Iswarya V

V. Iswarya is a freelance translator and critic based in Bengaluru. She teaches English at the Department of Liberal Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, India. She has written essays on Tamil film culture for popular publications as part of her social media campaign “Calling Out Stalking.” She was a South Asia Speaks Fellow for Translation in the Class of 2024, working under the mentorship of Arunava Sinha. Her non-fiction translations have previously appeared in the Frontline magazine.