About Me

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Hi, I am ajay sekher (Dr Ajay S Sekher to be officially complete!).

I am from Kerala, a small peninsular state in India. I teach, research, write, translate, paint and photograph. I like music and traveling. I also like to ride my bike quite a lot as I like fresh air, flight and freedom.

I took my Ph D in English from M G University, Kottayam in 2007.  My critical essays and articles have been publihsed in leading Malayalam and English journals in my state and country, including The Economic and Political Weekly, Mathrubhumi and Bhashaposhini.

My Doctoral Thesis deals with the representation of caste and gender issues in Indian fiction written in various Indian languages and in English.  It was done with Prof. P P Raveendran of School of Letters.  The work is titled Representing the Margin.

My recent published titles iclude:

— Representing the Margin:  Caste and Gendre in Indian Fiction. Delhi:  Kalpaz/Gyan, 2008.

—  Unknown Subjects: Songs of Poykayil Appachan.  (Trans.)  Kottayam:  IPRDS Studies, 2007.

—  Writing in the Dark:  A Selection of Dalit Poetry from Malayalam. ( Trans.)  Mumbai:  VAK, 2009.

—  Irutile Kali. (Trans. of Toni Morrison’s Playing in the Dark.)  Pathanamthitta: Prasakti, 2007.

—  Neelimayeriya  Kannukal. (Trans. of Toni Morrison’s The Bluest Eye)  Kottayam:  D C Books, 2009.

My selected paintings are on display at Dravidia Art Gallery, Fort Cochin/Kanthalur.  I have also done group shows in Kochi and Kottayam.  I have also been guest lecturing on literary and cultrual studies at various university departments and colleges in Kerala from 2002 onwards,  including School of Letters, M G University and S S University, Kalady.

Let me express my deep gratitude to Arun, my brother for materializing this site. Thanks are also due to Mr Kurian Pampady, veteran journalist who took my above photograph.