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Shanthi K. Appanna is a writer from the lush hills of Kodagu, now based in Chennai where she works with the Railways. Her stories stand out for their emotional depth and subtle portrayal of everyday life. She has authored two acclaimed books — Manasu Abhisarike Ondu Bagilu and Muru Chillare…

“Chaithanya Pingali is a writer, lyricist, and screenwriter whose work bridges the worlds of literature and cinema. She is the author of Chittagong Viplava Vanithalu, a biographical fiction on women revolutionaries, which won the Kendra Sahitya Akademi Yuva Puraskar (2016) and was later translated into Kannada by Sa. Raghunath. Her…

B. Jeyamohan is an acclaimed Tamil and Malayalam writer, based in Nagarcoil, trudging between two languages as a fiction writer and script writer for the cinema. Jeyamohan is well-versed in both in Malayalam and Tamil, both… although his major works are in Tamil. A true Gandhian and Environmentalist by nature,…

P. Lalitha Kumari (Volga) is a well-known Telugu writer. Her stories, novels, and poetry reflect well-articulated feminist positions without compromising either the quality of literary form or failing to represent the ‘reality’ of the characters. In her poetry, metaphor not only facilitates form but also celebrates the ‘ideas’ depicted. Among her…

N.S. Gundur is the Head of the Department and Professor of English at Tumkur University. Originally from Belagalapete in Haveri district, he holds a Master’s degree (M.A.) in English from Karnataka University, Dharwad, and earned his Ph.D. for his research on novels about the Partition of India. He has also…