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Janaky Sreedharan

Janaky Sreedharan studied Research at the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) New Delhi from 1986 to 1993. She teaches at the Department of English, University of Calicut. She lives in Thenhippalam Kerala, India. 

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Women in Cinema Collective: A Work In Progress

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A Life in Translation: Gita Krishnankutty

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Her Bollywood

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A Book of Tiny Flames

And each flame melting in its own heat, writes Janaky Sreedharan in her review of the book A Red-Necked Green Bird

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