Venugopala Rao Kaki is a former Lecturer in English and an Indian English writer. He has published poems, short stories, critical articles in anthologies and print and e-journals such as Poet, Poetry Times, Poets International, The Indian Pen, Poet Crit, Poetry World, Triveni, Literary Criterion, Contemporary Vibes, Amaravati Poetic Prism, Muse India, and Poem Hunter.com. He is the author of two books of poetry, Ripples and Reflections (2016) and The Muse Beckons (2012). He has also published several articles in national newspapers like The Hindu, The New Indian Express, Deccan Herald, and Hans India.