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.
Her debut, Shikhandini: Warrior Princess of the Mahabharata, explores the lesser-known character’s journey of gender transformation and identity within the framework of the great Indian epic. Shikhandini has been translated in Tamil (Swasam, 2024) and Marathi (Forthcoming). Her other works include Gift of Life, a story of acceptance, hope, and healing during the pandemic, and the coming-of-age romance drama In the Golden Mountains.
Her experimental short stories have appeared, among other places, in Out of Print, Rappahannock Review and Sahitya Akademi journal.Â
