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Malathi Maithri
Malathi Maithri (born 1968) is an Indian writer, activist and feminist, who is recognized as a distinguished poet in contemporary Tamil...
May 21, 20232 min read
Kutti Revathi
Kutti Revathi is an influential writer in the feminist space in India. Some of her poems, such as Mulaigal (Breasts), have achieved...
May 21, 20232 min read
Translator's Note: Poonachi
It is a literary translator’s lot, as well as privilege, to work with texts that cover a range of milieus, time periods and genres. The...
May 20, 20232 min read
Perundevi
Perundevi is a leading contemporary Tamil poet who has published ten collections of her poetry over the past two decades. She has also...
May 17, 20232 min read
Salma
Salma (b.1968) is a writer of Tamil poetry and fiction, activist and politician. She has published three volumes of Tamil poetry: Oru...
May 17, 20232 min read
Opinion: Why anyone who is anti-caste must stand with Pa Ranjith
N Kalyan Raman At a meeting held on June 6 in Tiruppanantal in the Kaveri delta region of Tamil Nadu, Pa Ranjith, film director and...
Apr 27, 20234 min read
Ashokamitran: The invisible giant
N Kalyan Raman With the passing of Ashokamitran last Thursday (March 23) in Chennai, a unique chapter in the annals of Indian literature...
Apr 27, 20238 min read
Ashokamitran: A tribute
N Kalyan Raman Ashokamitran, who died on Thursday in Chennai at the age of 85, was a colossus among Indian writers of his time....
Apr 27, 20233 min read
Tribute to the Tamil writer Balakumaran (1946-2018)
N Kalyan Raman The first time I met Balakumaran was on a lazy Sunday afternoon, when he knocked on the door of my college hostel room in...
Apr 27, 20235 min read
E-heaven cannot be ushered in by legislation
N Kalyan Raman We can presume, at this juncture, that the Electronic service Delivery Bill 2011 will be adopted in the winter session of...
Apr 27, 20233 min read
By the water’s light: Some reflections on Ashokamitran’s Thanneer
N Kalyan Raman Ashokamitran’s Thanneer (Water) is considered a landmark novel in the annals of contemporary Tamil literature. The events...
Apr 27, 20239 min read
Boats against the Current
The Kongunadu novels of Perumal Murugan N Kalyan Raman
Apr 27, 20231 min read
Clashing By Night
Clashing By Night ....
Apr 27, 20231 min read
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...
Apr 27, 20236 min read
Intellectual Bilingualism
Response to Ram Guha in EPW
Apr 27, 20231 min read
The Babu's Printed Word Atop The Tower Of Babble
N Kalyan Raman “Out again, on the unplumb’d, salt, estranging sea…” India is a country made for the valorisation of exile, much like...
Apr 26, 20237 min read
Questioning Periyar Is Necessary for Forging a Progressive Anti-Caste Politics
N Kalyan Raman The recent article in The Wire on Periyar by writer PA Krishnan (PAK) seems to have inspired a near-exegesis of Periyar’s...
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Translating the Subaltern: Initiatives and Impact
N Kalyan Raman
Apr 26, 20231 min read
What is the Social role of Translation in Contemporary India?
N Kalyan Raman A version of this essay was published in Scroll.in on Sep 30, 2022 https://scroll.in/article/1033897/international-transla...
Apr 26, 20231 min read
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