[citation needed] His mother, the late Karthika Tirunal Indira Bai (1926-2017), was the Matriarch of the Travancore Royal Family.

[citation needed] His novels include Lament of Mohini (Penguin), Maria's Room (HarperCollins) and Kipling's Daughter (AngloInk).

N. S. Yamuna) His play Midnight Hotel (Madras Players) had ten shows in Chennai and Bangalore in March, April, May and August 2009.

Ajit Chitturi) His first short play Ganga at Rishikesh premiered at The Hindu MetroPlus Theatre Fest in Chennai in August 2012.

His other short plays include "Kichadi Express", "Demeanings" and "Intervention", all performed at the Alliance Francaise, Chennai.

He has contributed poetry, fiction and non-fiction to several anthologies, including Poetry Society of India volumes, Aesthetica Quarterly Review, Pulse Berlin Magazine, A Hudson View Poetry Digest, Where The Rain Is Born: Writings from Kerala (Penguin), The Puffin Book of Poetry for Children, the Puffin Book of Funny Stories, The Tenth Rasa: An Anthology of Indian Nonsense (Penguin), A Cup Of Chai & Other Stories (Unisun Publications), Favourite Stories for Boys (Puffin), Bring Down The House Lights (The Madras Players), Tonight: An Anthology of World Love Poetry (The Poets Printery, East London, S. Africa), Kerala Kerala, Quite Contrary (Rupa Publications), Get Smart: Writing Skills (Puffin), Chicken Soup For The Indian Spiritual Soul (Westland), Why We Don't Talk (Rupa), Dark Moon Rising (Puffin), Urban Voice 04 (Leadstart), Funny Stories for 7-year olds (Puffin), Only Men Please (Unisun), Indo-Australian Anthology of Contemporary Poetry (Authorspress), Indo-Australian Anthology of Short Fiction (Authorspress), My Faith and Others (ed.

His poetry was used as text for the dance recitals Vamshi and Monsoon by noted Bharatanatyam exponent Indira Kadambi.

His play "The Dark Lord" was awarded II prize in the British Council South India Playwrights Competition.

His play "Deep Inside" (re-titled "Midnight Hotel" for performance) was Longlisted for the first MetroPlus Playscripts competition.

His play "Platform" was selected to launch the 50th year celebrations of The Madras Players, India's oldest running English theatre group.

He was on the Jury of the International Red Cross Society of India - Press Institute of India Award for Best Reporting from Conflict Zones, and the inaugural The Hindu Fiction Award, and also the Karadi Tales and Deccan Herald short story contests and the Prakriti Foundation poetry competition.