Indu Menon Explained

Indu Menon
Birth Place:	Calicut
Spouse:	Rupesh Paul
Children:	2

Indu Menon is an acclaimed Indian novelist and short story writer. She was awarded the Central Sahitya Award for Young Writers in 2014, and was recognized by India Today as one of India's Upcoming Writers in 2015. In 2005, India Today also selected her as one of the twenty young talents of Kerala. Several of Menon's stories have been adapted into films, including "Father and Virgin", which was screened at the Cannes International Film Festival in France in 2009. Her short film "You Can't Step Twice in the Same River" won an award at the River to River Festival in Italy in 2010. Additionally, "Mrigam" premiered at the Marché du Film Film Market in conjunction with the Cannes International Film Festival in 2011.

Early life

Menon was born on June 13, 1980. She married Malayalam film director and poet Rupesh Paul. They have a daughter Gowri Maria and a son Adithya.^[1]

Academic Career

Menon is a lecturer in Sociology and Anthropology at the Kerala Institute for Research Training and Development Studies (KIRTADS).^{[2] [3]}

Controversy

In 2024, she claimed that she had ghost-written several PhDs for up to 3 lakhs (£2,750) each; she later retracted the claim.^[4] An official complaint was lodged against her in June 2024.^[5]

Awards and honours

• 2002: Uroob award ^[6]
• 2003: Janapriya Puraskaram - The Lesbian Cow ^[7]
• 2014: Kendra Sahitya academy Yuva Puraskar

She has also won the Central Sahitya Award for Young Writers, the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Geetahiranyan Award, the Anganam Award, the EP Sushama Endowment and the Galleria Gallant Award.^{[8] [9]}

Bibliography

Novels

• Kappalinekkurichoru Vichithrapusthakam (2015) ^{[10] [11]}
• Janafress Oru Kodiya Kamukan (2021)

Collections of short stories

• The Lesbian Cow (2002)
• Sangh parivar (2005) ^[12]
• Hinduchayayulla Muslim Purushan (2007)
• Chumbanasabda thaaravali (2013)
• Indumenonte Kathakal (2013)
• Pazharasaththottam (2017)
• Lesbian Cow and Other Stories (2021) in English by Eka Westland. Translated by K. Nadakumar
• Indu Menonnte Thiranjedutha Kathakal (2020)
• Fruit Garden ^[13]

Memoirs/ Poems

• Enne Chumbikkan Padippicha sthreeye (2014)
• Ente thene ente aanandame (Love Poems) (2014)
• Ente kadha Ente Pennungaludeyum (2021)
• Nhanoru Pavam Gidharalle Enthinaanu Neeyenne kadara Kondu Meettunnath (2022)
• Ente Kavithakal (2021)

Translations

• The Lesbian Cow (2002) ^[14]
• Avar Chaayam thekkaatha Chavittu Padikalilirunnu Cholam Thinnumpol (2003)
• Anuragaththinte Pusthakam (2007)
• Nammute Raktham (2021) (Tribal Poetry)
• Janafress (Arabic) (2020) ^[15]

Edited work

• Bhoomiyile Penkuttikalkk (2005)
• Thanath Bhakshanavum Jeevanopadhiyum (2019)
• Unwritten Histories and Tribal Freedom Fighters (2020)
• Kadalu Thai Poomaram Book of Tribal Songs (2019)
• Vlusam; Bridge Book in Muthuva- Malayalam Language (2019)

External links

• Blogger profile
• Interview with Menon at DC Books (in Malayalam)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Manassiloru Mazhavillu on Kairalitv. kairalitvonline. 11 December 2013.
2. https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=k6Td38MAAAAJ&hl=en Google Scholar website, Indu V Menon
3. https://glocal.soas.ac.uk/cala2020-157/ University of London website, SOAS section, Shamanic Rituals and the Survival of Endangered Tribal Languages - An Anthropological Study On The Basis Of ‘Gaddika’, article by Indu Menon and Shebin MS
4. https://www.onmanorama.com/news/kerala/2024/06/30/indu-menon-claim-ghostwrote-phd-protest-brew.html Onmanorama website, Protest Brews against Indu Menon over her alleged claim that she ghostwrote PhDs, article by A. P. Mohammed dated June 20, 2024
5. https://www.reporterlive.com/kerala/2024/06/28/sio-compliant-to-r-bindu-against-indu-menon-over-phd-controversy Reporter Live website, Criminal offence, fake PhD thesis should be scrapped, article dated June 28, 2024
6. http://www.keralaarchitecturefestival.com/speakers_more.aspx?id=MjQx Kerala Architectural Festival website, KAF Speaker - 2019 - Indu Menon
7. Web site: Briefly. The Hindu. 2004-03-13.
8. https://english.mathrubhumi.com/mbifl2024/speakers/regional/indu-menon-1.9232912 Mathrubhumi website, Indu Menon, article dated January 12, 2024
9. https://ntm.org.in/download/ttvol/volume9-2/contributors.pdf National Translation Mission website, Contributors, page 188
10. News: Sea of thoughts. Meena T.. Pillai. The Hindu. 26 November 2015. www.thehindu.com.
11. News: സ്ത്രീയനുഭവങ്ങള്‍ യഥാതഥമായി ആവിഷ്‌കരിക്കാന്‍ സ്ത്രീക്കു മാത്രമേ കഴിയുവെന്ന് ഷാജി എന്‍ കരുണ്‍; ഇന്ദു മേനോന്റെ കപ്പലിനെക്കുറിച്ചൊരു വിചിത്ര പുസ്തകം പ്രകാശനം ചെയ്തു. . 8 October 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20151010142428/https://www.kairalinewsonline.com/2015/10/08/19034.html . 10 October 2015 . ml.
12. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/105821178-sangparivar GoodReads website, Sangparivar
13. https://keralabookstore.com/books-by/indu-menon/3039/ Kerala Book Store website പഴരസത്തോട്ടം
14. Web site: Why 'The Lesbian Cow and Other Stories' deserves a space on every feminist and political bookshelf.
15. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/217402904-janafres GoodReads website, Janafres