Siddhartha Menon

Siddhartha Menon has published three collections of poetry, Woodpecker (Sahitya Akademi 2010), Writing Again (Folio 2012) and The Owl and the Laughing Buddha (Poetrywala 2016). Equipped with a masters degree in English Literature from Delhi University, in 1991 he returned to his alma mater Rishi Valley School as a teacher, and since then either at Rishi Valley or at other schools run by the Krishnamurti Foundation India he has taught English, History and Mathematics, been a House Parent (i.e. looked after students living in a hostel), produced plays, shared his love of music, hiked and trekked, coached students in long distance running and undertaken administrative responsibilities. He is currently exploring ideas for narratives in verse.