Roopa Pai

24 JULY | 5:00 PM – 5:45 PM

GARDENIA, Southern Star, Mysuru

Roopa Pai is one of India’s best-known writers for children. This Bangalore-based author has written over 25 books, ranging from picture books to chapter books and fiction to non-fiction, on themes as varied as sci-fi fantasy, popular science, maths, history, economics, Indian philosophy, life skills, and most recently, medicine. Many of her books are bestsellers and are enjoyed as much by adults as by children.

Her best-known books include the 8-part Taranauts, India’s first fantasy-adventure series for children in English, Ready! 99 Must-Have Skills For The World-Conquering Teenager (And Almost-Teenager), the award-winning national bestseller The Gita For Children, listed by Amazon India as one of ‘100 Indian Books To Read In A Lifetime’, and its ‘prequel’ The Vedas And Upanishads For

 Children. Her most recent book for children is ‘From Leeches To Slug Glue: 25 Explosive Ideas That Made (And Are Making) Modern Medicine’.

Roopa is also a popular speaker – she is often invited to speak at corporate forums and premier book events like the Jaipur Literature Festival. Her TEDx talk ‘Decoding The Gita, India’s Book Of Answers’ – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ckaEwJj2A1U – has received over 1.9 million views to date.

She has also co-authored fitness evangelist and supermodel Milind Soman’s award-winning memoir, Made In India, and is currently working on a new book on ancient Indian philosophy for children. She has also translated 100 poems of the celebrated Kannada poet, Padma Shri K S Nisar Ahmed, into English, and will be publishing them soon.

When she is not writing, Roopa can be found teaching short introductory courses on ancient Indian wisdom to both children and adults. She also leads groups of children and young people on history and heritage walks across her beloved Bangalore and Karnataka, as part of her job as director of a company she co-founded, BangaloreWalks. She has just wrapped up a book on Cubbon Park – a space that she and her dog love. That book is due to be launched in August this year.