Niharika just likes to draw on her own. And when you look at her pictures-different shades of blue coming to her sea, and varied greens for the leaves- you can see why she doesn't need a lot of help. And since Doraemon-one of her favourite cartoons-is a Japanese series, Niharika likes to draw trees with pink leaves-perhaps a version of chrysanthemum- and caption them 'pink, in case it wasn't clear enough. -DECCAN CHRONICLE Foreword AMAL NEERAD