S. Shankar

writer

novelist / cultural critic / translator

I write in different genres because the word is supple and powerful, sometimes more powerful than the sword

Introduction reprinted in The Wire can be read for free here.


Panel on the volume during this year’s Annual Conference on South Asia at Madison, Wisconsin on Thursday, October 29th, 2026 from 8:30 AM – 10:15 AM.


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