This is Who I Am with Rashmi Sirdeshpande

Discover that we are so much more than where we are from with award-winning Rashmi Sirdeshpande, as she presents her latest picture book, This is Who I Am.This beautiful, poetic celebration of children with shared heritage, illustrated by Ruchi Mhasane, was one of the Guardian’s Best Children’s Books of 2025.

Join Rashmi as she discusses all the things that make us who we are and how we should be proud of that.Rashmi Sirdeshpande is a lawyer-turned-storyteller, who was part of the Penguin Random House WriteNow mentoring programme in 2018.

As a British Indian child, she didn't get to see many children like her in the books she read, so she is now passionate about writing stories that children from all backgrounds can relate to.