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Varsha Seshan

My Year in Writing: 2021

January 16, 2022 by Varsha Seshan Leave a Comment

The year 2020 was such a boost to me as a writer! With a poem published by OUP, a picture book, a chapter book, a middle-grade book and a collection of short stories, how could 2021 even hope to compete? Even so, with two publications, an award shortlist, a book going into reprint and tons of […]

Filed Under: Writing Tagged With: Chapter Book, How Big Is a Whale Shark, Karadi Tales, Neev Book Award 2021, Picture Book, Pratham Books, Storyweaver, The Best Idea of All, The Clockwalas Clues

No Nonsense Nandhini

September 13, 2021 by Varsha Seshan Leave a Comment

What do you do when circumstances force you to let go of your dream? You create another dream. And another. And another. Hold on to your sense of humour and don’t give up.At least, that’s Nandhini’s way. No Nonsense Nandhini, shortlisted for the Neev Book Award for Junior Readers 2021, is a book about resilience, […]

Filed Under: Books, Children Tagged With: Aparna Karthikeyan, Chapter Book, Karadi Tales, No Nonsense Nandhini, PARI, reading, review

A Big Splash

September 10, 2021 by Varsha Seshan Leave a Comment

Dhivya loves swimming.But when her brother nearly drowns, she isn’t allowed to swim in the lake anymore. Dhivya enjoys playing cricket with her friends.But they don’t seem to want to play with her anymore. Now what? A Big Splash is a sensitively told story about a thirteen-year-old who blossoms not just into a champion swimmer, […]

Filed Under: Books Tagged With: A Big Spash, Chapter Book, Karadi Tales, Nivedha Ganesh, PARI, reading, review

No Ticket, Will Travel

September 7, 2021 by Varsha Seshan Leave a Comment

For ever so long, I didn’t even know what the general compartment of a train was. When I saw people lining on station platforms, I assumed that they couldn’t plan their travel in advance and so, they didn’t get tickets. I knew all about not getting tickets because each year, we would stand in line […]

Filed Under: Books, Children Tagged With: Karadi Tales, No Ticket Will Travel, PARI, reading, review, Short Stories, Subuhi Jiwan

House of Uncommons

August 31, 2021 by Varsha Seshan Leave a Comment

We all know about the House of Commons. What could the House of Uncommons be? I didn’t want to read up about the book to find out, so I picked it up and dived right in. The book started slowly, and I frowned as I read about Krishnan travelling with his Chikkappa to Snehagao. I […]

Filed Under: Books, Children Tagged With: Chapter Book, House of Uncommons, Karadi Tales, PARI, reading, review, Vishaka George