Dad and daughter authors Raj and Leela Chakraborti
Dad and daughter Rajorshi & Leela Chakraborti, dreamed up the plot for a children's book on walks together during the first lockdown. Leela was just 8 years old then. Now, their book The Bad Smell Hotel, has just been published. It is set in the future, where robots do everything for humans, but where flatulence afflicts so many people that children have to leave their families and live in Bad Smell Hotels. The hero, Jerry, manages to resolve the crisis. Raj is the author of six novels, one of which was longlisted for the 2019 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards. Leela is 11 now, at intermediate school, and they both join Kathryn with their story.