Maithreyi Karnoor
@maithreyikarnoor.bsky.social
Also credited as Maithreyi Hughes. I write fiction and poetry in English and translate from Kannada. I live in Wales.
Honoured and grateful to have my collection of short stories Gooday Nagar formally launched by Jnanpith Awardee Damodar Mouzo baab, and the eloquent, witty, and formidable stage fire lighter Jerry Pinto at the Goa Arts and Literature Festival 2026.
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February 14, 2026 at 4:58 AM
Honoured and grateful to have my collection of short stories Gooday Nagar formally launched by Jnanpith Awardee Damodar Mouzo baab, and the eloquent, witty, and formidable stage fire lighter Jerry Pinto at the Goa Arts and Literature Festival 2026.
#goodaynagar
#goodaynagar
I saw my book in real for the first time. I sent Rhys a photo of me holding it. Most men might say 'congratulations' or some such. Not my man. He talks about set theory. Why do you think the dedication is what it is? 😆
February 12, 2026 at 11:15 AM
I saw my book in real for the first time. I sent Rhys a photo of me holding it. Most men might say 'congratulations' or some such. Not my man. He talks about set theory. Why do you think the dedication is what it is? 😆
Come if you are in Goa 😊
February 12, 2026 at 3:06 AM
Come if you are in Goa 😊
Here's the deal. Never in my wildest dreams did I think I'll launch two books on the same day. A novel in Kannada and a short story collection in English. Guess I need wilder dreams 😁
Come to one if not to both. Bangalore 15 Feb.
Come to one if not to both. Bangalore 15 Feb.
February 9, 2026 at 12:34 PM
Here's the deal. Never in my wildest dreams did I think I'll launch two books on the same day. A novel in Kannada and a short story collection in English. Guess I need wilder dreams 😁
Come to one if not to both. Bangalore 15 Feb.
Come to one if not to both. Bangalore 15 Feb.
A little glimpse of my new book. It will have a Goa release on the 13th and a Bangalore release on the 15th this month.
Gooday Nagar is a city where thieving monkeys cause riots, revolutionaries fear gobhi manchurian and one morning you might wake up to discover that everything is made of cake.
@maithreyikarnoor.bsky.social’s surreal stories unearth the ironies of modern life with wicked humour and strange delight.
@maithreyikarnoor.bsky.social’s surreal stories unearth the ironies of modern life with wicked humour and strange delight.
February 9, 2026 at 10:16 AM
A little glimpse of my new book. It will have a Goa release on the 13th and a Bangalore release on the 15th this month.
Come for the launch of Gooday Nagar, my new collection of short stories at Beku Cafe, Bengaluru, on the 15th Feb!
February 4, 2026 at 3:32 PM
Come for the launch of Gooday Nagar, my new collection of short stories at Beku Cafe, Bengaluru, on the 15th Feb!
I have a new story collection out this month! Watch out for Gooday Nagar ☺
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February fiction: A graphic novel and five new titles for this month’s reading
An anthology of short stories and poetry, a historical fiction, Sarnath Banerjee’s latest, and more.
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February 2, 2026 at 10:28 AM
I have a new story collection out this month! Watch out for Gooday Nagar ☺
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A lovely but not uncritical response to my novel Hettavara Neralu. If you read Kannada...
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January 26, 2026 at 2:15 PM
A lovely but not uncritical response to my novel Hettavara Neralu. If you read Kannada...
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When I hide his fig rolls.
January 24, 2026 at 11:41 AM
When I hide his fig rolls.
Finished Arundhati Roy's memoirs Mother Mary Comes to Me. My thoughts on Goodreads.
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Maithreyi Karnoor's review of Mother Mary Comes to Me
3/5: It is hard to review a memoir. You sound like a voyeur if you comment on the author’s life (notwithstanding the fact that you are there by invitation) and frivolous by commenting on the textualit...
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January 20, 2026 at 1:45 PM
Finished Arundhati Roy's memoirs Mother Mary Comes to Me. My thoughts on Goodreads.
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My review of The Elephant Keeper. 10/10
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Maithreyi Karnoor's review of The Elephant Keeper
5/5: If Dickens and Gerald Durrel had had a baby… that’s the thought I had when I began reading this book. And the feeling only got stronger as I read on. The biological impossibility of such a situat...
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January 15, 2026 at 12:46 PM
My review of The Elephant Keeper. 10/10
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My Indian Express article from two years ago sums up my new story collection 'Gooday Nagar' by Westland.
It will be released at the Goa Arts and Lit Fest in Feb. Come if you are around.
#GoodayNagar #MaithreyiKarnoor #ShortStories #WomenWriting
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It will be released at the Goa Arts and Lit Fest in Feb. Come if you are around.
#GoodayNagar #MaithreyiKarnoor #ShortStories #WomenWriting
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Writers in an election year: Remember, we are the joke
Come rain or prachand bahumat, a healthy sense of self-deprecatory humour is essential for a writer
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January 14, 2026 at 9:23 AM
My Indian Express article from two years ago sums up my new story collection 'Gooday Nagar' by Westland.
It will be released at the Goa Arts and Lit Fest in Feb. Come if you are around.
