The Pleasant Rakshasa
Author: 
Sowmya Rajendran
Illustrator: 
Niveditha Subramaniam
age group: 
3+ yrs
Number of pages: 
24
Publisher: 
Tulika
Themes:
ugliness diversity inclusive
Genre:
fiction
 

Karimuga is a rakshasa, a pleasant rakshasa. He is a beautiful rakshasa too. But that makes all other rakshasas jealous of him. Karimuga can't bear to see them unhappy... Sowmya Rajendran inverts our ideas about beauty, happiness and rakshasas with humour and a light touch. Niveditha's quirky pictures have little and big rakshasas romp through the pages, in pinks and purples, blues and greens, adding to the fun.

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