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'''C.S. Chandrika''' is an Indian author in Malayalam from Kerala who writes fiction and non-fiction and is also a social scientist, activist, and columnist involved in women’s and human rights and environmental and development concerns.

== Education ==
Chandrika gained a bachelor degree in Botany<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://english.mathrubhumi.com/mbifl2019/speakers/c-s-chandrika-mbifl2019-1.3483091|title=C. S. Chandrika|website=Mathrubhumi|language=en|access-date=2019-03-14}}</ref> and a master's degree in Malayalam Language and Literature and Women Studies. She has a PhD in Fine Arts from University of Calicut.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mssrfcabc.res.in/staff-team/chandrika/|title=Dr. C. S Chandrika » MSSRF CABC|website=www.mssrfcabc.res.in|access-date=2019-03-14|archive-date=5 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171105170823/https://www.mssrfcabc.res.in/staff-team/chandrika/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

== Career ==
Chandrika has taught at the Centre for Women's Studies, Pondicherry and has also worked widely in the area of Gender and Development. She is also associated with Sakhi Women's Resource Centre, Kerala.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mssrfcabc.res.in/staff-team/chandrika/|title=Dr. C. S Chandrika » MSSRF CABC|website=www.mssrfcabc.res.in|access-date=2019-03-14|archive-date=5 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171105170823/https://www.mssrfcabc.res.in/staff-team/chandrika/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Publications ==
Chandrika has published both academic and fictional works. She was one of the editors of ''The Oxford India Anthology of Malayalam Dalit Writing'', which was collection of [[Malayalam]] Dalit writing of 20th century.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-kerala/a-collection-of-voices-that-break-the-silence/article2693720.ece|title=A collection of voices that break the silence|author=Mohamed Nazeer|newspaper=The Hindu|accessdate=30 November 2014|date=7 December 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.frontline.in/static/html/fl3001/stories/20130125300107700.htm|title=Mainstreaming the subaltern|publisher=Frontline.in|accessdate=30 November 2014}}</ref> She won the Thoppil Ravi Award for her story collection ''Kleptomania'' in 2012.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mathrubhumi.com/english/news/kerala/cs-chandrika-bags-thoppil-ravi-award-119660.html|title=CS Chandrika bags Thoppil Ravi award, Kerala - Mathrubhumi English News Online|publisher=Mathrubhumi.com|accessdate=30 November 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141204154527/http://www.mathrubhumi.com/english/news/kerala/cs-chandrika-bags-thoppil-ravi-award-119660.html#|archive-date=4 December 2014|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref> Another award called Prestigious Muthukulam Parvathi Amma was bestowed upon her in 2010 for her essay titled "Aarthavamulla Sthreekal". Her interview along with her story was published in ''Malayalathinte Kathakarikal'', which listed her among ten prominent Malayali women writers.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/top-10/article3689663.ece|title=Top 10|newspaper=The Hindu|accessdate=30 November 2014|date=27 July 2012}}</ref> Many of her works have been translated into English, Tamil and Kannada languages. They include:

*''Pira'' <ref>[https://www.amazon.in/PIRA-MBI-CHANDRIKA-C-S/dp/8182640040/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1417205640&sr=1-1] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20141130075257/http://www.amazon.in/PIRA-MBI-CHANDRIKA-C-S/dp/8182640040/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1417205640&sr=1-1 |date=30 November 2014 }}</ref>
*''Bhoomiyude Pathaka''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bookdepository.com/Bhoomiyude-Pathaka-C-S-Chandrika/9788126413720|title=Bhoomiyude Pathaka : C.S. Chandrika : 9788126413720|website=www.bookdepository.com|access-date=2019-03-14}}</ref>
*''Ladies Compartment'' <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.puzha.com/malayalam/bookstore/content/books/html/utf8/2785.html|title=Puzha Books - ലേഡീസ്‌ കമ്പാര്‍ട്ട്‌മെന്റ്‌ - സി.എസ്‌. ചന്ദ്രിക - ഡി.സി. ബുക്ക്‌സ്‌|publisher=Puzha.com|accessdate=30 November 2014|archive-date=4 December 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141204213249/http://www.puzha.com/malayalam/bookstore/content/books/html/utf8/2785.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*''Ente Pachakkarimve''<ref>{{Cite book|title=Ent̲e paccakkarimpē|last=Candrika|first=Si. Es.|isbn=9788126474424|location=Kottayam, Kerala State, India|oclc=1014003074|year = 2017}}</ref>
*''Kleptomania''<ref>{{Cite book|title=Klept̲t̲ōmāniya|last=Candrika|first=Si. Es.|date=2011|publisher=Ḍi. Si. Buks|isbn=9788126433025|location=Kottayam|oclc=772450133}}</ref>
*"Aarthavamulla Sthreekal" (Essay)

She had published a monograph on [[K. Saraswathi Amma]], who was an early 20th century Malayalam feminist writer.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://samyukta.info/site/node/57|title=K. Saraswathiamma - sahithya Academy - Samyukta :: A Journal of Women's Studies|author=Deepu Balan|publisher=Samyukta.info|accessdate=30 November 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141207023341/http://samyukta.info/site/node/57#|archive-date=7 December 2014|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

==References==
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[[Category:Dalit women writers]]
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[[Category:Indian women activists]]
[[Category:Writers from Kerala]]
[[Category:Indian women novelists]]
[[Category:Women writers from Kerala]]
[[Category:Malayalam novelists]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian novelists]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian women writers]]
[[Category:Dalit activists]]
[[Category:Activists from Kerala]]
[[Category:Indian feminist writers]]
[[Category:Novelists from Kerala]]

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