Art Portfolio Garner, North Carolina

Beyond the Chilli

Created by Pawan Khandavilli

Portfolio
2026

A new publishing brand creating books about Indian culture and food.

Town of Garner Diwali Celebration

Art Portfolio for the Town of Garner Diwali Artisan Vendor Application

Cover of Diyas Around the World, featuring a smiling watercolor diya surrounded by a decorative marigold border
Children’s picture book Full-color illustrations

A Diwali story

Diyas Around
the World

A Diwali Story from India to Garner, North Carolina

A children’s picture book about Diwali, spanning India and Garner, North Carolina.

Readers
Ages 4–8
Length
32 pages
Format
Full-color illustrations
Cover of Amma’s Kitchen, showing a warm watercolor Telugu home kitchen with steel pots, a spice box, curry leaves, and dried chillies
A memorial cookbook 29 family recipes

From the family kitchen

Amma’s
Kitchen

A Collection of Treasured Family Recipes

A memorial cookbook of 29 Telugu home-kitchen recipes, written in memory of Professor Chandrabhotla Annapurna.

Explore Amma’s Kitchen

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