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Varsha Seshan

Daulatabad Fort and Ellora Caves

August 9, 2022 by Varsha Seshan Leave a Comment

The view from the top of Daulatabad I first visited Daulatabad about 25 years ago. From all those years ago, I remember two things distinctly: the frighteningly dark passages that can lead you straight to a moat full of hungry crocodiles if you take the wrong turn, and the smell of bats. The latter stays the […]

Filed Under: Travel Tagged With: Aurangabad, Daulatabad, Ellora

Reading Challenge at Clover Dale, Aurangabad

August 21, 2017 by Varsha Seshan Leave a Comment

I put a ten-rupee coin into the bubblegum machine Soon, bubblegums flew out and hit my head! For a moment, I wondered; then I realised That I’d put a hundred-rupee coin into the machine instead! – adapted from a poem written in about seven minutes by one of the participants at yesterday’s workshop.* *If anyone […]

Filed Under: Workshops Tagged With: Aurangabad, British Library, Clover Dale, reading, reading challenge, The Big Friendly Read