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Varsha Seshan

Dear Fictional Character

December 3, 2019 by Varsha Seshan Leave a Comment

Yesterday, to round off our letter-writing activity, we wrote two more letters. One began with ‘Dear Reader’, and this is an activity I’ve done more times than I can count. I tweaked it slightly this time because of the idea of posting their letters to them. Instead of telling them that what they wrote would […]

Filed Under: Workshops Tagged With: creative writing, St. Mary's School, The Dictionary, The Duronto Adventure, The Story-Catcher, Writers' Club, writing activities

The Lit Bug Fest 2017

April 30, 2017 by Varsha Seshan Leave a Comment

Do you see all the red marks? That’s what I attended at the Lit Bug Fest yesterday! The first event of the day was a play written by a young girl and performed by Pushkar Rangmanch. A sweet story, performed with enthusiasm! A few months ago, I invited Leela Gour Broome to address the Writers’ […]

Filed Under: Lit Fests Tagged With: Bholu at the Level Crossing, children's fest, literary fest, reading, storytelling, The Duronto Adventure

My Stamp

February 7, 2017 by Varsha Seshan Leave a Comment

“My Stamp”: the brand name for personalised postage stamps. Karan saw the ad outside the GPO, and guess what we got made? The only problem with using a book cover, rather than a passport sized picture of a person as advertised, is that we need a square image, not a rectangular one. Even though we had […]

Filed Under: Writing Tagged With: my stamp, stamps, The Duronto Adventure, The Toy Train

Duronto and Level Crossing Resource Packs!

March 13, 2016 by Varsha Seshan Leave a Comment

I wrote about first prints and the joy of having the resource packs in hand. But how could I cut up the one electric loco kit I had? Now, armed with a spare set, I’m ready to make my own electric loco model. As a child, I loved jigsaw puzzles. I loved them so much that […]

Filed Under: Books, Children, Writing Tagged With: Bholu at the Level Crossing, Indian Railways, The Duronto Adventure

Launch at National Rail Museum

February 19, 2016 by Varsha Seshan Leave a Comment

I wrote about the launch of The Duronto Adventure and Bholu at the Level Crossing about three weeks ago. Finally, here are some pictures! The National Rail Museum was set up on the 1st of February, 1977. So, on the 1st of February this year, we were keen on launching at least the first book for each age-group. The […]

Filed Under: Writing Tagged With: Bholu at the Level Crossing, National Rail Museum, The Duronto Adventure

The Duronto Adventure Resource Pack

February 4, 2016 by Varsha Seshan Leave a Comment

Of course I’m delighted with the books, but each book is also part of a complete resource pack! Each pack contains: A story A CD (with the ebook and lots of animation) A kit to build your own model of an electric locomotive!

Filed Under: Books, Children Tagged With: National Rail Museum, The Duronto Adventure

Two new books by Varsha Seshan!

February 2, 2016 by Varsha Seshan Leave a Comment

The Duronto Adventure by Varsha Seshan

It’s been nearly four years since The Story-Catcher was published. Finally, here are two new books! Launched at the National Rail Museum yesterday, these books are currently available only at the Souvenir Shop of the museum. They are part of a kit that also contains a CD and an activity! Pictures of those will come soon … The […]

Filed Under: Books, Children, Writing Tagged With: Bholu at the Level Crossing, National Rail Museum, The Duronto Adventure