Anita Vachharajani

Anita Vachharajani has a Masters in English Literature and in Linguistics. She has just published a pictorial biography for Young Adults called 'Amrita Sher-Gil: Rebel with a Paintbrush'. Her stories for children have appeared in 'The Puffin Book of Bedtime Stories', 'The Puffin Book of Spooky Ghost Stories', and in various picture books, like 'Nonie's Magic Quilt', 'Ambili', 'Nayana and the Not-so-scary Owl' and 'Tara Tambe'. Her translations of traditional rhymes feature in 'The Tenth Rasa: the Penguin Book of Indian Nonsense Verse'. She has collaborated with her husband Amit Vachharajani on 'Amazing India', a pictorial description of the states of India. Anita has a deep interest in non-fiction, in illustrated books and how they speak to children.

Event Description: Literature and Art
Class 6: Amazing India: A State by State Guide written by Anita Vachharajani and illustrated by Amit Vachharajani. A session that takes students through the journey of how a book is made!
Class 7: Amrita Sher-Gil: Rebel with a Paintbrush written by Anita Vachharajani and illustrated by Kalyani Ganapathy. Who was Amrita Sher-Gil? An artist? A dreamer? A rebel? Amrita was - like all of us - a bit of each of these. Find out more about India's first professional woman artist in this session.