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{{Infobox person<br />
| name = Indu Menon<br />
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| birth_date = {{birth-date and age|13 June 1980}} <br />
| birth_place = [[Calicut]]<br />
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| spouse = [[Rupesh Paul]]<br />
| children = Gowry Maria,Adithya,<br />
| parents = Vikraman Nair,Sathy<br />
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'''Indu Menon''' (b. 13 June 1980 ) is an [[India]]n, [[novelist]], [[short story]] writer, [[screenwriter]] and [[sociologist]].<br />
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== Early life ==<br />
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Menon's parents were Umayanallur S. Vikraman Nair and Sathyavathi. Vikraman Nair is a [[Carnatic music|Carnatic]] musician and a critic.<br />
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She was educated at the [[Nair Service Society|NSS]] school Chaalappuram; BTMAMUP{{clarify|date=July 2012}} school, Pengad; and SPBS{{clarify|date=July 2012}} [[Ramanattukara]]. She took her pre-degree in science from [[Farook College]] and completed her [[Bachelor of Arts|BA]] in [[Sociology]] and [[Malayalam language|Malayalam]] at [[Zamorin's Guruvayurappan College]]. She then completed her Master's in Sociology.<br />
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Indu married Malayalam film director and poet [[Rupesh Paul]]. Rupesh and Indu have a daughter Gowri Maria and a son Adithya.<ref>{{cite web|title=Manassiloru Mazhavillu on Kairalitv|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NiWCh0qjJO4&feature=player_embedded|publisher=kairalitvonline|accessdate=11 December 2013}}</ref><br />
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==Career==<br />
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Reviewing her ''Kathakal'', ''[[The Hindu]]'' writes:<br />
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<blockquote>As a short story writer, Indu Menon can be said to have succeeded [[Kamala Das]], who traversed the worlds of poetry and fiction with ease. This, however, is not to suggest that she is a story-teller cast in the ‘Kamala Das mould'. Far from plodding along the trodden path, she courageously explores new areas.<br/><br />
Indu Menon's themes as well as technique compel attention. Going beyond issues such as gender and sexuality, which young women writers are generally preoccupied with, she challenges Kerala society that is showing unmistakable signs of regression, at various other levels too. For instance, she takes on the forces of communalism in a way few other writers, man or woman, have done. Hers is the voice of the ‘New Woman', which is yet to make itself heard in the public space.<ref><br />
{{cite news<br />
|url=http://www.thehindu.com/arts/books/article2004560.ece<br />
|title=Voice of a new woman<br />
|first=B. R. P.|last=Bhaskar<br />
|work=[[The Hindu]]<br />
|date=10 May 2011<br />
}}</ref></blockquote><br />
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== Awards and honours ==<br />
* 2001: Mathrubhumi Katha Award, Annapoornnayute Pattikal,Stories<br />
* 2002: Poorna Uroob Award ,The Other Woman, Stories/2002<br />
* 2002 Malayalashabdam Award, Palunk pavayuTe Ezham nizhal Mathsyam, Stories/2002<br />
* 2003: Janapriya Puraskaram - ''The Lesbian Cow''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/2004/03/13/stories/2004031307040400.htm|website=[[The Hindu]]|date=2004-03-13|title=Briefly}}{{dead link|date=April 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref><br />
* 2004: EP sushama Endowment - ''Yoshithayurakkangal ''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/2004/02/06/stories/2004020604320300.htm|website=[[The Hindu]]|date=2004-02-06|title=Award for Indu Menon}}{{dead link|date=April 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref><br />
* 2004: Best Young Writer Kerala, India Today [Malayalam]<br />
* 2005: Kerala Sahitya Akademi - Gita Hiranyan Award, The Lesbian Cow, Stories<br />
* 2007: Ankanam Award Sangh Parivar, Stories<br />
* 2011: SBT Award, Stories - Indu Menon, Stories<br />
* 2014: Kendra Sahitya Akademi - Yuva Puraskar - ''Chumbana Shabda Tharavali, Stories ''<br />
* 2015: Best Indian Writer India, India Today [English]<br />
* 2016: Galleria Gallent International Novel Award, Kappalinekkurichoru vichithrapusthakam<br />
* 2016: A Nasar Aksharam Novel Award, Kappalinekkurichoru vichithrapusthakam<br />
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== Bibliography ==<br />
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===Novels===<br />
