The Teenage Diary of Abbakka : The Warrior Queen of South India
- Publisher : Speaking Tiger
- Publishing year : February 2021
- Binding : Paperback
- ISBN : 9789390477173
- Imprint : Talking Cub
- Age Group : Young Reader
- Language : English
The Chowtas ruled over Ullal and surrounding areas of coastal Karnataka. Many rulers in this dynasty were women, and at ...
The Chowtas ruled over Ullal and surrounding areas of coastal Karnataka. Many rulers in this dynasty were women, and at least two carried the name Rani Abbakka. They have gone down in history and folklore as fearsome warriors who fiercely defended their tiny kingdom, and repeatedly defeated the Portuguese.This is the story of Abbakka III. Abbakka grows up knowing she will rule over the kingdom one day—the one that was ruled by her grandmother Abbakka II and her mother Rani Tirumala Devi.
Kavitha Mandana grew up in parts of the Nilgiri hills where telephones and TV did not exist.
After an idyllic and undisciplined schooling in Ooty, and a degree in English Literature from Coimbatore, she got into a fairly unliterary career as an advertising copywriter in Bangalore. It took a chaotic six years working print, TV and radio commercials for her to discover she liked writing and illustrating for kids.
She writes regularly in the children's supplement of the Deccan Herald. HEr work has also appeared in Chatterbox and Toot magazines. Tenali Raman (Puffin) was her first historicl novel for kids.
