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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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The Battle for Baramulla

The Battle for Baramulla, the latest book in the Songs of Freedom series takes us to 1947 Kashmir. The maharaja of Jammu and Kashmir wants his kingdom to remain independent. But when there are attacks from the northwest frontier, is staying independent really an option? The Battle for Baramulla begins slowly. I took a while […]

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Fishbowl by Varsha Seshan
"”I feel like a lump.
Sitting there.
Not talking.
Wishing I could disappear.”

- Varsha Seshan, Fishbowl

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In many ways, A Drop of Golden Sun is an old-fashioned story. Slow paced and anecdotal, it immerses us in Jenny’s world, as she and her film siblings navigate through life, the filmmaking world, and a variety of eccentric and sometimes frightening pe ...more
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Merci is the only one in her class who lives with her whole family. Grandparents, parents, brother, cousins, aunt–they all live together. They aren’t poor, perhaps, but they definitely don’t go vacationing in fancy places, unlike her classmate, the p ...more
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After Flipped, which you can read both ways, HarperCollins brings you Doubles-–two stories written by two authors, based on one theme–-food. Quite apart from the joy of the format, I thoroughly enjoyed reading the stories!

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No Matter the Distance by Cindy Baldwin left me with such a mix of emotions! I almost didn’t finish the book because the middle was a little draggy. But verse tends to keep me reading, and the burgeoning relationship between a girl and a dolphin was ...more
Think Big! (hOle book) by Varsha Seshan
"Mom had said it was not a good idea to try something very different. Geet scowled at the mirror and imitated her mother: ’Try something simple and do it well.'

- Varsha Seshan, Think Big

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The Battle for Baramulla by Mallika Ravikumar, the latest book in the Songs of Freedom series takes us to 1947 Kashmir. The maharaja of Jammu and Kashmir wants his kingdom to remain independent. But when there are attacks from the northwest frontier, ...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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