Sea of Stories
Clip: Season 3 Episode 41 | 9m 7sVideo has Closed Captions
Padma Venkatraman traveled the world as an oceanographer before becoming a novelist.
Author Padma Venkatraman has been writing works of fiction for young adult readers for more than a decade. Her novels transport readers to India, where she shines a light on marginalized communities. The Indian-American writer told Rhode Island PBS Weekly she didn’t see her life story reflected in the pages she read as a young girl and was determined to do something about it.
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Sea of Stories
Clip: Season 3 Episode 41 | 9m 7sVideo has Closed Captions
Author Padma Venkatraman has been writing works of fiction for young adult readers for more than a decade. Her novels transport readers to India, where she shines a light on marginalized communities. The Indian-American writer told Rhode Island PBS Weekly she didn’t see her life story reflected in the pages she read as a young girl and was determined to do something about it.
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