Manjula Padmanabhan was born on 23 June 1953 and is an Indian playwright, journalist, comic strip artist, and children's book author.
12 Facts About Manjula Padmanabhan
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Manjula Padmanabhan's works explore science, technology, gender, and international inequalities.
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Manjula Padmanabhan was an avid reader of comics and cartoons, and often drew and wrote as a child.
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When Manjula Padmanabhan was sixteen, her father retired and her family returned to India, where she was surprised by the more traditional society and was limited by not knowing Hindi or Marathi.
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Manjula Padmanabhan continued working as a journalist and book reviewer into her 20s and 30s.
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Manjula Padmanabhan began her career as an illustrator in 1979 with Ali Baig's book Indrani and the Enchanted Jungle.
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In 1982, Manjula Padmanabhan created a comic strip, Doubletalk, which featured the female character Suki.
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Manjula Padmanabhan wrote a pitch to The Sunday Observer editor Vinod Mehta, who published her strip for many years.
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When Vinod Mehta left the publications and The Pioneer stopped publishing comics, Manjula Padmanabhan stopped creating Doubletalk.
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Manjula Padmanabhan won the first ever Onassis Award for her play Harvest.
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Manjula Padmanabhan has continued to work as an author and illustrator, and has published short stories within many different volumes.
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Manjula Padmanabhan returned to creating comics featuring Suki with the strip Suki Yaki for The Hindu's Business Line.