Janaki Ram is an

Indian-American Indian Americans or Indo-Americans are citizens of the United States with ancestry from India. The United States Census Bureau uses the term Asian Indian to avoid confusion with Native Americans, who have also historically been referred to ...

author who has written biographies and collections of short stories, as well as a prominent figure in Asian

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s."Canvassing for art." ''The Telegraph'' (Calcutta), 4 November 2006.
/ref> She is a relative of

V. K. Krishna Menon Vengalil Krishnan Krishna Menon (3 May 1896 – 6 October 1974) was an Indian academic, politician, and non-career diplomat. He was described by some as the second most powerful man in India, after the first Prime Minister of India, Jawa ...

and

Sir C. P. Ramaswami Iyer Sir Chetput Pattabhiraman Ramaswami Iyer (12 November 1879 – 26 September 1966), popularly known as Sir C. P., was an Indian lawyer, Administrator of the Government, administrator and politician who served as the Advocate-General of Madras Pr ...

and a member of the powerful

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Vengalil family. She was a founder and convenor of

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previous to her writing career.

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