Niyantha Shekar

Filmmaker, Writer & Photographer

My Work

To see my film show-reel, please reach out to me at niyantha@outlook.com. You can see my published writing below.

Fiction

Shiva Park (Muse India)

Implicit (The Bombay Review)

So, India Just Won the Cricket World Cup (Himal Southasian)

Oh, Henry (The Madras Mag)

The Messenger (The Aerogram)

Twist and Shout

W-A-T-H

Spelling Bee Commentator

Locked Out

Flat

Travel

Beaches All at Sea - On Kudle Beach & Gokarna (thREAD)

For the Love of Country - A travelogue on Ljubljana (The Hindu)

The Machu Picchu Diaries

Pot Borlo - A Day in Cancio’s House, Goa

People in India

Chalo, Chalo! - A Journey from Manali to Leh

Into the Desert (Helter Skelter)

Butter Tea Fuelled Laughter (The Hindu)

The Big Sur Road Trip Diary

Aboard the EN 477 Metropol 2 Train (Medium Editor’s Pick)

Sport

Old Monk and New Expats (A story on cricket in Peru for Wisden India)

The Bat Wars (A story on India’s batmaking industry for The Cricket Monthly)

Set the Ball Rolling (A profile of football coach Richard Hood for The Hindu)

A Day at Chepauk (Wisden India)

The Scouts (A story on talent scouts in the IPL for The Cricket Monthly)

Fast Train from Chakdaha (A profile on Jhulan Goswami for The Cricket Monthly)

Interviews

An Interview with Kuttram Kadithal’s Radhika Prasidhha

Singing the Truth (An interview with musician Kaber Vasuki)

Books

A Small Kindness (On a brief encounter with George Saunders at a book signing line) 

Discovering Leela Naidu in a Library

The Scatter Here is Too Great (Book Review for Asian Review of Books)

The Sleeping Dictionary (Book Review for Asian Review of Books)

Humour

India, This Past Fortnight (Nazar Magazine)