Join best selling author, Roopa Pai, live from India!
Thousands of years ago, deep inside the forests of India, a great ‘thought revolution’ was brewing. Using their own bodies and minds as laboratories, the brightest minds of the age were engaged in a grand quest – to find answers to some of humanity's existential questions – Who am I? Where did I come from? What is the purpose of my life? And, inevitably, What happens after death? Their single-minded efforts produced answers that were so explosive, reassuring, empowering and liberating that the world continues to be drawn towards them in the 21st century.
Come explore some of these timeless lessons with bestselling Indian author Roopa Pai – lessons that enable all human beings, irrespective of their race, religion, geography, gender or culture, to live joyously and fearlessly, in a manner that honours our radiant, invincible spirits.
Schedule: Saturday and Sunday, December 11 from 12:30-2pm. This is a virtual workshop with Roopa from India. Recordings of the workshop will be available for viewing for 5 days.
Community Pricing
$50 - discounted for those where costs may be a barrier
$75 - Pays for yourself
$100 - supporting pricing. Pays for yourself and others
About Roopa Pai
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 TEDx talk ‘Decoding The Gita, India’s Book Of Answers’ has received over 1.8 million views to date. Her most recent book for children is ‘From Leeches To Slug Glue: 25 Explosive Ideas That Made (And Are Making) Modern Medicine’.
She has also co-authored fitness evangelist and supermodel Milind Soman’s award-winning memoir, Made In India, and is currently working on a book of poetry translation, in which she is translating 100 poems of the much-acclaimed Kannada poet, Padma Shri K S Nisar Ahmed, into English.
When she is not writing, Roopa can be found leading groups of children and young people on history and heritage walks across her beloved Karnataka, as part of her job as director of a company she co-founded, BangaloreWalks.