Name Karri Sriram | Role Novelist | |
Sriram Karri (born 1973) is an English-language novelist, writer and columnist. His first book, The Spiritual Supermarket, was published by Mosaic Books for the Indian sub-continent in 2007. It was longlisted for the Vodafone Crossword Book Award, (Non-Fiction), in 2008. His first novel, The Autobiography of a Mad Nation, was longlisted for the MAN Asian Literary Prize in 2009.
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Early life and education
Sriram Karri was born in October 1973 in Bilaspur, Madhya Pradesh (now part of Chhattisgarh).
He did his schooling from the South Eastern Railway (English Medium) School at Bilaspur, when a national scholarship conducted by the Ministry of Human Resources Development took him to Daly College as a Government Scholar. He was selected for the National Defence Academy (88th course, 5th rank in UPSC topper's list for Air Force). He could not join the NDA owing to a medical problem. He completed his graduation in arts from the BVK Degree College in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, in History, Economic and Political Sciences. He was a member of Young Orators Club, Secunderabad.
Career
Starting his career as a journalist, he worked with The Indian Express, the Business Publication Division (BPD) of the Indian Express Group and The Deccan Chronicle. He has been a columnist for The Hindu' and wrote a fortnightly column, Sedition and Perdition, for The New Indian Express. He has contributed to the Comment is Free section of the The Guardian and currently writes for the India Ink blogs at The New York Times.
As a full-time journalist, he was among the earliest scribes in India to focus on writing on Information Technology, Software, Web, IT Education, and handling websites for a news publication. He also wrote extensively on other subjects including civic matters, public interest, social trends, political analysis, city life, education and careers, satire, and reviewed books and movies.
After he quit full-time journalism, he moved to a corporate career and handled communications, strategy, and branding of leading IT corporations including Infosys, Tata Consultancy Services, Magnaquest Technologies and Satyam Computer Services. He was part of the communications team of the Indian School of Business, where, as an associate editor, he brought out the school's magazine, Insight.