Vaasanthi

Vaasanthi (born as Pankajam on 26 July 1941) is an Indian journalist and writer.

Vaasanthi
Born (1941-07-26) 26 July 1941
Tamil Nadu, India
Occupation
  • Journalist
  • Writer
  • novelist
  • Editor
Alma materMysore University
Oslo University

She got her degree in English literature and history at Mysore University and a Master's degree at Oslo University in Norway. She served as the editor of India Today, Tamil edition for nine years. Many of her essays on art, culture, and politics have been seriously focused on the emergence of a number of articles and created debates.

Vaasanthi has written a number of lectures and reports on women's issues and she is also a political analyst. Penguin Books published a book in English (Cut-outs, Caste and Cines Stars) with their standings in the political history of Tamil Nadu during the time she worked as the editor of India Today.[1][2]

She also wrote the biography of J. Jayalalithaa in 2016.[3][4][5] She has written around 40 novels and six short story collections.

References
  1. "Vaasanthi". The Times of India. 27 October 2016. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
  2. "Meet Tamil writer Vaasanthi, the first to pen novel on Punjab of 1984". 2 July 2017.
  3. "Jayalalithaa had a knack of creating fear: Amma's biographer Vaasanthi". 19 January 2017.
  4. M, Ramakrishnan (23 May 2016). "The enigma that is Amma: telling the Jayalalithaa story" – via www.thehindu.com.
  5. Rangan, Baradwaj (7 April 2011). "A tale of two women" – via www.thehindu.com.
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