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Varsha Seshan

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Varsha Seshan is a writer of to-do lists, emails, and detailed notes to self. In between all that, she writes stories, mainly for children.

Awards and Shortlists
- Winner - Crossword Book Award 2025
- Highlights Foundation Full Scholarship Awardee 2024
- Shortlisted for the AG-BLF Book Prize for Children's Fiction 2023
- Author of a Parag Honour Book 2022
- Shortlisted for the Neev Book Award 2021
- Finalist for the Singapore Book Award 2019
- First runner-up for the Scholastic Asian Book Award 2018
- Winner of the Juggernaut Travel Writing Contest 2018
- Winner of the Chanakya Award for Communicator of the Year (Literature) 2018
- Shortlisted for the Scholastic Asian Book Award 2016
- Second runner-up for the Parents and Kids Choice Awards 2014
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Varsha Seshan Probably because I was surrounded by books as a child. I loved books and the idea of creating them was thrilling!
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Trunk Call for Ajju

Even when I read and reviewed Trunk Call for Ajju in June 2023, I knew it would be one of my book club reads soon enough. A book about children and animals always holds a special place in my heart, and elephants are extra special. It worked perfectly with my book club the first time I […]
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The State League by Mallika Ravikumar
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I don’t play football; I don’t even watch football.

Despite that, I was sucked into yet another brilliant book by Mallika Ravikumar – The State League.
To be fair, considering how much I have enjoyed nearly everything she’s written, I expected to enjoy
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Off with their heads by Mandira Shah
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It's been a while since I wrote a book review--not because I haven't been reading, but because I haven't read something that has made me put the world aside and dive into the story. Off with Their Heads by Mandira Shah changed that!

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A Revolution in the Valley by Bijal Vachharajani
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A Revolution in the Valley is told primarily through letters exchanged by Jenny, who lives in Kerala, and Teesta, who lives in Bombay. There’s a lot happening in the country at this time: 1973-1984.
The Emergency.
The proposed Silent Valley Hydroelec
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Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis
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'I said, “No, sir. I don’t know why, but my eyes don’t cry no more.”
Steady Eddie said, “I like that, ‘my eyes don’t cry no more.’ You mind if I borrow that? That sounds like a great name for a song.”
I said, “No, sir, I don’t mind at all.”'

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The Vaidyar’s School of Medicine and Magic by Gayathri Ponvannan
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Kathir, the narrator and protagonist, believes that the Siddhars belong to folklore–until he is apprenticed to the Hill Vaidyar. What follows is an adventure that brings together history, lore, and magic. With Kathir and his fellow students–Nakulan, ...more
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Song of the River by Gill Lewis
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When Cari’s father dies, her mother wants to start over. She wants to move out of the city and to a village where she can run a picture perfect café, complete with chequered tablecloths. To Cari, though, it feels like they’re deliberately leaving eve ...more
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The Girl Who Became a Buddha by Maria Denjongpa
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What is it like to be the mother of one who gets enlightenment? How does one watch a young prince walk away from responsibilities towards something impractical and incomprehensible?

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Hope in the Valley by Mitali Perkins
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Hope in the Valley by Mitali Perkins is a layered story told from the point of view of the youngest of three siblings, Pandita Paul. Pandita doesn’t want things to change. She doesn’t want the house across the street to be demolished, and she doesn’t ...more
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Becoming Naomi León by Pam Muñoz Ryan
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Becoming Naomi León is the story of a young girl and her brother Owen, who are being raised by their Gram. Naomi has dreams of how her mother does want her, will want her, will shower her with love, and bring her family. Her mother does turn up, as e ...more
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Alan Moore
“Truth is a well-known pathological liar. It invariably turns out to be Fiction wearing a fancy frock. Self-proclaimed Fiction, on the other hand, is entirely honest. You can tell this, because it comes right out and says, "I'm a Liar," right there on the dust jacket.”
Alan Moore

C.S. Lewis
“Crying is all right in its way while it lasts. But you have to stop sooner or later, and then you still have to decide what to do.”
C.S. Lewis, The Silver Chair

J.K. Rowling
“If you don’t like to read, you haven’t found the right book.”
J.K Rowling

Leonard Cohen
“even damnation is poisoned with rainbows.”
Leonard Cohen

Michael Morpurgo
“Being his real brother I could feel I live in his shadows, but I never have and I do not now. I live in his glow.”
Michael Morpurgo, Private Peaceful

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