#GoodayNagar #MaithreyiKarnoor #ShortStories #WomenWriting
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It will be released at the Goa Arts and Lit Fest in Feb. Come if you are around.
#GoodayNagar #MaithreyiKarnoor #ShortStories #WomenWriting
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Everyone is a candlelight vigil waiting to happen. Even those who laugh at those who fell before them.
“i want back my rocking chairs, / solipsist sunsets, / & coastal jungle sounds...”
A poem by Renee Nicole Good, who was murdered by ICE earlier today.
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A poem by Renee Nicole Good, who was murdered by ICE earlier today.
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Renee Nicole Good, murdered by ICE, was a prize-winning poet. Here’s that poem.
Renee Nicole Good, 37, mother to a six-year-old boy, was murdered earlier today by an ICE agent in Minneapolis, a few blocks from her home. According to the Minnesota Star Tribune: [An ICE agent] s…
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January 8, 2026 at 2:12 PM
Everyone is a candlelight vigil waiting to happen. Even those who laugh at those who fell before them.
Had I known poems came true, I'd have written about peace.
January 4, 2026 at 10:06 AM
Had I known poems came true, I'd have written about peace.
😆
It’s a dark night when you look at the news and are forced to admit that you no longer believe in the power of the FIFA peace prize
January 3, 2026 at 10:53 AM
😆
I started the year as a one-book writer, and ended it as a two-book (and a bilingual) writer.
Happy new year :)
Happy new year :)
December 31, 2025 at 11:11 AM
I started the year as a one-book writer, and ended it as a two-book (and a bilingual) writer.
Happy new year :)
Happy new year :)
I love you too!
December 29, 2025 at 10:30 AM
I love you too!
Reading this beautiful novel when I heard about the tragic train accident that killed seven elephants in Assam. Four babies and three adults. The pain and grief is unfathomable. I wish we humans would stop claiming the world as private property.
Wishing for kindness and healing 😿🙏
Wishing for kindness and healing 😿🙏
December 21, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Reading this beautiful novel when I heard about the tragic train accident that killed seven elephants in Assam. Four babies and three adults. The pain and grief is unfathomable. I wish we humans would stop claiming the world as private property.
Wishing for kindness and healing 😿🙏
Wishing for kindness and healing 😿🙏
ಹೆತ್ತವರ ನೆರಳು is on Goodreads. Rate and review it here.
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ಹೆತ್ತವರ ನೆರಳು
ವಂದೂರಾಗ ವಬ್ಬಾಕಿ ಹುಡಿಗಿರತಾಳಂತ. ಅಕಿ ಕಡೆ ವಂದು ಬೆಕ್ಕಿರತದಂತ.…
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December 12, 2025 at 9:12 PM
ಹೆತ್ತವರ ನೆರಳು is on Goodreads. Rate and review it here.
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The Devil's Halo is an excellent Christmas present.
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The Devil's Halo
In death, as in life, paperwork is hell. The paperwork for the recently deceased Monty Zubris needs to be examined and deliberated upon. So, meanwhile, the Devi
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December 6, 2025 at 4:46 PM
The Devil's Halo is an excellent Christmas present.
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My mum called to say she has started reading my novel.
Mum: I've read about 30 pages. Enjoying it very much. But should I be worried about what's to come?
Me: Of course you should! What do you take me for?
Mum: I've read about 30 pages. Enjoying it very much. But should I be worried about what's to come?
Me: Of course you should! What do you take me for?
December 6, 2025 at 3:52 PM
My mum called to say she has started reading my novel.
Mum: I've read about 30 pages. Enjoying it very much. But should I be worried about what's to come?
Me: Of course you should! What do you take me for?
Mum: I've read about 30 pages. Enjoying it very much. But should I be worried about what's to come?
Me: Of course you should! What do you take me for?
My poem 'Protection' was broadcast on Slovenian Radio today in Katja Zakrajšek's translation. It's humbling in a surreal way to know one's thoughts have travelled on another's words. As a translator myself, this feels doubly special. Utterly grateful to Katja 🙂
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Maithreyi Hughes: Zaščita
Maithreyi Hughes je indijska pesnica, pisateljica in nagrajena literarna prevajalka iz kanareščine v angleščino. Živi v Walesu. Prvi roman Sylvia je napisala v angleščini, drugega, z naslovom Hettavar...
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December 5, 2025 at 10:18 AM
My poem 'Protection' was broadcast on Slovenian Radio today in Katja Zakrajšek's translation. It's humbling in a surreal way to know one's thoughts have travelled on another's words. As a translator myself, this feels doubly special. Utterly grateful to Katja 🙂
ars.rtvslo.si/podkast/liri...
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I have begun translating Hettavara Neralu into English. Here is a glimpse. But if you read Kannada, I urge you to read it in the original.
#worldliterature #translation #womenwriting #kannada
#worldliterature #translation #womenwriting #kannada
December 3, 2025 at 5:09 PM
I have begun translating Hettavara Neralu into English. Here is a glimpse. But if you read Kannada, I urge you to read it in the original.
#worldliterature #translation #womenwriting #kannada
#worldliterature #translation #womenwriting #kannada
November 30, 2025 at 4:57 PM