About the Author - Vachika

Some stories stay with us long after childhood, whispering their wisdom through the years.
For Vachika, the Panchatantra was one of those quiet companions — a collection of tales she carried with her from India all the way to her new life in Germany.

Now in her late thirties, living far from the land where these stories were first told, she began to see them differently.
They were not just fables.
They were bridges — between past and present, between cultures, between a parent and a child.

And so, she began writing.

Not by retelling the stories as she had heard them, but by breathing life into them again — gently, patiently, in a voice today’s children could understand.

A Heart That Writes for Children

When she writes, Vachika imagines a child curled up in a cozy corner — curious, hopeful, full of questions.
She imagines the quiet moments a story can create between parent and child.
And she imagines how ancient wisdom can settle softly in a young mind when told with kindness.

Why She Writes

“Children understand the world long before they find the words for it.
Through stories, we give them a safe place to explore their feelings,
to imagine possibilities,
to recognize courage,
and to learn what it means to be wise.”
— Vachika

For her, writing is not just storytelling.
It is a way of offering children small lanterns of wisdom — soft lights they can carry with them as they grow.