Who’s the Boss?
N Kalyan Raman Ever since Rajinikanth, the superstar of Tamil films, announced his intention to make a formal entry into the political...
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Jun 18, 20234 min
'Sarpatta Parambarai’ and the cinematic exploration of Dalit subjectivities
N Kalyan Raman The setting is North Madras, specifically the harbour area and its hinterland of a few square kilometres. Residents of the...
Jun 18, 20234 min
Who Killed Perumal?
N Kalyan Raman The brutal harassment and silencing of Perumal Murugan, a leading Tamil writer, on the basis of certain passages in his...
May 21, 20234 min
Bob Dylan: A Prize on His Soul?
N Kalyan Raman The announcement last Thursday that the Nobel Prize in Literature for 2016 has been awarded to Bob Dylan has caused much...
May 21, 20237 min
AK Ramanujan: a lonely hero
N Kalyan Raman Translation, by definition, always entails some loss of the original substance. All translations are sooner or later...
Apr 27, 20236 min
Book Excerpt: Women in Tamil Cinema
The evolution of women in Tamil cinema, from ideal to rebel to object. Beyond Bollywood The Cinemas of South India comprises essays on...
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