Indu Menon is an acclaimed Indian novelist and short story writer. She was awarded the Central Sahitya Award for Young Writers in 2014, and was recognized by
India Today
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as one of India's Upcoming Writers in 2015. In 2005, India Today also selected her as one of the twenty young talents of
Kerala
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. Several of Menon's stories have been adapted into films, including "Father and Virgin", which was screened at the
Cannes International Film Festival in France in 2009. Her short film "You Can't Step Twice in the Same River" won an award at the
River to River Festival in Italy in 2010. Additionally, "Mrigam" premiered at the
Marché du Film Film Market in conjunction with the Cannes International Film Festival in 2011.
Early life
Menon was born on June 13, 1980. She married Malayalam film director and poet
Rupesh Paul
Rupesh Paul is an Indian film director, poet, screenwriter and producer. He is known for his films '' Kamasutra 3D'', '' Saint Dracula 3D'' and ''The Secret Diaries of Monalisa''.
Career
He directed his short film ''Mrigam'' in 2008 which wa ...
. They have a daughter Gowri Maria and a son Adithya.
Academic Career
Menon is a lecturer in Sociology and Anthropology at the
Kerala Institute for Research Training and Development Studies (KIRTADS).
Controversy
In 2024, she claimed that she had ghost-written several PhDs for up to 3 lakhs (£2,750) each; she later retracted the claim. An official complaint was lodged against her in June 2024.
Awards and honours
* 2002: Uroob award
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* 2003: Janapriya Puraskaram - ''The Lesbian Cow''
* 2014: Kendra Sahitya academy Yuva Puraskar
Bibliography
Novels
* ''Kappalinekkurichoru Vichithrapusthakam'' (2015)
* ''Janafress Oru Kodiya Kamukan'' (2021)
Collections of short stories
* ''The Lesbian Cow'' (2002)
* ''Sangh parivar'' (2005)
* ''Hinduchayayulla Muslim Purushan'' (2007)
* ''Chumbanasabda thaaravali'' (2013)
* ''Indumenonte Kathakal'' (2013)
* ''Pazharasaththottam'' (2017)
* ''Lesbian Cow and Other Stories'' (2021) in English by Eka Westland. Translated by K. Nadakumar
* ''Indu Menonnte Thiranjedutha Kathakal'' (2020)
* ''Fruit Garden''
Memoirs/ Poems
* ''Enne Chumbikkan Padippicha sthreeye'' (2014)
* ''Ente thene ente aanandame'' (Love Poems) (2014)
* ''Ente kadha Ente Pennungaludeyum'' (2021)
* ''Nhanoru Pavam Gidharalle Enthinaanu Neeyenne kadara Kondu Meettunnath'' (2022)
* ''Ente Kavithakal'' (2021)
Translations
* ''The Lesbian Cow'' (2002)
* ''Avar Chaayam thekkaatha Chavittu Padikalilirunnu Cholam Thinnumpol'' (2003)
* ''Anuragaththinte Pusthakam'' (2007)
* ''Nammute Raktham'' (2021) (''Tribal Poetry'')
* ''Janafress (Arabic)'' (2020) GoodReads website, ''Janafres''
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Edited work
* ''Bhoomiyile Penkuttikalkk'' (2005)
* ''Thanath Bhakshanavum Jeevanopadhiyum'' (2019)
* ''Unwritten Histories and Tribal Freedom Fighters'' (2020)
* ''Kadalu Thai Poomaram Book of Tribal Songs'' (2019)
* ''Vlusam; Bridge Book in Muthuva- Malayalam Language'' (2019)
References
External links
Blogger profile
Interview with Menon
at DC Books (in Malayalam
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1980 births
Living people
Writers from Kozhikode
Indian bloggers
Indian women bloggers
Indian women short story writers
Indian memoirists
21st-century Indian short story writers
21st-century Indian women writers
Women writers from Kerala
Malayalam-language novelists
Indian women memoirists
21st-century memoirists
Recipients of the Sahitya Akademi Yuva Puraskar