A new illustrated biography of Indira Gandhi offers a visual treat but omits many of her key flaws
Essay on Devapriya Roy and Priya Kuriyan's Indira
Scroll / April 2018
Independent Journalist. Winner of the Likho Award for Excellence in Media, 2017. Contact: karthik.psshankar@gmail.com
Essay on Devapriya Roy and Priya Kuriyan's Indira
Scroll / April 2018
A review of Chandrahas Choudhury's Clouds
Businessline / March 2018
A review of Vikram Paralkar's Wounds of the Dead
The Hindu / March 2018
Poetry Reviews: I Was the Wind Last Night by Ruskin Bond | The Altar of the Only World by Sharanya Manivannan
Open Magazine / February 2018
An essay on children's literature in India
The Hindu / February 2018
An essay on Perumal Murugan's Poonachi
Livemint / February 2018
An interview with Jim Sarbh
Firstpost / February 2018
A Tribute to Ursula Le Guin
The Hindu / February 2018
Padmaavat Analysis
Arre / January 2018
Chennai's forgotten bibliohistory
Scroll / January 2018
A profile of author Deepak Unnikrishnan
The Hindu / January 2018
Book Review: The Book Hunters of Katpadi
Open Magazine / December 2017
Book Review: We That Are Young
The Hindu / December 2017
Book Review: The Story of a Brief Marriage
Biblio: A Review of Books / December 2017 / [Pdf , 212 KB]
Book Review: All The Dirty Parts
The Hindu / November 2017
Essay
Buzzfeed / October 2017
Book Review: Sing Unburied Sing
The Hindu / October 2017
An interview with Raya Sarkar
Buzzfeed / October 2017
Movie Review
The News Minute / October 2017
Book Review: Forest Dark
The Hindu / October 2017
Book Review: The Epic City
Scroll / September 2017
Book Review: A Good Country
The Hindu / August 2017
Fiction
Take on Art Magazine / August 2017 / [Pdf , 117 KB]
Book Review: Camino Island
The Hindu / June 2017
Film Analysis
Youth Ki Awaaz / April 2017
Short Review
Youth Ki Awaaz / April 2017
Essay
Youth Ki Awaaz / March 2017
Why it's time to stop conflating Jallikattu with Tamil culture
Youth ki Awaaz / January 2017
Fiction: Runner-up in the DNA Out of Print Short Story Competition 2016
DNA / December 2016
Jisha's death and caste
Huffington Post India / May 2016
Profile of transgender activist Kalki Subramaniam
The Red Elephant Foundation / May 2016
Profile of transgender activist Kalki Subramaniam
The Red Elephant Foundation / May 2016
How caste plays out in our educational institutions
Huffington Post India / January 2016
Interview with Bejoy Nambiar
The Hindu / July 2014
Two social activists from Macedonia and Turkey show that lots of willpower and a little new age savviness go a long way in raising cancer awareness
The Red Elephant Foundation / April 2014
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