‘Self-Portrait Before the Word’

Sushanth Shyamsundar is an Indian writer and poet based in Chennai. He writes poetry and flash fiction, across horror, comedy, queerness, asexuality, family, memory, and everyday life. He performs theatrically as Rakshasan, a persona built from tenderness, irreverence, and theatrical bite. He is the author of one poetry collection, with two more manuscripts in progress, and his recent writing explores how identity forms before it is named, how ordinary objects become emotional landmarks, and how the self keeps inventing ways to remain alive and strange. Social media: Instagram: @rak.sha.san Facebook @the.suzz