Jaya Madhavan Explained

Jaya Madhavan
Birth Date:1972 10, df=yes
Birth Place:Chennai, India
Occupation:Author
Period:1998-present
Genre:Novelist, comic creator, columnist, poet
Notableworks:Kabir The Weaver Poet, Sita and the Forest Bandits, Loony Life

Jaya Madhavan (born 1 October 1972) is an Indian author, poet, The New Indian Express columnist and comic creator. She is a winner of The Children's Book Trust All India Competition for Writers of Children's Books.[1] [2]

Biography

Jaya Madhavan was born in Chennai, India. She studied at Kendriya Vidyalaya (KVCLRI) and studied literature at Queen Marys College Chennai. She is an alumnus of Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi and completed her MA in English literature in 1994. She is an M.Phil. Degree holder from University of Madras. Jaya is a certified yoga instructor from Krishnamacharya Yoga Mandiram and a mental health professional by qualification and practice. She is a visiting faculty at the prestigious National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad and Bangalore.  Jaya (also known as Neelayathakshi Jaya) currently lives in Chennai with her two children,[3] and is the granddaughter of Seetha Doraiswamy.[4] [5]

Work

Jaya is a YA fiction writer, poet, and columnist. Her first novel, Sita and the Forest Bandits,[6] [7] was awarded the first prize in the Children Book Trust's All India Competition for Writers of Children's Books in 2001 and was subsequently published by Children's Book Trust, New Delhi. Jaya's retelling of a folk tale was awarded in the folk tale category and included in the Golden Treasury of short stories published by the Children's Book Trust.  One of her short articles published in The Hindu has been included in the NCERT English textbook with permission.

Her second book for young adults, Kabir The Weaver Poet, is a research backed novel[8] reaching the Top 15 reading list for young adults[9] [10] [11] and was published by Tulika Publications in 2006. Kabir, The Weaver-Poet[12] [13] [14] was born of a two-year research of Kabir's songs and dohas. The book and is a YA fiction that was selected by the CBSE as part of its curriculum.[15] It has been selected among the 15 top YA fiction for age 12–21.

To share the spirit of Kabir, Jaya, along with her two sisters, performed Akath Kahani,[16] [17] [18] [19] [20] [21] a unique immersive song-spoken word-dance presentation that won rave reviews. It was showcased on many stages including Prithvi theatre as part of Kabir festival in Mumbai, Sufi festival in Orissa, Auroville Kabir festival, and other parts of India. Jaya was invited to speak at the 8th edition of Kala Ghoda festival in Mumbai.[22]

Jaya ran a very popular weekly humour column called "Loony Life" for The New Indian Express[23] [24] [25] [26] [27] [28] which enjoyed a huge readership. Every fortnight her Antidep comic strip[29] (created along with her sister) could be seen in The New Indian Expresss Saturday Zeitgeist feature.[30]

Jaya's third novel, Sita and the twin ghosts, was published as a year long series by Gokulam Children's magazine, which Jaya illustrated herself.

Jaya's poems have been published by Unisun in their anthologies (The Peacock's Cry,[31] I, me, myself, Timescapes, Mosaic[32] etc.), Muse India and the South Asian Literary Journal.[33] Two of her published poems were selected to be translated into Croatian and published in the book Afternoon showers: an Anthology of Modern Indian Women Writers[34] brought out by the Croatian Ministry of Culture. Fifty Indian women poets were chosen for this anthology and Jaya among them.

Jaya's short stories for children have regularly appeared in Chatterbox children's magazine, Gokulam children's magazine, The Hindu's Young World, Children Book Trust's collection of short stories, and Unisun's collection of short stories. Her short story for adults, ‘The Monarch butterfly’, won the second prize in British Council-Unisun's national competition for writers of short stories 2005, and was selected by Shashi Deshpande for the collection title Winners,[35] published by Unisun, Bangalore. Her short stories "Curse of the bird"[36] [37] [38] [39] and the "Other brother" was also showcased in the collection of paranormal stories published by Unisun, Bangalore titled Curse of the bird. The collection was named after Jaya's story that appeared in the collection. Jaya also won the second prize for her children's story ‘Siddharth becomes a big brother’ which was subsequently published in Unisun's collection of short stories for children titled Monsters under the bed and other stories.[40]

