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Vaasanthi (born as Pankajam on 26 July 1941) is an Indian journalist and writer.

Vaasanthi Sundaram
Born	(1941-07-26) 26 July 1941 (age 81) Tamil Nadu, India
Occupation	Journalist Writer novelist Editor
Alma mater	Mysore University Oslo University

She got her degree in English literature and history at Mysore University and a Master's degree at Oslo University in Norway. She served as the editor of India Today, Tamil edition for nine years. Many of her essays on art, culture, and politics have been seriously focused on the emergence of a number of articles and created debates.^{[clarification needed]}

Vaasanthi has written a number of lectures and reports on women's issues and she is also a political analyst. Penguin Books published a book in English (Cut-outs, Caste and Cines Stars) with their standings in the political history of Tamil Nadu during the time she worked as the editor of India Today.[1][2]

She also wrote the biography of J. Jayalalithaa in 2016.[3][4][5] She has written around 40 novels and six short story collections.

Vaasanthi wrote a biography of M. Karunanidhi titled Karunanidhi: The Definitive Biography.[6]

She appeared on the podcast, The Literary City with Ramjee Chandran to talk about her latest book, Breaking Free.

Books

Tamil

English

References

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