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Varsha Seshan

The School for Bad Girls

November 29, 2024 by Varsha Seshan Leave a Comment

I was reading The School for Bad Girls and I mentioned how much I was enjoying it to an acquaintance. Immediately, she said, “I thought Anandibai Joshi was the first female doctor from India.” We looked it up, and of course, I found myself going down a rabbit hole. When I finished reading the book, […]

Filed Under: Books Tagged With: historical fiction, Madhurima Vidyarthi, reading, review, The School for Bad Girls, Young Adult

Munni Monster

May 9, 2023 by Varsha Seshan Leave a Comment

I read Munni MonsterĀ a few months ago and loved it. It’s a beautiful book, written with empathy and ending with hope. I knew I had to introduce it to my book club, and I can’t wait to do so. Munni MonsterĀ is a book about a difficult subject, but for me, dwelling on only the subject […]

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Munni Monster

February 21, 2023 by Varsha Seshan Leave a Comment

Mishti’s life is good. She has a best friend (never mind if said best friend is a little annoying), parents who love her, and a grandmother whom she adores. Everything’s perfect–until Munni, her grandmother’s cousin, comes to stay–no, live–with them. And suddenly, things are not idyllic anymore. Munni is a weirdo. She is old, but […]

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My Grandmother’s Masterpiece

May 25, 2022 by Varsha Seshan Leave a Comment

So often, we think of our grandparents simply as grandparents. We are the centre of the universe after all, aren’t we? But Nini discovers that there is more to her grandmother than just being a grandmother. A stray conversation leads her to ask her mother to buy a box of paints for her grandmother, her […]

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