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Varsha Seshan

Tiger Boy

January 2, 2026 by Varsha Seshan Leave a Comment

Sometimes, it takes a while to get to a book, even though you come across it everywhere. Tiger Boy by Mitali Perkins was like that for me. I knew it was set in the Sunderbans, and that it has sold over a lakh copies. I bought a copy, and yet, it sat unread on my shelf for […]

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You Bring the Distant Near

September 20, 2025 by Varsha Seshan Leave a Comment

You Bring the Distant Near has been on my TBR for a few years now. Yet, I never got around to reading it because I often don’t enjoy sagas that span generations. The cover says, ‘Five girls. Three generations. One great American love story.’ I wondered if I wanted to read a book spanning generations. […]

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