Usha Akella is a dedicated Sai devotee. She regularly visits Sai temple, watches the Sai serial and is fascinated with the literature on Sai. Her musical, the first of its kind, encapsulates the life and message of Sai Baba. The Writing of EK has been a sadhana for her, which flowed with ease and required the barest editing. Usha Akella is also the author of two books of poetry and has read for the Sahitya Akademi. Her literary creations are included in the upcoming Harper Collins anthology of Indian English poets. She has represented India at many international poetry festivals held in Macedonia, Slovenia, Mexico, India, Turkey, Colombia, Nicaragua, etc. She edits a yearly feature on Diaspora Literature for www. museindia.com. Her work has been published in journals in India, USA, Europe and Australia.

These poems distil perennial wisdom and are charged with life and a brilliance that lends us humans, particularly women, a voice. The poet demands that we speak. - Marianela Medrano, Dominican poet, author of Rooting: A Selection of Bilingual Poems