Critical Feedback

Geeta Bhatnagar, Suresh Bhatnagar, Medha Nanda, Karishma Khanduja, Rohan Bhatnagar

My family, for believing I can do no wrong. You give me the confidence to try anything without fear of failure.

Vincent van Noord

My husband,who I forced into reading and re-reading the various drafts, for being my best and biggest critic (and for once, I appreciated all the critical feedback!).

Ayaana Bhatnagar, Veerashwa Poddar, Priyanka Jhijharia, Richa Wadhera, Roshni Khattar, Udai Mehra  

My nieces, nephews, family, and friends, thank you for taking the time to read the various drafts and giving me valuable feedback.

Fazal Rashid 

Your positive reaction as the first professional and non-family member was a huge boost. Thank you for sowing the seed in my mind to write about soil and bugs. Coming soon!

Editing

Sunaina Narang and Priya-Iyer Vyas

For giving me your initial impressions on the first draft and guiding me on the quest to find an editor.

Debbie Heald 

The person who made the biggest impact on this story in the shortest time! Thank you, Debbie,setting the bar so high in my search for a children’s book editor...

Niyati Dhuldhoya  

For all your suggestions and our long discussions/debates that gave the story depth and its final form. Every tedious rewrite started grudgingly and ended with me thinking how brilliant your direction was.  Thank you for pulling the story out of me (and doubling the word count!) 

Nisha Shaw

For reviewing the corrections that need to be done before the reprint.

Illustrations

Arav Tewari

The boy genius, for setting the tone for the illustrations. I am so glad I got to work with you before you become too famous to remember or recognise me. Watch out, world!

Praveen Yaramilli

For giving “life” to the illustrations. Your suggestion of anthropomorphising the daisy was brilliant. 

Annu Yadav

The most talented illustration artist and one of the coolest people I know, thank you for humouring my idiosyncrasies regarding the design and for making the final publication look so awesome.

Fact-Checking

Saritha Sudhakaran

For being a shining example of living a waste-less life and teaching me to reduce my waste. I really appreciate the time you spent checking the drafts in detail and pointing out the corrections.

Nicholas Nagar

More young people need to be as driven as you are towards making an impact. Thank you for the great ideas on how the story could proceed. 

Minakshi Pande

For being a beacon of hope for our planet. I love the work you do in waste segregation and appreciate your review of the book.

Publishing

The famous publishing house that rejected me and the other equally famous publishing house that politely declined, as lockdown had put the world and work on pause: 

For giving me the freedom to choose the paper and people to work with.

Puneet Mehrotra

For pushing me to stop waiting for perfection and publish the book on Kindle.

Amitabh Nagpal and The Word Jockey

For introducing me to the concept of self-publishing.

Pooja Rajpal

For accommodating my insistence on using 100% recycled paper and then making the effort to find the best quality. It is such a pleasure to work with people like you, who always exceed expectations.

Monadnock Paper Mills

For crafting such good quality paper so that the print version could stay true to its purpose. 

Amazon

For providing platforms like Kindle and Audible and a global sales network for independent/newbie self-publishers.

Adaptations

Annu Yadav

For navigating the Kindle design and upload process. 

Mala Mangla and Anuj Datta

For lending your voices to the audio version and for handling the audible upload. P.S. I can’t wait for the Hindi translation! 

Constance Basart

My mother-in-law, for translating it into Dutch.

Vincent van Noord and Sharon Thomas

For doing the first round of edits to the Dutch version. 

Website

Madeleine Somerville

For creating the learning resources and making the descriptions so delightful. You are such a talented and beautiful wordsmith!..

Annu Yadav

Your name is going to keep cropping up!

Jatinder Bhurji & Pankaj Bhurji

My go-to person for anything technical. Thank you for your suggestions and improvements in turning the design into a functioning site.

GreenGeeks

For helping me realise my dream of hosting the site on a green server and making it possible to keep Planet B truly sustainable in every aspect.

Special Mentions

Revathi Jain

For reading the book on Kindle and then booking a bulk order months before the print version came out.

Mr. Kaiser Dopaishi

For being such a visionary leader, creating opportunities, and opening doors. I am indebted to you.

Priyanka Mitra

For always supporting and encouraging all entrepreneurs. You are a wonderful human being .

Rakhi Mathur

My business partner, thank you for being the wind beneath my wings. 

Mr. Ramesh Mathur, Rakhee Mathur and the extended Mathur family

For going out of your way to support me. 

Aakash Shivdasani

For making the fantastic animation of the cover.  

Rohit Samuel

For adding the book to the library of the Dalai Lama.

Priya Kashyap, Shriti Tyagi, Nipa Charagi, Rubina Majid, Ramona Bakshi, Andre Jhaveri, Kapil Mandawewala, Kaushal Shah, Nita Soans, Bharat Kapur, Rahul Bansal, and so many other large-hearted people

For connecting me with your contacts who you thought could help in illustrating, editing, publishing, printing, marketing, sales and any other way. 

God

For sowing the seed of an idea and guiding me through the process, for introducing me to all these wonderful people. Each person has been equally helpful in shaping the progress and success of Planet B.

YOU!

Yes, you, the person reading this. You definitely deserve credit for reading right till the end.

I cannot thank you enough!