bio

Real Name: Sindu Sathiyaseelan

Hometown: Trincomalee, Sri Lanka; Amherst, Massachusetts; Waltham, MA; Winchester, MA; Sioux Falls, SD; Lincoln, NE.

Education: B.A. in English with a concentration in Creative Writing; currently pursuing M.A. in Journalism

I am a writer, a student, an aspiring scholar, an activist and advocate. My writing and activism interests include human rights, social justice, South Asia, feminism, queer studies, minority and postcolonial literature, immigrant Diaspora, cultural criticism, transgender studies, Tamil, goddess worship in Hinduism, war and peace.