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Bio

Author ● Illustrator ● Photographer ● Filmmaker ● Storyteller ● Entrepreneur

Shyam Madhavan Sarada (aka Greystroke™) is a creative professional with over 25 years of experience as:

📝 Author
🖌️ Illustrator
🎨 Art director
📷 Photographer
🎬 Filmmaker
🎭 Storyteller
⚙️ Entrepreneur

🌐 www.greystroke.in
📚 Goodreads Author Profile: 7411960.Greystroke
🎬 IMDb: Shyam Madhavan Sarada

Instagram:
📷 @shyammadhavansarada (photography)
🎨 @greystroke (illustration)
😀 @faaltukatension (satire)
🖌️ @abrushwithgreystroke (animal portraits)

𝗕𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝘄𝗮𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗰𝘁: FB: @greystroke

He has a deep love for potatoes, a degree in Zoology and an MBA in Marketing and Advertising 😎

📍 Bangalore

Greystroke™ has been a writer and illustrator of children’s books and stories for 25 years, and began as the cartoonist for the erstwhile literary review magazine “Indian Review of Books” in 1995. Since then, his work has been published by leading publishers, including Tulika, Penguin, Hachette, Pratham Books, Tara, Karadi Tales, Macmillan, Pages4ages, Khaleej Times, and 1InchMargin, a publishing house he co-founded in 2020, with @anamfatima.

🌐 www.1inchmargin.com
😎 Facebook: 1inchmargin.

His book “Wailers Three”, published by Pratham Books, is a CBSE (Central Board of Secondary Education) recommended reader for English. Look for "Greystroke" on Goodreads for a brief bibliography.

He is also the art director for Melting Pot, a content & design house, and was part of the team behind the award-winning Mahindra newsletter, “Skyline”. He also served as the art director for the children’s magazines CHATTERBOX, QUEST, JUNIOR QUEST, HOOT and TOOT (1999 - 2013), for which he has illustrated over 250 stories and written several.

In addition to his work in publishing, he is also a photographer and filmmaker. He wrote, produced, and directed India's first full-length guerrilla feature film "Onan" (Tamil/English,2009)(premiered at The Global Cinema Festival, 2009, Indore).

🎬 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Onan_(film)

Apart from the above, he is a founder-partner at Funky Rainbow, a leading independent retailer of Indian children’s books, the team that produces the weekly live-streaming show called "Book Buzzaar".

🌐 www.funkyrainbow.com
😎 Facebook: thefunkyrainbow.

Google me for more information :-)

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Note For Moderators: I can converse in English, हिन्दी (Hindi), தமிழ் (Tamizh), മലയാളം (Malayalam), so feel free to invite me to your rooms.

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