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Varsha Seshan

Life’s Magic Moments

July 28, 2025 by Varsha Seshan Leave a Comment

Some books come your way in the most unexpected of ways. Ruskin Bond’s Life’s Magic Moments was never on my reading list—not for any reason except that there is always so much I want to read that I have to pick and choose what I make time for.  But this beautiful, hardbound book, with its […]

Filed Under: Books Tagged With: Life's Magic Moments, Nonfiction, reading, review, Ruskin Bond

Sad Animal Facts

November 23, 2023 by Varsha Seshan Leave a Comment

Did you know that frogs can close their ears? Or that anything a duckling meets within ten minutes of being born becomes its parent? (That reminds me of The Wild Robot, though the bird in the story is a gosling, not a duckling. Even so.) Those two aren’t sad animal facts, though, are they? In […]

Filed Under: Books Tagged With: Brooke Barker, comic, Nonfiction, reading, review, Sad Animal Facts

Postbox Kashmir

October 26, 2021 by Varsha Seshan Leave a Comment

From the moment I came across Postbox Kashmir by Divya Arya, I knew I wanted to read it. The title, the cover and the subtitle – ‘Two Lives in Letters’ – everything appealed to me. I knew little about the book, and the little I did know was gleaned from random social media posts. Soon […]

Filed Under: Books Tagged With: Contemporary, Divya Arya, Duckbill, Nonfiction, Postbox Kashmir, reading, review, Young Adult

All About Research with Dr Shayani Bhattacharya

October 24, 2021 by Varsha Seshan Leave a Comment

What an enjoyable writing workshop we had yesterday with Dr Shayani Bhattacharya! Every guest session is fun, and I keep realising that when a teacher plans a session, it is meticulous, detailed, excellent! We discussed what we research, how we research and why we research, but then we went on to something that’s important to […]

Filed Under: Workshops Tagged With: creative writing with children, creative writing workshop, guest session, Nonfiction, online creative writing programme, online workshops for children, research, Shayani Bhattacharya

Uncle Oscar’s Chairs From A to Z

October 6, 2021 by Varsha Seshan Leave a Comment

It’s sometimes amazing how a book comes into your world at just the right time. A dear friend whom I don’t talk to often enough sent me Uncle Oscar’s Chairs: From A to Z out of the blue. I had not heard of it, but a book is always an exciting gift, right? Plus, she […]

Filed Under: Books, Children Tagged With: Alphabet Book, Daniel Frost, Magnus Englund, Nonfiction, Picture Book, reading, review, Uncle Oscars Chairs