The blind seamstress
'THE BLIND SEAMSTRESS' is the first in the anthology of 5 books built on exploring the five senses as an attempt to inspirit children to use their senses to explore the world. The Blind Seamstress explores ‘touch’ and since it’s the story of a seamstress, I have used embroidery as the technique to tell it. The seamstress called ‘Dori’, Hindi for ‘threads’ is born blind but has the power to extract colours from anything she touches and uses those colors to dye her fabrics.
the dot that went for a walk
Book Illustration: A dot that went for a walk, Sarada Akkineni (Author), Reema Gupta (Author), Lakshmi Nambiar (Author),
First Published January 1st 2019 by Caterpillar Wings LLP.
A children's book with 51 illustrated stories that celebrate extraordinary women from India including artists and scientists, healers and entrepreneurs, politicians and rocket women of India, women in sports and a commando trainer, ‘The Dot That Went for a Walk’ is a juxtaposition of circumstance and grit creating a thrilling sense of possibility.
The book is illustrated with original art by female artists from all over the nation. Mine is that of the Indian billionaire entrepreneur Kiran Mazumdar Shaw. She is the executive chairperson and founder of Biocon Limited and Biocon Biologics Limited, a biotechnology company based in Bangalore, India and the former chairperson of Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore.
moody foodie - app illustrations
Moody Foodie was an app that was launched in 2021 during Covid as a response to the growing stress within the young population about physical and mental health, nutritional intake, and lack of enough cooking expertise during quarantine. The app featured personalised meal planners, and weekly columns surrounding health related challenges.
