Nirmala Govindarajan is an author, social sector documentarian, journalist, yoga teacher, travel writer, and pioneer of the Writer’s Yatra, Reader’s Yatra and Rhythm Yoga experiences in offbeat locations. She travels extensively for work and for the love of being everywhere. Her novels are inspired by people in the hinterlands, and her latest literary fiction work Bloody Marie is presently with publishers. Her earlier novel Taboo was nominated for several awards including The Rabindranath Tagore Literary Prize, Atta Galatta Bangalore Literature Festival Awards, and the JK Paper Women Author Awards. Her first novel Hunger’s Daughters was born out of her experience of documenting in the heartlands of Orissa and Jharkhand. Nirmala has authored The Community Catalyst, recommended reading for civil services aspirants, and Man in the Mirror, a story based on the life of a coolie-turned book entrepreneur. Nirmala has conceptualised and co-authored Mind Blogs 1.0. In 2014, Nirmala co-curated the debut Times Literary Carnival, in Bangalore, and in 2016, she conceptualised and curated the Literary Lounge and Know Your Classics experiences for the British Council, Bangalore.
എഴുത്തുകാരി, സോഷ്യല് സെക്ടര് ഡോക്യുമെന്റേറിയന്, ജേണലിസ്റ്റ്, യോഗാധ്യാപിക, യാത്രാ എഴുത്തുകാരി. ടാബൂ എന്ന നോവല് രബീന്ദ്രനാഥ് സാഹിത്യപുരസ്കാരം, ആട്ട ഗലാട്ട ബാഗ്ലൂര് ലിറ്ററേച്ചര് ഫെസ്റ്റിവല് അവാര്ഡ് തുടങ്ങി അനവധി പുരസ്കാരങ്ങള് നേടി. ഒറീസ, ഝാര്ഖണ്ഡ് സംസ്ഥാനങ്ങളിലെ ഗ്രാമീണ ജീവിതങ്ങളുടെ നേര് അടരുകള് പ്രതിപാദിക്കുന്ന നിര്മലയുടെ പ്രഥമ നോവല് ഹങ്കേഴ്സ് ഡോട്ടേഴ്സ് ഏറെ പ്രശസ്തമാണ്.
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Published: 03 Feb 2025, 12:23 pm IST
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