Old Wisdom for a New World
Folklore in the Anthropocene
The Literary Platform / September 2020
Independent Journalist. Winner of the Likho Award for Excellence in Media, 2017. Contact: karthik.psshankar@gmail.com
Folklore in the Anthropocene
The Literary Platform / September 2020
Essay on authenticity in A Suitable Boy
Digital Spy / August 2020
Essay on Perumal Murugan's Estuary
Caravan Magazine / July 2020
Review of Ragnarok
Thrillist / February 2020
Review of Tell Me Who I Am
Thrillist / October 2019
KR Meera’s work confounds and illuminates difficult relationships
Open / October 2019
Review of Disenchantment
Thrillist / September 2019
Review of Élite'
Thrillist / September 2019
Shiromi Pinto’s new novel examines feminist icon and architect Minnette de Silva
Open / August 2019
Review of The Last Czars
Thrillist / July 2019
Review of Jinn
Thrillist / July 2019
Translated from Tamil by N Kalyan Raman, 'Heat' is deceptively sparse, like the landscape its protagonists traverse
The Huffington Post / June 2019
The writer on his new book, and why he isn’t a fan of dystopian fiction.
The Huffington Post / June 2019
A whodunnit offering readers the opportunity to play murderer bingo
Open / June 2019
Review of Leila
Thrillist / June 2019
Why Avengers: Endgame is such a big deal
Firstpost / May 2019
Malayalam writer N Prabhakaran’s translated collection of short stories, ‘Diary of a Malayali Madman’ brilliantly captures the weight of social structures.
Scroll / April 2019
Book Review: I Have Become The Tide
Livemint / April 2019
Book Review: Tell Her Everything
Huffington Post India / March 2019
The superficial politics of Gully Boy
Firstpost / February 2019
The queer politics of the Bollywood film
Arre / February 2019
An interview with Anjali Kumar
Verve / September 2018
Essay on Hicky's Bengal Gazette
South China Morning Post / July 2018
Essay on The Sensational Life and Death of Qandeel Baloch
South China Morning Post / June 2018
Review of The Only Story by Julian Barnes
Businessline / June 2018
Book Review: You Can't Go Home Again
New Indian Express / June 2018
An essay on the masculinity presented in Junot Diaz's works
The Hindu / May 2018
An essay on the movie
The Hindu / May 2018
Opinion
Daily O / May 2018
Book Review: The Architecture of Loss
The Hindu / April 2018
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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