Shalini Srinivasan
Areas of Interest & Expertise
- Comics and Cartoons, primarily non-fiction
- Speculative Fiction
- Children’s Literature
- Nonsense verse
Biography
Prior to joining the University, she worked with and wrote several comics for Amar Chitra Katha. Comics are also among her research interests – she did a PhD thesis on graphic journalism at the University of Hyderabad.
Shalini writes fiction, often for children. Her most recent work is the Manasa series of picture books with Pratham Books.
Courses
Critical Reading and Writing
Developing the skills and capacities to read, write and communicate effectively.
An Introduction to Creative Writing: Poetry and the Short Story
Using poetry and short stories to explore creative writing.
Publications
Fiction
- Srinivasan, Shalini. (2021). A Hairy Problem. Pratham.
- Srinivasan, Shalini. (2021). Manasa Collects a Rainbow. Pratham.
- Srinivasan, Shalini. (2021). Who’s That in the Mirror? Pratham.
- Srinivasan, Shalini. (2019). The Sound of Water. Pratham.
- Srinivasan, Shalini. (2019). One number university. Spacecraft Project, Nov 2019. https://spacecraftproject.com/shalini-srinivasan-story/
- Srinivasan, Shalini. (2019). Road: A fairy tale. Strange Horizons. May 2019. http://strangehorizons.com/fiction/road-a-fairytale/
- Srinivasan, Shalini. (2018). The monster at the end of physics. In Strange Worlds! Strange Times! Amazing Sci-Fi Stories. Ed. Vinayak Varma. Speaking Tiger/Talking Cub.
- Srinivasan, Shalini. (2018). Shoecat Thoocat. Pratham.
- Srinivasan, Shalini. (2018). The Case of the Missing Water. Pratham.
- Srinivasan, Shalini. (2017). Kaakasaurus. Pratham.
- Srinivasan, Shalini. (2016). Gangamma’s Gharial. Puffin.
- Srinivasan, Shalini. (2014). Vanamala and the Cephalopod. Duckbill.
- Srinivasan, Shalini. (2013). In cahoots. The Four Quarters Magazine. December 2013.
Academic
Srinivasan, Shalini Deepa. (2017, December).Things and Trauma in Joe Sacco’s Safe Area Goražde. Rupkatha Journal on Interdisciplinary Studies in Humanities, 9 (4). https://rupkatha.com/v9n406/
On-going Projects
- Shalini Srinivasan is working on a couple of picture books with Pratham at the moment, and a very slow novel.