Books I have co-authored with some amazing people
Co-written with Radha Rangarajan
Selected as the Top Chapter Book, Non-Fiction, The Toka Box Top South Asian Books of 2020
This book tells the story of ten Indian conservationists working in diverse ways to save the world from human destructiveness, often facing seemingly unsurmountable odds. Romulus Whitaker, Parineeta Dandekar, Rohan Arthur, Vidya Athreya, Aparajita Datta, Jay Mazoomdaar, Minal Pathak, Rohan Chakravarty Kavitha Kuruganti, and Lakshmi Kamble with Dharavi Rocks are the ten champions in this book.
Co-written with Rohan Chakravarty
What happens when you ask an ornithologist, a wild life photographer and a dog to “duck”! They all perk up and ask “Where? Which one?” This is a comic book about one such wildlife-mad trio – Uncle Bikky the ornithologist, his niece Chunmun who is a wildlife photographer, and their dog, Duggu. Join them on their wildlife adventure across India, as they travel from deserts to swampy lands and old rock formations and verdant forests. You will meet ickle bugs, colourful birds, magnificent mammals, and feisty reptiles in this comic book. Packed with activities, jokes, and trivia, this anthology of WWF-India’s popular Uncle Bikky comics is sure to make children (and adults) fall in love with wildlife. The series has been developed for WWF-India by Rohan Chakravarty, cartoonist, illustrator and creator of Green Humour with essays by Bijal Vachharajani, author and editor of children’s books.
Co-written with Aparna Kapur. Based on illustrations by Priya Kuriyan, Canato Jimo, Adrija Ghosh and Sheena Deviah
Art is around us, not only in drawings and paintings. In this sequel of the Art is Everywhere series, the reader joins the artist in looking for forms and shapes in daily objects. Coupled with irreverent rhymes, this book series hopes to give wings to the reader’s imagination.
Read the books on StoryWeaver here.
Bijal Vachharajani 