) is a Malaysian writer

Writer

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 based in Singapore

Singapore

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. She currently teaches theatre at the Nanyang Technological University

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.

Published works

Rajendran's first book was a collection of poetry called Mangosteen Crumble (Team East, 1999). It explored issues of identity and difference, often by using Malaysian English syntax. It is now out of print and the entire contents have been placed online.

Her second book was Taxi Tales on a Crooked Bridge (Matahari Books

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, 2009), a non-fiction

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 book based on her conversations with the taxi-drivers of Singapore

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, where she now lives. This quirky book also includes some poetry

Poetry

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 and photography

Photography

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. It debuted at #2 on the MPH Local Non-Fiction bestseller

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 list for the week ending 17 May 2009.

External links

• Interview with Charlene Rajendran in The Sun (Malaysia)
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  . 20 May 2009.
• Interview in The Star (Malaysia)
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   21 June 2009
• Taxi Tales on a Crooked Bridge on Amazon.com
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• Mangosteen Crumble on Amazon.com
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