I was so moved,” said the 43-year-old whose latest translation of Perumal Murugan’s Maadhorubagan in French had hit the book stands ... and contemporary Tamil literature at the Inalco National ...

In my first book, I wrote poems without titles ... Her poetry remains a dynamic presence in Tamil literature — where, as she puts it, “language reaches its boiling point”.

Thilakarajah first started writing poetry in school. He encountered Velupillai’s work in his Tamil literature syllabus and ...