February 28, 2004 at 6 pm Prakriti Foundation presented Reading of poems and writings by Srilata with Anuradha Shyam Venue: "Chamiers" 85, Chamiers Road, Chennai 600018 (near Park Sheratan)
K.Srilata has
a doctorate in English literature from Central University, Hyderabad and
is a Fulbright Pre-doctoral fellow at the University of California, Santacruz.
Currently, she teaches English at the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras.
Her book “The Other Half of the Coconut : Women Writing : Self Respect
History” from Kali for women and a book of poems “Seablue Child” have received
good reviews. Srilata was sponsored by the Charles Wallace India Trust
and the British Council to participate in a Creative Writing course conducted
by the Arvon Foundation, UK. She is also the first prize winner in the
All India Poetry competition organised by The British Council and the Poetry
Society, India.
K.Srilata read from her works with Anuradha Shyam. Anuradha Shyam was born and brought up in three different continents and currently calls Chennai her home. Her work has appeared in Samyuktha (a literary journal of women’s issues and writings), Front Pages (An American Express Magazine) and she has conducted story telling workshops for Corporation schools through Good Books.She was a finalist in the Sulekha Short story writing competition and was a part of the British Council Poetry Circle. Writing for her is another way to journey to unknown places, uninhabited and free. She works as a special educator with children with learning differences. Illustration : "APPROACH" by Vasundhara Tewari. "Chairs had been set out under a large tree and instead of the singular 'thou,' there were two girls – Srilata and Anuradha Shyam – reading verse and fiction. Prakriti Foundation knows how to ring the changes…The two girls came with the right pedigree – a hybrid, east-west cultural background designed for those creative tensions from which poetry should, hopefully, spring. And, yes, the poems may not have set the Cooum on fire but were easy on the ear. Srilata's piece – the space between the bodies – seemed to have the authentic feel."
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