Roopa Pai Explained

Roopa Pai
Birth Name:	Roopa
Birth Place:	Bangalore, India
Nationality:	Indian
Notable Works:	Taranauts
Spouse:	Arun Pai^[1]

Roopa Pai is children's author and journalist living in Bangalore, India. She has over 20 published books which include the India's first fantasy-adventure series for children Taranauts and the national best seller The Gita for Children which also won the 2016 Crossword Award for children's writing.

Biography

Roopa was born in a Lingayat family^[2] in Bangalore.^{[3] [4]}

She started writing during her 11th standard, first writing articles for the Deccan Herald. She went on to complete her Engineering degree and moved to Delhi after her marriage. Here she started writing for the children's magazine Target. The couple eventually shifted to London where she wrote articles covering Indian restaurants in London, for the Travel Trends magazine. She was also commissioned by the British Tourism Authority to cover hotels and accommodations for Indian tourists across the UK. The couple eventually moved back to Bangalore.

Bibliography

• 2004 – Chanakya: The Master Statesman, published by Roopa Publications India
• 2008 – Ticket Bengaluru, published by Stark World India
• 2011 – The Quest For The Shyn Emeralds, book 1 of the Taranauts series published by Hachette India
• 2011 – Riddle of the Lustr Sapphires, book 2 of the Taranauts series published by Hachette India
• 2012 – The Secret of the Sparkl Amethysts, book 3 of the Taranauts series published by Hachette India
• 2012 – The Race for the Glo Rubies, book 4 of the Taranauts series published by Hachette India
• 2012 – The Mystery of the Syntilla Silvers, book 5 of the Taranauts series published by Hachette India
• 2012 – The Key to Shimr Citrines, book 6 of the Taranauts series published by Hachette India
• 2012 – The Search for the Glytr Turquoise, book 7 of the Taranauts series published by Hachette India
• 2013 – The Magic of the Dazl Corals, book 8 of the Taranauts series published by Hachette India
• 2014 – What if the Earth Stopped Spinning And 24 Other Mysteries published by Roopa Publications India
• 2015 – The Gita for Children published by Hachette India^[5]
• 2017 – So You Want to Know About Economics, published by Roopa Publications India
• 2017 – Ready!: 99 Must-Have Skills for the World-Conquering Teenager (And Almost-Teenager), published by Hachette India
• 2018 – Krishna Deva Raya: King of Kings, published by Eicher Goodearth
• 2019 – The Vedas and Upanishads for Children, published by Hachette India
• 2019 – From Leeches to Slug Glue: 25 Explosive Ideas that made (and are making) Modern Medicine, published by Penguin Random House India

Awards and recognition

• 2016 – Book titled The Gita for Children wins Crossword Award for children's writing^[6]
• 2017 – Nominated for Femina 2017 women award in the category "Literary contribution"^[7]

External links

• • • Roopa Pai at Rupa Publications
  • Book Review: The Gita for Children by Roopa Pai

Notes and References

1. News: Emperaza of cool. The Hindu. 2 April 2010.
2. News: The Gita in a 21 C avatar. K. Bhumika. 31 August 2015. The Hindu. 23 January 2018. 0971-751X.
3. News: 'I'd have been a teacher if I hadn't become an author'. Venkatesh. Aarthi. 16 May 2017. The Hindu. 23 January 2018. 0971-751X.
4. News: Talking the walks . 18 December 2008. Citizen Matters, Bengaluru. 23 January 2018.
5. News: Just Right for Kids. 12 September 2015. The Indian Express. 23 January 2018.
6. Web site: TEDxNMIMSBangalore TED. www.ted.com. 23 January 2018.
7. News: Catch all the action at the Femina Women Awards 2017 tonight!. femina.in. 23 January 2018.