Nisha Susan is a writer and journalist. She is one of the two commissioning editors of Yahoo! Originals. She is also one of the founder-editors of the feminist online magazine The Ladies Finger. She was Features Editor at Tehelka magazine, where she also wrote on silent cultural phenomena like online sex tapes, why young women choose the hijab, how the poor take stock of the absurd poverty line, the rulebook of appearing Indian, and why men never grow up. She has been a columnist for The Big Indian Picture and Timeout Delhi. She has written for Vogue, Elle, Outlook and Hindustan Times.
Before journalism, she worked the NGO life in Bangalore for five years. Her short fiction has been published by nplus1, Penguin, Zubaan, Out of Print and Pratilipi and she is currently working on a novel. Follow her on twitter.
10 comments
Grahame Lloyd says:
Jan 7, 2013
Hi Nisha
I hope you’re well. I’m wondering if you might be able to help a fellow journalist?
I’m currently writing a book about an historic event in cricket when six sixes were hit off six successive balls by Sir Garry Sobers at Swansea in 1968. In my book, Six of the Best: Cricket’s Most Famous Over, published nearly five years ago, I suggested that the ball purporting to be the one used was a fake – even though it had been sold for a world record £26,400 by Christie’s in London in 2006.
In my sequel, Howzat? The Six Sixes Ball Scam, I’m about to expose the fraud. I’ve spent the last six months tracking down the ball’s movements since it was bought by an antiquarian book dealer for Neville Tuli, the founder of Osian’s, who you wrote a fascinating article about for Tehelka in June 2010.
I have three requests: would it be possible to quote parts of your article in my book – provided I give both you and the magazine full credit – can you tell me the latest on Neville Tuli’s financial position – vis a vis the Axis Bank and his art fund – and and do you have a contact number or email address for him?
I hope you will be able to help.
Kind regards
Grahame Lloyd
01522 – 542555 or 07980 – 541899
Gloop says:
Feb 9, 2013
Hi Nisha, we love your work, and would be interested in featuring you as a curator on gloop.in. Can’t seem to find a contact address for you on your blog; do you want to drop us a line at contact@gloop.in to take this forward? Leaving a comment on your blog feels mildly sketchy, probably best to discuss over email
Krishna Pachegaonkar says:
Apr 28, 2013
hi Nisha,
it is very scintillating blog. I was avidly reading your features in Teh,which were very informative as well as interesting. your are a high profiled journalist and i wish you all the best in your lit forays!
thanks again,
krishna pachegaonkar
Bhaskar says:
Jul 2, 2013
Hello Ms Nisha. I read ur articles. I find the writing distinguished and interesting. Thanku for writing them. Wish u all the best.
Regards,
Bhaskar Mishra.
Nisha says:
Oct 11, 2013
Thank you:)
Manu Dash says:
Aug 26, 2013
Hi Nisha,
It’s interesting to read your story in Caravan.I’m editing a Lit. Magazine and want to take one of your unpublished stories.If you feel comfortable, please mail me to manmohan_dash@yahoo.com.We‘ll pay suitably for your story.
Look forward to receive your response.
best regards,
Manu Dash
Ayyappan says:
Dec 2, 2013
Nisha,
Read your article in yahoo regarding malayalam cinema and although you have touched upon a lot of points and covered a good spectrum of old movies there was still a lot of stuff missing,which could differ based upon our individual perceptions.
Still a wonderful read..congrats
Regards,
Ayyappan
Nisha says:
Dec 3, 2013
Thank you very much.
Kishore Kayarat says:
Dec 3, 2013
Hi
I just finished reading your article in Yahoo on Malayalam Cinema. I enjoyed the way you wrote especially considering the fact that malayalam humor is very difficult to be translated to english or any other language. You are spot on as far as the 90′s Suresh Gopi phenomena is concerned. Me and my friends still enjoy those dialogues over a bottle of rum during the weekends (2 Conditions – 1. Weekend and 2 Bottle of rum to decipher the dialogues!). I differ from your point of view on romance in malayalam cinema. I suggest you watch movies by Padmarajan and Bharatan who have elevated the whole concept of romance. May be they were some 50 years ahead of their times.
Great read. Keep writing.
Regards
Kishore Kayarat
Nisha says:
Dec 3, 2013
Thanks very much:)
I have actually watched Padmarajan and Bharatan. My point was (perhaps not so clearly made) that the romance in Malayalam cinema is sort of counter-intuitive and wonderful. Not obvious and predictable.
Thank you for reading:)