The Pleasant Rakshasa
Illustrator:
Niveditha Subramaniam age group:
3+ yrsNumber of pages:
24Publisher:
TulikaThemes:
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.