Butterflies, grandmothers, samosas, and grassroots rebellion in new Shanthi Sekaran middle-grades book By Lisa Morehouse Published June 2, 2022 at 5:05 PM PDT Listen • 2:25 Ways To Subscribe NPR One Apple Google Shanthi Sekaran Shanthi Sekaran Shanthi Sekaran lives in Berkeley. Her book for juvenile readers, The Samosa Rebellion, came out in September of 2021.