Sarada is an Indian artist and writer, resident in the U.K.
since 1973 and in Wales since 1990. Born in Singapore she worked as a
journalist for local newspapers. When she arrived in London, she looked set to
read law, but then spent the next two decades raising a family; writing for the
Northampton and Milton Keynes weeklies during this time.
She has exhibited her artwork in various venues in England
and Wales and offered story-telling workshops through art, drama and writing in
schools and universities; and also art therapy for mental health patients. The
Hindu Story-Telling workshops also involved writing, as part of the National
Curriculum in schools, colleges and universities.
Sarada has won awards in mini-tales in the ‘National
Association of Writers’ Groups’ in Durham, the ‘Travel Award’ in 2009 and the
‘President’s Award’ in 2010 in the local writers’ circle and has had a few of
her short stories published in both the University’s Anthology ‘Shadow Plays’
in 2010 and more recently in the local writer's group's ‘Athena’.
Most recently Sarada has published 'Meenakshi Devi -The
Green Goddess -The Warrior Princess', the illustrated story of the famous ruler
of Madurai, 'Savitri' and 'Ganesha - Ten Tales'. She is a regular
contributor to: www. indianinformer.com
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