Aruni Kashyap is an Indian English

Indian English

Indian English is an umbrella term used to describe dialects of the English language spoken primarily in the Republic of India.As a result of British colonial rule until Indian independence in 1947 English is an official language of India and is widely used in both spoken and literary contexts...

 writer. He grew up in Guwahati

Guwahati

Guwahati, Pragjyotishpura in ancient Assam formerly known as Gauhati is a metropolis,the largest city of Assam in India and ancient urban area in North East India, with a population of 963,429. It is also the largest metropolitan area in north-eastern India...

 and studied at St. Stephen's College, Delhi

St. Stephen's College, Delhi

St. Stephen's College is a constituent college of the University of Delhi located in Delhi, India. The college admits both undergraduates and post-graduates, and awards degrees under the purview of the University. Famous for its rich history and many traditions, St...

. He works as the Assistant Editor of Yaatra : The Journal of Assamese Literature and Culture. An excerpt from his forthcoming novel set against the secret-killings of Assam

Secret-killings of Assam

The secret killings of Assam was probably the darkest chapter in Assam's political history when relatives, friends, sympathisers of ULFA insurgents were systematically killed by unknown assailants....

 was published in Tehelka Magazines annual fiction issue 2010. Along with fiction, he writes extensively on socio-political issues and his opinion based articles have appeared in The Guardian

The Guardian

The Guardian, formerly known as The Manchester Guardian , is a British national daily newspaper in the Berliner format...

, UK, Open Democracy and Tehelka

Tehelka

Tehelka is an Indian weekly political magazine under the editorship of Tarun Tejpal known for its undercover exposé style of journalism. Its cover price is Rs 20 per issue. The publication began in 2000 as a news website, Tehelka.com...

.

He is the winner of the Charles Wallace India Trust Scholarship for Creative Writing in 2009.

He is regarded as an strongly emerging young literary voice from the north-eastern part of India. His work published online and in print has been able to draw interest and critical acclaim.

Online Works

• An excerpt from his novel published in Tehelka
• "Fear", A short story published in "The Houston Literary Review"
• "Not Just Another Place", A short story by Aruni Kashyap, in Pratilipi.
• Poems in Pratilipi literary journal
• "Ghost-sounds", a poem in Live Mint
• "The House with a Thousand Novels", poem in Postcolonial Text
• "People like me generally get called supporters of terrorism", essay in Tehelka

External links

• Talking of Assam... in The Hindul
• The Assamese Experience, The Assam Tribune
• Return to the Roots, The Assam Tribune

See also

• Literature from North East India
  Literature from North East India
  Literature from North East India refers to literature of Languages of North East India, and also the body of work by English-language writers from this region. North-East India is an under-represented region in many ways...
  
  
• Indian English Literature
  Indian English literature
  Indian English literature refers to the body of work by writers in India who write in the English language and whose native or co-native language could be one of the numerous languages of India. It is also associated with the works of members of the Indian diaspora, such as V.S...
  
  
• Stephanian School of Literature
  Stephanian School of Literature
  Stephanian School of Literature refers to a body of fictional works written in English, mostly novels written by the alumni of St. Stephen's College, Delhi....