Shiv Ramdas is an Indian writer of science fiction, humour, fantasy and horror.
Shiv Ramdas | |
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| Occupation | Writer  |
| Website | https://shivramdas.net |
His dystopian cyberpunk novel Domeсhild was published by Penguin India in 2013.[1]
His short story "And Now His Lordship Is Laughing", published in 2019 in Strange Horizons, is set during the Bengal famine of 1943.[2] It was nominated for both the 2020 Hugo Award for Best Short Story and the 2020 Nebula Award for Best Short Story.[2][3] He is one of only two Indian writers to be nominated for both a Hugo Award and a Nebula Award in the same year.[4]
He is a graduate of the Clarion West Writers Workshop.[4]
A Twitter thread by Ramdas regarding the accidental ordering of a lorry full of rice by his brother-in-law went viral in 2020.[5][6][7][8][9]
References
edit- ^ Narayan, Shyamala A. (December 2014). "India". The Journal of Commonwealth Literature. 49 (4): 535–567. doi:10.1177/0021989414553750. ISSN 0021-9894.
- ^ a b "Hugo Spotlight: The Finalists for Best Short Story and Best Novelette". Tor.com. Macmillan. July 30, 2020. Retrieved September 4, 2020.
- ^ Liptak, Andrew (May 31, 2020). "Announcing the 2019 Nebula Awards Winners!". Tor.com. Macmillan. Retrieved September 4, 2020.
- ^ a b "About". Shiv Ramdas. Retrieved September 4, 2020.
- ^ "Rice, Truck and Rum: Indian Man's Hilarious Twitter Thread on Bulk Buying Gone Wrong is Pure Gold". News18. September 4, 2020. Retrieved September 4, 2020.
- ^ Chawla, Medha (September 4, 2020). "Man orders truck of rice to avoid going out every day. What happened next is now a viral Twitter thread". India Today. Retrieved September 4, 2020.
- ^ "A Twitter thread on a man's bulk buying of rice gone wrong has netizens in splits". The Indian Express. September 4, 2020. Retrieved September 4, 2020.
- ^ "Too Much Rice And An Angry Wife In Viral Saga Of Bulk Buying Gone Wrong". NDTV.com. Retrieved September 4, 2020.
- ^ "Man's Hilarious Thread How Bulk-Buying Led To Rice-Filled Truck Ending Up In Front Of His House". IndiaTimes. September 4, 2020. Retrieved September 4, 2020.
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