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Varsha Seshan

Ammini Against the Storm

July 12, 2025 by Varsha Seshan Leave a Comment

Ammini Against the Storm is a reflection of the world we live in, a world where the urban rich are immune to the raging storms that destroy the lives of the poor.  Ammini’s parents work hard to send her to a private school so that she can rise above her circumstances and be something other […]

Filed Under: Books, Children Tagged With: Ammini Against the Storm, books for tweens, climate fiction, Middle Grade, PARI, reading, review, Vishaka George

A Big Splash

March 6, 2022 by Varsha Seshan Leave a Comment

I read the entire PARI series a few months ago, and I’ve been mulling over them ever since. I’m not usually a big fan of nonfiction, and I haven’t yet worked with it at my online reading programme, but A Big Splash stayed with me. And then, there were stray conversations that made me think […]

Filed Under: Books, Children, Workshops Tagged With: A Big Splash, book club, bookish activities, books for ages nine and ten, Chapter Book, Nivedha Ganesh, online reading programme, PARI, reading, review

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