Vishnu Narayanan lives in India. He writes poetry, including haiku, and also does graphics and photography. He has published two books of philosophical aphorisms: Kalki ~ The Last Coming [Apocalypse ~ The Eternal Aspiration] and Scrap Bits From The Note books Of A Lunatic.

His poetry has appeared in Buddha's Temple, Still, Haiku Poet's Hut, Photo Haiku Gallery, Charnwood Haiku Arts, midnightedition and elsewhere. He sometimes uses the pen name RUDRA.

He has done work in mathematics [number theory, transcendental numbers, foundations of axiomatic set theory, etc.]. He is also "sincerely into" Indian classical music and dance.