Ravi Shankar Etteth, professionally known by his full name, or as Ravi Shankar is an Indian author and

cartoonist A cartoonist is a visual artist who specializes in both drawing and writing cartoons (individual images) or comics (sequential images). Cartoonists differ from comics writers or comics illustrators/artists in that they produce both the litera ...

Early life and career

He was born in

Palakkad Palakkad (), Renaming of cities in India, also known as Palghat, historically known as Palakkattussery, is a city and a municipality in the States and union territories of India, Indian state of Kerala. It is the administrative headquarters of P ...

Kerala Kerala ( , ) is a States and union territories of India, state on the Malabar Coast of India. It was formed on 1 November 1956, following the passage of the States Reorganisation Act, by combining Malayalam-speaking regions of the erstwhile ...

and is a nephew of the cartoonist and author

O. V. Vijayan Ottupulackal Velukkuty Vijayan (2 July 1930 – 30 March 2005), commonly known as O. V. Vijayan, was an Indian author and cartoonist, who was an important figure in modern Malayalam language literature. Best known for his first novel '' Khasakk ...

. His first cartoon appeared in Link. He worked for

Indian Express ''The Indian Express'' is an English-language India, Indian daily newspaper founded in 1932 by P. Varadarajulu Naidu. It is headquartered in Noida, owned by the Indian Express Limited, ''Indian Express Group''. It was later taken over by Ramnat ...

on a contract basis, and as the staff cartoonist. In 1990, he became the Creative Director of the Observer Group of Publications. He later became the deputy

editor Editing is the process of selecting and preparing written, visual, audible, or cinematic material used by a person or an entity to convey a message or information. The editing process can involve correction, condensation, organization, a ...

India Today ''India Today'' is a weekly Indian English-language news magazine published by Living Media, Living Media India Limited. It is the most widely circulated magazine in India, with a readership of close to 8 million. In 2014, ''India Today'' laun ...

. He was also art director of the magazine. He edited the afternoon tabloid Today and is the founder editor of India Today Spice. He has worked In television as the Editor in Chief and CEO of Voice of India. He was also the Editorial Director of Media Transasia. In 1996, Etteth published his first book of short stories ''The Scream of the Dragonflies''. By 2002, Etteth claimed he had retired from political cartooning for all practical purposes, and chose to describe himself as a writer and art director. He is the author of four novels The Tiger by the Rivet, The Village of the Widows, The Gold of Their Regrets and The Book of Shiva. He has also written two books on Kerala; one with the artist Paresh Maity. He is a columnist and editor with The New Indian Express, based in New Delhi.

Bibliography

As Illustrator

*''Beastly tales: from here to there'' by Vikram Seth; illustrated by Ravi Shankar (Phoenix, 1999)

As author

*''The Scream of the Dragonflies'', by Ravi Shankar Etteth (Penguin Books, 1996) *''The Village of Widows'', by Ravi Shankar Etteth (Penguin Books) *''The Tiger by the River'', by Ravi Shankar Etteth (Penguin Books) *''The Gold of their Regrets'', by Ravi Shankar Etteth (Penguin Books) *''Return of the Brahmin'', by Ravi Shankar Etteth (Westland Publication)

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