Ramu Ramanathan

Ramu Ramanathan wears many hats, playwright, director, poet, journalist, and wears each of them well. His plays, from Mahadevbhai to Cotton 56, Polyester 84 and Comrade Kumbhakarna, have established him as one of Indian theatre’s most distinctive and politically alert voices. He is the author of three books, including the acclaimed anthology 3, Sakina Manzil and Other Plays (Orient Blackswan) and two poetry collections published by Red River. Beyond the stage, Ramanathan has spent over three decades as a leading voice in India’s print and packaging industry, editing PrintWeek and WhatPackaging? magazines, a combination of cultural commentary and industry journalism that is, quite simply, entirely his own.