Varsha Seshan is a writer of lists, emails, detailed notes to self and children's books. Her childhood dream was to drive a road-roller, which she did once, gaining great respect for those who park these machines without knocking walls down. She has written 19 books for children and has twice been shortlisted for the Scholastic Asian Book Award, which honours the best of Asian writing in English. Find out more at www.varshaseshan.com
Children forced out of their homes
Humans discarded as empty shells
A Machine that sucks out Power.
Secrets
More secrets
And still more secrets-
I must fight a government of evil,
destroy the Machine,
and . . . save my mother.
Me, twelve-year-old Rohini.
Ha. Really?
