Rahul Chaturvedi is an award-winning writer-director for television and film who lives in Toronto.
Fiction (Juvenile, Graphic novel)
Namaste, Santa
Illustrated by Sunita Balsara.
Toronto: Kids Can Press, 2026.
Forthcoming Oct. 2026
Publisher’s Synopsis (From its website)
Life is tough for Siddhu and his family after they move to Canada from India. So, when the other immigrant children in his apartment building tell him about Christmas, and how Santa always skips their building because no one puts up a Christmas tree, he decides this is his chance to make things better for all of them. He’s going to find a way to get a Christmas tree into their building! What he doesn’t anticipate, however, is how fiercely some of the adults resist. That is, until Siddhu and his friends learn the true meaning of Christmas spirit. And, suddenly, everything changes.