https://www.shankarnarayan.net/home daily 1.0 2026-01-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a1ba3cb80bd5e0fc6dcdeb1/1511762757198-V7HRWK1EX6TAOVNJYKEN/Dome.jpg Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a1ba3cb80bd5e0fc6dcdeb1/1511762816926-JNQU64MIW9JLLEJALXXF/Dome.jpg Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a1ba3cb80bd5e0fc6dcdeb1/1514609657332-82ZPBMXTPW04CE9WVDDM/Dogs.jpg Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a1ba3cb80bd5e0fc6dcdeb1/1514785757104-YPMTXKMCWXISYBFJ5IVN/Tree.jpg Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a1ba3cb80bd5e0fc6dcdeb1/1514786128431-NJAHV7UMOXCWW7SFNAVV/Fence.jpg Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a1ba3cb80bd5e0fc6dcdeb1/1514790432354-9Z28ANTBNWUTUNSQ29E8/Ruins.jpg Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a1ba3cb80bd5e0fc6dcdeb1/1514609314058-7HYLVFWC807BL6AOE8CK/Cage.jpg Home I am an immigrant, activist, long-distance son, teacher, and person of color living in America. I create voice to tell others’ stories and my own with the integrity and fire they deserve. My day job working to protect the civil liberties of America’s many underclasses is one way I move that work forward; my writing and teaching are another. My poetry explores identity, belonging, and power in a world where the body is flung across borders yet possesses unrivaled power to transcend them. I tell stories of mythology and technology, transformation and love. My upbringing informs my voice. I grew up around the world, experiencing change—sometimes cataclysmic—in societies as diverse as the USSR, the Maldives, India, Yugoslavia, Thailand, South Africa, and of course, the United States. I have worked in prisons on three continents, exchanging ideas with those incarcerated by their societies. I frequently interact with the architects of the technological revolution that is transforming all of our futures. I write to memorialize, to witness moments of beauty and terror, to connect with the divine, to bridge the chasm between my two homelands, and to survive the madness of the world. I hope to build a community that perseveres and even thrives. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a1ba3cb80bd5e0fc6dcdeb1/1514653781823-82GPQYXBL6GZY26HSMTJ/Calligraphy.jpg Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a1ba3cb80bd5e0fc6dcdeb1/1520375897860-YWTMX7Z852GQ5ALPS4I6/Postcards+Cover+JPG.png Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a1ba3cb80bd5e0fc6dcdeb1/1514797279550-BT6UQ3CYTCTPX6RGLKR4/Octagon.jpg Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a1ba3cb80bd5e0fc6dcdeb1/1511764517221-ZSJYT7UBIUYOOAJPQMNQ/Heart.jpg Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a1ba3cb80bd5e0fc6dcdeb1/1514796679447-FXUC8YMDHQDMPQD6M4JL/Tank.jpg Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a1ba3cb80bd5e0fc6dcdeb1/1514610520418-EIX6IQB5IGTJWPK1HRVJ/Keyhole.jpg Home - readings Hello hello https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a1ba3cb80bd5e0fc6dcdeb1/1514796926136-Z7540T1H89YNPBKLT1SI/Blackboard.jpg Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a1ba3cb80bd5e0fc6dcdeb1/1521824949397-HNDFG1B26RLF7W30RJ50/Stairs.jpg Home - readings Hello hello