Indu Menon
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Indu Menon | |
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Born | 13 June 1980 | (age 44)
Spouse | Rupesh Paul |
Children | Gowry Maria,Adithya, |
Parent(s) | Vikraman Nair,Sathy |
Indu Menon (b. 13 June 1980 ) is an Indian litterateur, novelist, short story writer, screenwriter and sociologist.
Early life
Menon's parents were Umayanallur S. Vikraman Nair and Sathyavathi. Vikraman Nair is a Carnatic musician and a critic.
She was educated at the NSS school Chaalappuram; BTMAMUP[clarification needed] school, Pengad; and SPBS[clarification needed] Ramanattukara. She took her pre-degree in science from Farook College and completed her BA in Sociology and Malayalam at Zamorin's Guruvayurappan College. She then completed her Master's in Sociology.
Indu married Malayalam film director and poet Rupesh Paul. Rupesh and Indu have a daughter Gowri Maria and a son Adithya.[1]
Career
Reviewing her Kathakal, The Hindu writes:
As a short story writer, Indu Menon can be said to have succeeded Kamala Das, who traversed the worlds of poetry and fiction with ease. This, however, is not to suggest that she is a story-teller cast in the ‘Kamala Das mould'. Far from plodding along the trodden path, she courageously explores new areas.
Indu Menon's themes as well as technique compel attention. Going beyond issues such as gender and sexuality, which young women writers are generally preoccupied with, she challenges Kerala society that is showing unmistakable signs of regression, at various other levels too. For instance, she takes on the forces of communalism in a way few other writers, man or woman, have done. Hers is the voice of the ‘New Woman', which is yet to make itself heard in the public space.[2]
Awards and honours
- 2004: EP sushama Endowment - Yoshithayurakkangal [3]
- 2003: Janapriya Puraskaram - The Lesbian Cow[4]
Bibliography
Novels
- KappalinekkuRichoru vichithrapusthakam[5]
Collections of short stories
- The Lesbian Cow (2002)
- Sangh parivar (2005)
- Hinduchayayulla Muslim Purushan (2007) (The Muslim Man who looks like a Hindu )
- Chumbanasabda thaaravali(2013) (The Dictionary of Kisses)
- Indumenonte Kathakal (2013) (Selected short stories of Indu Menon)
Memoirs
- Enne Chumpikkan Padippicha sthreeye(2014)
- Ente thene ente aanandame (2014)
References
- ^ "Manassiloru Mazhavillu on Kairalitv". kairalitvonline. Retrieved 11 December 2013.
- ^ Bhaskar, B. R. P. (10 May 2011). "Voice of a new woman". The Hindu.
- ^ "The Hindu : Award for Indu Menon". www.thehindu.com.
- ^ "The Hindu : Briefly". www.thehindu.com.
- ^ Pillai, Meena T. (26 November 2015). "Sea of thoughts" – via www.thehindu.com.
External links
External links
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- Blogger profile
- Interview with Menon at DC Books (in Malayalam)
- ^ [1] [dead link]
- ^ [2]
- ^ [3] [dead link]
- ^ "These three young writers are trying to find a language adequate to express the traumas that characterise our society 22122014". m.indiatoday.in.
- ^ Pillai, Meena T. (26 November 2015). "Sea of thoughts" – via www.thehindu.com.
- ^ "Def Min assures borders with Pak safe despite emergency - Karnataka Assembly Polls 2008". expressindia.indianexpress.com.
- ^ "The Hindu : Award for Indu Menon". www.thehindu.com.
- ^ "Kairali News Online". www.facebook.com.
- ^ "malayanma.org". www.facebook.com.
- ^ "Poetry dominates Sahitya Akademi Yuva awards". 23 August 2014 – via www.thehindu.com.
- ^ "Kappalinekkurichoru Vichithra Pusthakam Archives - Kairalinewsonline.com". Kairalinewsonline.com.
- ^ "Wiki News SEO from India - news and reviews of SEO in India and Abroad". Wiki News SEO from India.[permanent dead link]
- 1980 births
- Living people
- Writers from Kozhikode
- Indian sociologists
- Indian women sociologists
- Indian bloggers
- Indian women bloggers
- Indian women short story writers
- Indian memoirists
- 21st-century Indian short story writers
- 21st-century Indian women writers
- 21st-century Indian social scientists
- Indian women social scientists
- Women writers from Kerala
- Malayalam novelists
- 21st-century Indian women scientists
- Scientists from Kozhikode
- Women memoirists