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<p></p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{short description|Indian writer from Mumbai (born 1956)}}<br /> {{EngvarB|date=May 2014}}<br /> {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2014}}<br /> <br /> &#039;&#039;&#039;Kalpana Swaminathan&#039;&#039;&#039; (born 1956) is an Indian writer from [[Mumbai]]. She also writes with Ishrat Syed as Kalpish Ratna. Swaminathan and Syed are both surgeons.&lt;ref&gt;{{cite news|title=‘Surgery and writing bring us joy&#039; |url=http://www.thehindu.com/arts/books/article70876.ece|accessdate=8 July 2010|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|date=26 December 2009}}&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref&gt;{{cite news|title= Whodunit?|url=http://thehindu.com/life-and-style/metroplus/article504497.ece|accessdate=8 July 2010|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|date=7 June 2010}}&lt;/ref&gt; Swaminathan won the 2009 [[Vodafone Crossword Book Award]] (Fiction) for &#039;&#039;Venus Crossing: Twelve Stories of Transit&#039;&#039;.<br /> <br /> ==Bibliography==<br /> *1993: &#039;&#039;The True Adventures of Prince Teentang&#039;&#039;<br /> *1994: &#039;&#039;Dattatray&#039;s Dinosaur and Other Stories&#039;&#039;<br /> *1997: &#039;&#039;Cryptic Death&#039;&#039;<br /> *2000: &#039;&#039;Ordinary Mr Pai Two Urban Fairy Tales&#039;&#039; <br /> *2002: &#039;&#039;The Weekday Sisters&#039;&#039;<br /> *2002: &#039;&#039;Gavial Avial&#039;&#039;<br /> *2003: &#039;&#039;Ambrosia for Afters&#039;&#039;<br /> *2003: &#039;&#039;Jaldi&#039;s Friends&#039;&#039;<br /> *2006: &#039;&#039;The Page Three Murders&#039;&#039;<br /> *2006: &#039;&#039;Bougainvillea House&#039;&#039;<br /> *2007: &#039;&#039;The Gardener&#039;s Song&#039;&#039;<br /> *2009: &#039;&#039;Venus Crossing: Twelve Stories of Transit&#039;&#039; <br /> *2010: &#039;&#039;The Monochrome Madonna&#039;&#039;&lt;ref&gt;[http://www.deccanherald.com/content/92129/a-crisp-page-turner.html A crisp page turner], &#039;&#039;[[Deccan Herald]]&#039;&#039;. 28 August 2010. Retrieved 2 September 2010.&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> *2012: &#039;&#039;I Never Knew It Was You&#039;&#039;<br /> *2013: &#039;&#039;The Secret Gardner&#039;&#039;<br /> *2017: &#039;&#039;Greenlight&#039;&#039;<br /> <br /> ==Awards and honors==<br /> *2009: [[Vodafone Crossword Book Award]], winner, &#039;&#039;Venus Crossing&#039;&#039;<br /> *2010: [[The Hindu Best Fiction Award]], shortlist, &#039;&#039;Venus Crossing&#039;&#039;<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> {{Reflist}}<br /> <br /> ==External links==<br /> * The pleasures of re-imagining, by Nandini Nair, &#039;[[The Hindu]]&#039; 6 July 2006.<br /> * [http://www.verveonline.com/53/life/speakingfull.shtml Experimental Writer, by Sitanshi Talati-Parikh, Verve Online, September 2007]<br /> * [http://helterskelter.in/2010/06/black-white-and-grey/ Black, White, and Grey: Exclusive interview with &#039;The Monochrome Madonna&#039; author Kalpana Swaminathan, by Arun Kale, Helter Skelter Magazine, June 2010]<br /> <br /> {{Authority control}}<br /> <br /> {{DEFAULTSORT:Swaminathan, Kalpana}}<br /> [[Category:English-language writers from India]]<br /> [[Category:Living people]]<br /> [[Category:1956 births]]</div>

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