“Avvaiyar’s voice, especially as a female poet teaching language and life, is significant. I hope to bring out her voice in my translation,” he said. He added that in order to take Tamil to ...

Avvaiyar was the title of more than one female poet who were active during different periods of Tamil literature. They were some of the most famous and important female poets of the Tamil canon.

“I had a breakthrough reading Avvaiyar’s poems. I learnt what a line of poetry ... who taught him spoken Tamil for a year. But that didn’t help as Tamil spoken in Valayapatti near Madurai ...

“Avvaiyar’s voice, especially as a female poet teaching language and life, is significant. I hope to bring out her voice in my translation,” he said. He added that in order to take Tamil to ...