Shreekumar Varma has been
journalist, editor, publisher, printer, radio broadcaster, entrepreneur
and college lecturer.
His poems, articles, reviews, short stories and interviews have appeared
in several publications and Internet sites including Adam & Eve, Home
Life, Heritage, The London Delhi Poetry Quarterly, The Hindu, Indian
Express, Deccan Herald, Fiji Times, Akshara Journal, Aesthetica
Quarterly, Kavitanjali.com, Katha.com, Trident, Pulse-Berlin Magazine
and Cinema Today.
He is a columnist for The New Indian Express, The Economic Times Madras
Plus, Ritz Magazine and the Deccan Herald.
He is a visiting lecturer in Creative English at the Chennai
Mathematical Institute.
He has taught at the Madras Christian College, taking English Literature
classes for undergraduate and MA students. He has also taught Journalism
to continuing education students of the college. He has addressed
students of the Indian Institute of Technology [IIT], the JBAS College,
the DG Vaishnav College and the Meenakshi College, Chennai.
He is a charter member and
past president of the Rotary Club of Madras Southwest.
His award-winning plays, THE DARK LORD and BOW OF RAMA, were staged by
the British Council, and jointly by The Hindu and The Madras Players.
His play PLATFORM was staged by The Madras Players in January 2005 to
launch their 50th year celebrations.
His children's book, THE
ROYAL REBEL, was published in 1997 by Macmillan.
His debut novel, LAMENT OF MOHINI, was published by Penguin in June
2000. It has been on several lists of the Indian Top Ten. His stories,
articles and poems have appeared in anthologies, including the Poetry
Society of India's collections, Penguin's ‘Where The Rain Is Born’,
Puffin's Book of Poetry for Children and Puffin's Book of Funny
Stories.Two unique Bharathanatyam dance recitals, Vamshi and Monsoon, by
renowned artiste Indira Kadambi were performed incorporating his poetry.
• He has completed two new
plays DEEP INSIDE and NATHU'S DREAM (a musical with song, dance and lots
of magic) and a second novel, MARIA'S ROOM, set in Goa.
• He is currently at work on
a "personal biography" of the city of Madras (Chennai), a third novel
about unknown relationships, an "academic" novel. His children's novel
Tales Of Pappudom will be published by Puffin in July 2006.
He was awarded the Charles Wallace [India] Trust fellowship and was
Writer-in-Residence at Stirling University, UK, for the year 2004.
He is married to Geeta, and has two sons, Vinayak and Karthik.
He is the grandson of Sethu Lakshmi Bai, the last ruling Maharani of
Travancore State, and great grandson of the artist
Raja Ravi Varma
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