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”.

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 ...

He found it not in the blueprints of buildings, but in the blueprints of language – the intricate patterns and rhythms of Tamil literature ... lifts a century-old book, its pages brittle ...

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