Indu Menon

Indu Menon
Born	13 June 1980 (1980-06-13) (age 45) Calicut
Spouse	Rupesh Paul
Children	2

Indu Menon is an Indian novelist and short story writer.

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]

Bibliography

Novels

• Kappalinekkurichoru Vichithrapusthakam (2015) ^{[6] [7]}
• Janafress Oru Kodiya Kamukan (2021)

Collections of short stories

• The Lesbian Cow (2002)
• Sangh parivar (2005) ^[8]
• 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 ^[9]

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) ^[10]
• Avar Chaayam thekkaatha Chavittu Padikalilirunnu Cholam Thinnumpol (2003)
• Anuragaththinte Pusthakam (2007)
• Nammute Raktham (2021) (Tribal Poetry)
• Janafress (Arabic) (2020) ^[11]

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)

References

1. "Manassiloru Mazhavillu on Kairalitv". kairalitvonline. Retrieved 11 December 2013.
2. Google Scholar website, Indu V Menon
3. 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. 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. Reporter Live website, Criminal offence, fake PhD thesis should be scrapped, article dated June 28, 2024
6. Pillai, Meena T. (26 November 2015). "Sea of thoughts". The Hindu– via www.thehindu.com.
7. "സ്ത്രീയനുഭവങ്ങള്‍ യഥാതഥമായി ആവിഷ്‌കരിക്കാന്‍ സ്ത്രീക്കു മാത്രമേ കഴിയുവെന്ന് ഷാജി എന്‍ കരുണ്‍; ഇന്ദു മേനോന്റെ കപ്പലിനെക്കുറിച്ചൊരു വിചിത്ര പുസ്തകം പ്രകാശനം ചെയ്തു" (in Malayalam). Kairali News. 8 October 2015. Archived from the original on 10 October 2015.
8. GoodReads website, Sangparivar
9. Kerala Book Store website പഴരസത്തോട്ടം
10. "Why 'The Lesbian Cow and Other Stories' deserves a space on every feminist and political bookshelf".
11. GoodReads website, Janafres

External links

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