Shettar, Girija

Girija Shettar was born on July 20, 1969 in Orsette, Essex, in the family of Dr. Kannada and a British mother. From the age of 18, Girija studied at Bharatanatmyam. In 2003, she graduated from a doctoral dissertation in the philosophy of integral yoga and Indian spiritual psychology from Cardiff University. She spends as much time as possible at the Sri Aurobindo Ashram in Puducherry ^[2] . Girija is currently a writer based in London. Previously working in the medical technology newsletter, she now writes for magazines. A haiku poetry booklet entitled “This Year, Daffodils” was published by the Seniors Poem and Esme Fairburn Foundation, 2011.

After the release of Geethanjali ^{[3] [4]} , she appeared on the front pages of magazines ^[5] . In 2002, Geethanjali was one of five films shown at the British Film Institute during a retrospective of Mani Ratnam's work. Films have been selected as examples of strong heroines in Indian films.