Creative

2024. “Darako” Penguin Random House. Novel.

Source: https://www.penguin.co.in/book/darako/

2023. “The Birth of Bovine Rights” 10/23. The Sociological Review Magazine.  Short fiction.

Source: https://thesociologicalreview.org/fiction/the-birth-of-bovine-rights/

2023. “The Origin of Cow Therapy.” Boston Review. (Aura Estrada Short Story Prize, Boston Review 2022). Short fiction.

Citation

Congratulations to Parashar Kulkarni, whose story “The Origin of Cow Therapy” was selected by judge Jordy Rosenberg (Confessions of the Fox) as the winner of the 2022 Aura Estrada Short Story Contest! About Kulkarni’s winning story, Rosenberg writes:

“Cow Therapy” is a historical novel tunneled into the dazzling space of a short story.  A comedic send-up of psychiatric institutions and the self-important, ceaselessly speculating project of British hegemony, the story will have you thinking about its fully fleshed world long after you finish reading.

Source: https://www.bostonreview.net/articles/the-origin-of-cow-therapy

2022. “Transcript of Sessions with a Cow Lover, Bombay, 1922. By Professor Guy Cowley (FRCBS, MRCV)” 09/22. The Sociological Review Magazine. Short fiction

Source: https://thesociologicalreview.org/fiction/transcripts-of-sessions-with-a-cow-lover-bombay-1922-by-professor-guy-cowley-frcbs-mrcv/

2019. “Cow and Company” New Delhi: Penguin Random House (Viking). Novel

Source: https://penguin.co.in/book/cow-and-company/

Select reviews and critical engagement: 

https://openthemagazine.com/lounge/books/anarchy-chewing-gum/

https://www.newindianexpress.com/lifestyle/books/2019/oct/06/cow-and-company-book-review-the-good-chew-2042815.html

https://www.firstpost.com/living/parashar-kulkarni-on-debut-novel-cow-and-company-fiction-writing-as-therapeutic-and-the-language-inequality-in-india-7386401.html

Kulkarni, Meenakshi. “GAU MATA: The Commodification of Cultural Iconography”. Shodhasamhita, vol. 9, no. 2, Oct. 2022, pp. 96-117.

https://kksushodhasamhita.org/index.php/sdsa/article/view/15

2019. “A Shock of Bhakti: The Devotional Songs of Ram Rahim” Ed. Gitanjali Kolanad. Seminar 716 : 53 − 57. Short non-fiction

Source: https://india-seminar.com/2019/716/716_parashar_kulkarni.htm

2016. “Cow and Company” Granta. Fiction. 11 May. London (Commonwealth Writers Short Story Prize 2016). Short fiction. 

Source: https://granta.com/cow_and_company/

Citation: https://commonwealthfoundation.com/the-commonwealth-short-story-prize-2016/

Parashar Kulkarni has been announced as the overall winner for the 2016 Commonwealth Short Story Prize for his story ‘Cow and Company’. The award was presented by Man Booker Prize Winner and former short story judge Marlon James at the Calabash Literary Festival in Jamaica on 5 June. The 2016 Prize attracted nearly 4000 entries from 47 countries. The global judging panel, representing each of the five regions of the Commonwealth – Helon Habila (Africa), Firdous Azim (Asia), Pierre Mejlak (Canada and Europe) Olive Senior (Caribbean), and Patrick Holland (Pacific) selected Indian author Parashar Kulkarni as the overall winner of the 2016 Commonwealth Short Story Prize for his story ‘Cow and Company’.

Select reviews and coverage:

BBC:  https://youtu.be/2G3yU8DoKDg

Times of India: https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/professor-parashar-kulkarni-becomes-the-first-indian-to-bag-commonwealth-short-story-prize/articleshow/52619158.cms

Guardian:https://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/jun/06/commonwealth-short-story-prize-goes-to-writers-first-tale

Huffington Post: https://www.huffpost.com/archive/in/entry/parashar-kulkarni-is-the-first-indian-to-win-the-commonwealth-sh_n_10317908

https://youtu.be/2G3yU8DoK