Jaya's articles have appeared in The Hindu, The Hindu's literary review, The Hindu's World of Women special supplement, The New Indian Express, the Sunday Express and the Times of India, Outlook Traveller.[41]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: HABITAT YOUNG VISIONARY AWARD 2010 . 12 December 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120415061907/http://www.indiahabitat.org/hyva/2010/Jury-HYVA-2010.htm . 15 April 2012 . dead .
  2. Web site: Tulika Books Authors . 9 February 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20101119045412/http://tulikabooks.com/authors.htm . 19 November 2010 . dead .
  3. https://archive.today/20120707011215/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-01-16/mumbai/28352869_1_film-festival-festival-coordinator-film-screenings Music, film festival will spread Kabir's message – Times Of India
  4. http://jayamadhavan.blogspot.com/ Loony Life! (Award Winning Column)
  5. Web site: And The Granny Goes To... . 12 December 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170718115936/http://www.boloji.com/index.cfm?md=Content&sd=Articles&ArticleID=4263 . 18 July 2017 . dead .
  6. Web site: Sita and the Forest Bandits . 1 February 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160401054323/http://arvindguptatoys.com/arvindgupta/cbt15-Sita%20%26%20the%20Forest%20Bandits%20-%20Jaya%20Madhavan.pdf . 1 April 2016 . dead .
  7. Web site: Sita and the Forest Bandits. 9 December 2011.
  8. niranjana.wordpress.com/2011/01/10/kabir-the-weaver-poet
  9. Web site: 15 Midsummer Reads for Young Adults . 12 December 2011 . 4 March 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304030338/http://dialabook.in/blog/mid-summer-reads-for-young-adults/ . dead .
  10. Web site: Kabir the Weaver - Poet.
  11. Web site: World Kid Lit. Top 15 YA reads. 17 September 2016.
  12. Web site: Kabir the Weaver Poet.
  13. Web site: Tulika Publishers. Discussing Kabir. 14 January 2011.
  14. Web site: DT Next. Akath Kahani. 16 November 2017.
  15. Web site: Kabir the Weaver Poet. CBSE ACADEMIC.
  16. Web site: Deccan. Herald. "Akath Kahani" review. 16 March 2012.
  17. News: Times of India. Akath Kahani. The Times of India. 14 November 2017 .
  18. News: The Hindu. Akath Kahani. The Hindu. 3 May 2012.
  19. Web site: The Hindu. Akath Kahani review.
  20. Web site: Auroville Radio - Akath Kahani.
  21. Book: Empire of Enchantment. October 2018. Kabir the Weaver Poet. 9780190914394.
  22. Web site: Times of India. Kala Ghoda Festival.
  23. Web site: Indian Express. Loony Life column.
  24. Web site: The Indian Express. Loony Life column.
  25. Web site: The Indian Express. Loony Life.
  26. Web site: The Indian Express. Loony Life.
  27. Web site: The Indian Express. Loony Life.
  28. Web site: The Indian Express. Loony Life.
  29. Web site: Antidep comic strip.
  30. Web site: High Grossing Indian Novels. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120426050305/http://www.eurekabookstore.com/book-details-isbn-8181461681.html. 26 April 2012. 12 December 2011.
  31. Book: The Peacock's Cry. 70129440.
  32. Web site: Deccan Herald. I, Me, Myself. 28 December 2009.
  33. http://www.mid-day.com/lifestyle/2011/oct/241011-Features-How-to-set-yourself-free.htm Discussion with Authors (Including Jaya Madhavan)
  34. Web site: Sensa - 50 Indian Poets translated to Croatian.
  35. Book: The Monarch Butterfly. 9788188234110. Mathew. Mary. Mathew. Annie Chandy. 2005.
  36. Web site: Hindu. Stories. https://web.archive.org/web/20040317052509/http://www.hinduonnet.com/2002/04/18/stories/2002041806310400.htm. usurped. 17 March 2004.
  37. Web site: The Curse of the bird.
  38. Web site: The Indian Express. Curse of the Bird Review.
  39. Web site: New Indian Express. Curse of the Bird.
  40. Web site: New Indian Express. Monsters under the bed.
  41. Web site: Outlook Traveller.