Bio
Vaasanthi is a Tamil writer, journalist and columnist (English and Tamil). Her articles appear in the New Indian Express, Tehelka, Media Transasia, Caravan, Open, India Today etc. She has published 30 novels and 6 short story collections, 2 volumes of journalistic articles, 4 travelogues. Her works have been translated into Malayalam, Hindi, Telugu, English, Norwegian, and Czech and Dutch. Two of her novels were filmed in Malayalam. Her novel ‘Akasha Veedugal’ has been translated in Hindi, Czech and English. Some of her famous books are “The Guilty and other stories”, ‘The Silent Storm’ and ‘Birthright’. ‘Cutouts,Caste and Cine stars, the world of Tamil politics’ written in English by Vaasanthi published and released in April 2006 by Penguin. She has also worked as the Editor, India Today – Tamil Edition from January 1993 to July 2001. Her awards include the Punjab Sahitya Academy Award for contribution to Indian Literature [with special reference to her novel on the Punjab ethnic problem ‘Mounappuyal’ which has been translated into English titled ‘The Silent Storm’], the Uttar Pradesh Sahitya Sanstan Award [with special reference to the Hindi translation of her Novel ‘Akasha Veedugal’ as Akash Ghar], the Amudasurabi/Sriram ‘Best Novel of the Year’ Award for ‘Ammani’ and the Gyana Bharathi Award.