* ''KappalinekkuRichoru vichithrapusthakam''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/review-of-indu-menons-novel-kappalinekkurichoru-vichithrapusthakam/article7915943.ece|title=Sea of thoughts|first=Meena T.|last=Pillai|date=26 November 2015|publisher=|via=www.thehindu.com}}</ref><br />
* ''Janafress Oru Kodiya Kamukan''Janafress A Terriffic Lover(2021)<br />
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===Collections of short stories===<br />
* ''The Lesbian Cow'' (2002)<br />
* ''Sangh parivar'' (2005) <br />
* ''Hinduchayayulla Muslim Purushan'' (2007) (''The Muslim Man who looks like a Hindu '')<br />
* ''Chumbanasabda thaaravali''(2013) (''The Dictionary of Kisses'')<br />
* ''Indumenonte Kathakal'' (2013) (''Selected short stories of Indu Menon'')<br />
* ''Pazharasaththottam'' (2017)<br />
===Memoirs===<br />
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* ''Enne Chumpikkan Padippicha sthreeye''(2014)<br />
* ''Ente thene ente aanandame'' (2014)<br />
===Translations===<br />
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* ''The Lesbian Cow'' (2002)<br />
* ''Avar Chaayam thekkaatha Chavittu Padikalilirunnu Cholam Thinnumpol'' (2003) <br />
* ''Anuragaththinte Pusthakam'' (2007) <br />
* ''Nammute Raktham''(2021) (''Tribal Poetry'')<br />
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===Edited Work===<br />
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* ''Bhoomiyile Penkuttikalkk'' (2005)<br />
* ''Thanath Bhakshanavum Jeevanopadhiyum'' (2019) <br />
* ''Unwritten Histories and Tribal Freedom Fighters'' (2020)<br />
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==References==<br />
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== External links ==<br />
* <ref>[http://www.womenswriting.com/.../AuthorProfileDetail.asp?AuthorI] {{dead link|date=November 2017}}</ref><br />
* <ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20140827040817/http://www.currentbooks.com/kendra-sahitya-akademis-bal-sahitya-puraskar-and-yuva-puraskar-2014-announced.html]</ref><br />
* <ref>[http://www.dcbooks.com/kendra-sahitya-academy-yuva-pur..] {{dead link|date=November 2017}}</ref><br />
* <ref>{{cite web|url=http://m.indiatoday.in/story/india-today-39-anniversary-issue-cover-story-literature/1/406354.html|title=These three young writers are trying to find a language adequate to express the traumas that characterise our society 22122014|website=m.indiatoday.in}}</ref><br />
* <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/review-of-indu-menons-novel-kappalinekkurichoru-vichithrapusthakam/article7915943.ece|title=Sea of thoughts|first=Meena T.|last=Pillai|date=26 November 2015|publisher=|via=www.thehindu.com}}</ref><br />
* <ref>{{cite web|url=http://expressindia.indianexpress.com/karnatakapoll08/story_page.php?id=238306|title=Def Min assures borders with Pak safe despite emergency - Karnataka Assembly Polls 2008|website=expressindia.indianexpress.com}}</ref><br />
* <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/2004/02/06/stories/2004020604320300.htm|website=[[The Hindu]]|date=2004-02-06|title=Award for Indu Menon}}{{dead link|date=April 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref><br />
* <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/kairalinewsonline/photos/a.905260089539425.1073741828.904672009598233/1014922698573163/?type=3&theater|title=Kairali News Online|website=www.facebook.com}}</ref><br />
* <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/malayanma.org/photos/a.980615168631744.1073741828.883436911682904/1200901563269769/?type=3&theater|title=malayanma.org|website=www.facebook.com}}</ref><br />
* <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/poetry-dominates-sahitya-akademi-yuva-awards/article6342960.ece|title=Poetry dominates Sahitya Akademi Yuva awards|date=23 August 2014|publisher=|via=www.thehindu.com}}</ref><br />
* <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kairalinewsonline.com/tag/kappalinekkurichoru-vichithra-pusthakam|title=Kappalinekkurichoru Vichithra Pusthakam Archives - Kairalinewsonline.com|website=Kairalinewsonline.com}}</ref><br />
* <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wikinewsindia.com/tag/kappalinekkurichoru-vichithrapusthakam/|title=Wiki News SEO from India - news and reviews of SEO in India and Abroad|website=Wiki News SEO from India}}{{Dead link|date=November 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><br />
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== External links ==<br />
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* [http://www.blogger.com/profile/00196501151445756542 Blogger profile]<br />
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20121128060430/http://www.dcbooks.com/blog/indumenon-interview-dc-books-blog/ Interview with Menon] at DC Books (in [[Malayalam language|Malayalam]])<br />
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