father's lunchbox. Where is he taking it? What will her abbu eat for lunch now? And why does this man have so many lunchboxes? And thus we see Noor following this mysterious man with the funny hat through Bombay to find out what happened to her abbu's lunch.
Written by Nabanita Deshmukh and produced by pratham books, this is a charming little tale of a little girl from a tribe in Odisha and her encounter with a fearsome tiger.