[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/4″][vc_single_image image=”6750″ img_size=”full”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”3/4″][title title=”Vanamala Viswanatha” title_text=”” float=”text-left” style=”style-1″][vc_custom_heading text=”Bio” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]Vanamala Viswanatha, scholar, translator and former Professor of English Studies, has spent over four decades teaching in premier Bengaluru institutions like IISc, Bangalore University and Azim Premji University. A bilingual powerhouse, she has translated iconic modern Kannada voices—Tejasvi, Vaidehi, Sara Aboobacker, U R Ananthamurthy and Lankesh—while also delving into classics like the vachanas of 12th-century women saints, Raghavanka’s Life of Harishchandra, Indira Bai, Kuvempu’s Bride in the Hills, and the Jaina text Vaddaradhane. Currently a Translation Fellow at Ashoka University, she is working on Lakshmisha Tolpadi’s reflections on the Mahabharata.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]

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