Writer and translator. Arts and Culture Editor (Karnataka), South First. Author of 'The Pollen Waits on Tiptoe', a book of English translations of selected Kannada poems by Da Ra Bendre. My essays, poems, and translations have appeared in publications such as 'The Hindu', 'EKL Review', and 'Kyoto Journal'. Interested in the creation of a Kannada identity for Bengaluru.