About Ashwini Shenoy
Ashwini Shenoy is an Indian writer, cultural thinker, and storyteller whose work explores the intersection of mythology, contemporary and speculative fiction across different narrative forms. Best known for her debut, Shikhandini - Warrior Princess of the Mahabharata, Leadstart, 2019, which explores the less known character's gender transformation and identity in the framework of the great Indian Epic, her other works include Gift of Life, Leadstart, 2021, a story of acceptance, hope and healing during the pandemic and the coming-of-age romance drama, In the Golden Mountains, Holistic Publishers, 2024. Her experimental short stories have appeared, among other places, in Kitaab, MeanPepperVine and Indian Literature the Sahitya Akademi Journal.
