Sharanya Manivannan
Sharanya Manivannan is the author of seven books. She writes and illustrates fiction, poetry, children’s literature and non-fiction. She received a South Asia Laadli Award for The High Priestess Never Marries, and her books have been nominated for The Hindu Prize, The JCB Prize, The Neev Book Award, The Atta Galatta-Bangalore Literature Festival Book Prize, The Tata Literature Live! First Book Award and other honours. Sharanya grew up in Sri Lanka and Malaysia and has lived in India since 2007. Sharanya Manivannan was born in India in 1985, and grew up in Sri Lanka and South East Asia. Website : https://sharanyamanivannan.in/
The Ammuchi Puchi
‘When Anjali and I were really little, we were sort of afraid of our grandmother, Ammuchi.’ Aditya and Anjali love listening to their grandmother’s stories, particularly the scary one about the ghost in the tree. But the night their grandmother pass
The Ammuchi Puchi
‘When Anjali and I were really little, we were sort of afraid of our grandmother, Ammuchi.’ Aditya and Anjali love listening to their grandmother’s stories, particularly the scary one about the ghost in the tree. But the night their grandmother pass
Mermaids In The Moonlight
‘I wonder how many mermaids there must be to make all these different noises in the lagoon.' They say that, over a hundred years ago, the sounds used to be so loud that you needn’t even enter the lagoon … You could simply walk along the banks or on a
Mermaids In The Moonlight
‘I wonder how many mermaids there must be to make all these different noises in the lagoon.' They say that, over a hundred years ago, the sounds used to be so loud that you needn’t even enter the lagoon … You could simply walk along the banks or on a
Incantations Over Water
On full moon nights, from deep within the lagoons of Mattakalappu, Ilankai, mysterious sounds emerge. During the three decades of civil war, it is said, those sounds had ceased. The mermaid Ila, who has lived in those waters for a long, long time, sp
Incantations Over Water
On full moon nights, from deep within the lagoons of Mattakalappu, Ilankai, mysterious sounds emerge. During the three decades of civil war, it is said, those sounds had ceased. The mermaid Ila, who has lived in those waters for a long, long time, sp
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