Anushka's book

THIS MATHEMATICS graduate-turned writer will read out extracts from her latest book, `Excuse me, is this India?' at GoodBooks, Chennai on September 15. Anushka Ravishankar, who has over 10 books to her credit, has a `special talent' in the area of nonsense verse. Her critics say she brilliantly adapts the difficult genre to Indian English usage.

One of her books, `Anything but a Grabooberry' won her a prestigious special mention in 2000, in the International White Raven's catalogue of the world's best children's books. In 2001, her work `Trash! On ragpicker children and recycling' was once again selected.

`Excuse me...' is a story in verse of travel in a child's imagination, a work in which Anushka collaborated with Anita Leutwiler, a Swiss textile artist. Anoushka Ravishankar, daughter of Pandit Ravishankar, is not the author and is not involved in the book reading as mentioned earlier.

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