Curator & Editor

Twelve years in Malayalam letters

Documenting regional verse, critical monographs, and archival translations across Kerala. Independent editorial stewardship shaped by quiet rigor, disciplined bookmaking, and classical vernacular cadence.

Selected Publications

Monographs and editions

Kochi University Press · 2021

The Vernacular Threshold

A three-hundred-page critical investigation into twentieth-century Malayalam poetry, mapping aesthetic shifts from romantic nationalism to contemporary free verse across sixteen regional poets.

Calicut Literary Trust · 2018

Coastal Geographies

An annotated bilingual anthology presenting sixty coastal ballads rendered into contemporary Malayalam prose, accompanied by extensive field notes on agrarian oral meters and coastal Malabar dialects.

Archive Metrics

Editorial record

12

Years in editorial practice

5

Published monographs and editions

24

Regional translation fellows mentored

Institutional commissions and juries

Available for university press consultations, guest lectures on vernacular poetics, and literary prize jury panels across South Asian publishing initiatives.