Indu Menon

Indu Menon is a renowned creative writer and sociologist. Her works have been included in university syllabi and translated to English, German, Arabic, Tamil, Hindi and Telugu. She is the recipient of several state, national and international awards. A regular contributor to popular periodicals in Malayalam for more than 30 years, she has extensive experience in anthropological research and investigation, training and museum research, particularly in shamanism, social organization, tribal language, myths etc. Her works include three novels, seven short story collections, four memoirs, two poetry collections, two translations, one monograph and six edited works. Annavetta, Ente Katha Ente Pennungaludeyum, The Lesbian Cow And Other Stories and Janafres: Oru Kodiya Kamukan are a few among her wide array of publications. Indu Menon is currently a lecturer of Anthropology/Sociology at the Kerala Institute of Research, Training and Development Studies of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (KIRTADS), a Government of Kerala Research Institute.