“The only time I feel alive is when I’m painting”… I am Latha Devi… started painting out of my passion…
Susmesh Chandroth, born on April 1, 1977 in Kerala, writes stories, novels and essays in Malayalam language in the mainstream periodicals of Kerala.
Susmesh Chandroth, born on April 1, 1977 in Kerala, writes stories, novels and essays in Malayalam language in the mainstream periodicals of Kerala.
He won the first award for the most promising young writer under 35 years of age ‘Yuva Puraskar’ instituted by the Sahithya Academy, Government of India.
There are many translations in other languages (Tamil, Kannada, Odiya, Hindi) available for his stories originally written in Malayalam language. Some of his essays/stories are part of the curriculum in Schools, MG University and Kerala University in Kerala. Susmesh is also actively involved in the Malayalam film industry. He scripted and directed the feature film “Padmini” based on the life story of the painter “T K Padmini” in the year 2018.
I’m Arpan Mazumder. Architect-Planner by profession, and Doodler-Illustrator-Cartoonist by choice. Extremely fond of mobile photography, travelling, watching (and re-watching) timeless classics, and food !!
I’m Arpan Mazumder. Architect-Planner by profession, and Doodler-Illustrator-Cartoonist by choice. Extremely fond of mobile photography, travelling, watching (and re-watching) timeless classics, and food !!
Epiphanies, current events, and, sometimes, my mood help me select the subjects/themes, which may range from anything to everything under the sun, and beyond.
അസിസ്റ്റന്റ് പ്രൊഫസർ ,ഇന്സ്റ്റിറ്റ്യൂട്ട് ഓഫ് മാനേജ്മന്റ് ഇന് ഗവണ്മെന്റ് , തിരുവനന്തപുരം….
Thampy Antony is a critically acclaimed Malayalam writer, film producer, actor, and activist. Born and brought up in Kerala, Thampy moved to San Francisco in his late 20s…
Thampy Antony is a critically acclaimed Malayalam writer, film producer, actor, and activist. Born and brought up in Kerala, Thampy moved to San Francisco in his late 20s.
His Indian-American experience had been a major influence in his work. Thampy walks us through some of his films, short stories, and his latest novel inspired by his experience in the diaspora. He describes the freedom that Malayalam lends in his writing and how the Malayalam movie industry has a reputation of telling the hard stories, and how different it is from mainstream Bollywood films. Through his writing and his acting, he tells stories of the marginalized and finds beauty and complexity in even the simplest of characters.
He has acted in more than 30 Malayalam and English movies, and produced internationally acclaimed films like Papilio Buddha, Kalkata News, Janaki, Made in USA, Sufi Paranja Katha, Evan Mekharoopan, and Parudeesa. His published work includes Boothanthan Kunnu (Ghost Hills – a novel), Vasco de Gama (a collection of short stories), Idichakkaplaammoodu Police Station (a collection of one act plays), Mala Chavittunna Daivangal (Gods Who Step on Mountains – a book of poetry.) Penn Biker (Lady Biker), his next collection of short stories is releasing this year.
പാലക്കാട് ജില്ലയിലെ ശ്രീകൃഷ്ണപുരത്ത് താമസിക്കുന്ന ഞാൻ റബ്ബർ ടാപ്പിങ് തൊഴിലാളിയാണ്…
I am Kuchimanchi Jyotsna ( 19 yrs)… currently pursuing BFA ( Animation)…2nd year in Amity University Kolkata..
Piu Mahapatra is a practicing artist and an experienced visual art facilitator..
Profession- Visiting art consultant, Art critic and Curator
Education- Master in Fine Arts, Kala Bhavana, Visva Bharati University
Apart from painting, illustrating, doodling, and making pathetic attempts to write, the only good thing done by me so far, is letting my child grow with his wings. I do not ‘teach’ art and I have strong dislike for that verb. I try to write for children and in that process, I revisit my childhood only to recreate a galaxy for myself, where the innocence, curiosity and wonder still promises to light up the darkness around. As all my dreams are in Bengali, and Lila Majumder never refrained from casting her shadow, I spontaneously choose the language of this city, ‘Bangla’ to pen down my world. Some of those stories got printed by mistake in magazines and online websites like Urja, Alpath, Probash, Dainandin and one or two attempted in a foreign language showed up, to my surprise in the pages of Virginia Monthly, Create.
But I mostly love to illustrate for and paint along with the little sunny faces of various age groups in different schools scattered all over the world. That is the only thing that makes sense, till something else comes up! After all life is unpredictable, thankfully.
Book Published – Chine Matir Putul
E Santhosh Kumar has won numerous literary awards including the Kerala Sahitya Academy award for the best short story collection (2006) and for the best novel (2012)..
E Santhosh Kumar has published more than 15 books in Malayalam including Novels, Short Story collections, Children’s literature and a translation. He has won numerous literary awards including the Kerala Sahitya Academy award for the best short story collection (2006) and for the best novel (2012), a special jury mention for the story in the Kerala film awards (2017).
‘Island of Lost shadows’, the English translation of the Kerala Sahitya Academy award winning novel “Andhkaranzhi”,was shortlisted for the Crossword Book Award (2016). Two of his stories have been made into Malayalam films.
His stories have been translated into English, Tamil, Hindi and German. “A fistful of Mustard Seeds”, a collection of 12 stories in English has recently been published by Niyogi Books.
He works with National Insurance Company,presently at Kolkata.
ഞാൻ ഇന്ദു… സ്വദേശം തൃശ്ശൂർ… കേന്ദ്ര ഗവൺമന്റ് ഉദ്യോഗസ്ഥ… Inspector ( Examiner) of Customs
I am a freelance blogger, residing in Bangalore, working for an MNC (Dell Technologies). I am very passionate about creative writing…
I am a physician by profession and enjoy every bit of the responsibility of patient care. I live in Canada where I work as a family physician for the past 15 years.
I am a physician by profession and enjoy every bit of the responsibility of patient care. I live in Canada where I work as a family physician for the past 15 years. Lot of my emotional expressions come from my workplace. I am blessed to take care of the needy and sick.
I am mother to two beautiful children and has the company of a lovely husband, who is my soul mate in this journey called life. My parents and siblings are the strength behind all my endeavors.
My hobbies include painting , poetry, teaching, gardening , singing playing the guitar, taking care of my pets and traveling. I wish to spread positivity with my literary works and painting.
I have not published any of my work till today, but I do share it in social media with my friends, I used to write a blog called SMARAN.
AMITAVA NAG is an independent film critic residing in Kolkata. He is one of the founder-members of the film magazine SILHOUETTE and is its current editor.
AMITAVA NAG is an independent film critic residing in Kolkata. AMITAVA writes mostly for Silhouette, The Hindu, OUTLOOK, News18, The Statesman, The Wire, Deep Focus and Himal Magazine to name some. He is one of the founder-members of the film magazine SILHOUETTE and is its current editor. AMITAVA also writes poetry and short fiction in Bengali and English for several magazines both national and international and has penned 7 books so far.
A cynical film critic by choice, AMITAVA’s nightmares include making a film one day and falling in the same traps as the ones he dismissed.
He can be found at https://www.amitavanag.net/
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