Aparna Karthikeyan is an author, writer and independent journalist. Aparna writes for The Hindu, People's Archive of Rural India, The Wire, Scroll, Caravan and other media outlets.
Aparna was awarded the 2015 National Media Award by the National Foundation for India for her work on "Vanishing livelihoods of rural Tamil Nadu".
In 2018, she authored a children's book each for Pratham Books and Karadi Tales. "Nine Rupees an Hour: Disappearing Livelihoods of Tamil Nadu" is her first non-fiction book and was published by Context in 2019.
Her latest fiction book "Woof!: Adventures by the Sea" was published in 2020 by Red Panda.
References
- "Aparna Karthikeyan (profile)". The Hindu. Retrieved 28 May 2018.
- "Aparna Karthikeyan".
- "Aparna Karthikeyan : Exclusive News Stories by Aparna Karthikeyan on Current Affairs, Events at The Wire". The Wire. Retrieved 17 October 2019.
- "Aparna Karthikeyan | Scroll.in". Aparna Karthikeyan. 10 October 2019. Retrieved 17 October 2019.
- "Aparna Karthikeyan | The Caravan". caravanmagazine.in. Retrieved 17 October 2019.
- "Giving Voice to the Unheard" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 February 2018. Retrieved 16 January 2017.
- "Kali Wants to Dance". storyweaver.org.in/. Retrieved 17 October 2019.
- Karthikeyan, Aparna (2 April 2019). Cat's egg. Kastl, Christine. Chennai. ISBN 9788193654224. OCLC 1050964554.
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: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - Karthikeyan, Aparna (2019). Nine Rupees an Hour: Disappearing Livelihoods of Tamil Nadu. Context. ISBN 978-9388754507.
- Karthikeyan, Aparna (2020). Woof!: Adventures by the Sea. Red Panda. ISBN 978-9389648430.