Sashwati Banerjee, managing director of Sesame Workshop India, on traveling with a Muppet, filming a Bollywood-style number and the challenges of producing a show for 30 million children.

Meet Zari, Sesame Workshop‘s first Afghan girl Muppet. The curious and eager 6-year-old will make her debut in Season 5 of Baghch-e-Simsim (Sesame Garden), Afghanistan’s local co-production of ...