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Voices

Translation of a poem by Anar, and some other words

May 8

Voices

May 8

Burning Night

R. Chudamani’s short novel Iravu Chudar was first published in 1974 and was translated into English in 1997, titled Yamini after the…

Oct 19, 2022

Burning Night

Oct 19, 2022

A Love Letter to Charcoal

sun is a black circle over a black circle over another a thick line lines starting thick and ending thin connected like a coconut leaf a…

Oct 19, 2022

Oct 19, 2022

The Day After Tuesday / But / Not Wednesday

A short collection where one of Tamil’s finest poets finds some answers to questions about the timelessness of poetry.

Mar 7, 2022

The Day After Tuesday / But / Not Wednesday

Mar 7, 2022

Six Poems by Ilango Krishnan

The city is devastated Burial grounds everywhere Still I came I came for that

Feb 13, 2022

Six Poems by Ilango Krishnan

Feb 13, 2022

They named me Suresh — Mari Selvaraj

This is the first story in writer and filmmaker Mari Selvaraj’s acclaimed short story collection ‘Thamirabaraniyil Kollapadaathavargal’.

Jan 27, 2022

They named me Suresh — Mari Selvaraj

Jan 27, 2022

A Tiny Tiny Thing— Poems by Isai

Reading Isai is an experience that I can describe best by borrowing a line from him as — his ‘poetry is suicide’s nemesis’. Not in an angel

Jan 25, 2022

A Tiny Tiny Thing— Poems by Isai

Jan 25, 2022

A Poem Like the Evening Light

Translation of a Sivaramani poem and some thoughts on it

Jan 24, 2022

A Poem Like the Evening Light

Jan 24, 2022

The Neverending Dream

Kavin Malar

Sep 12, 2021

The Neverending Dream

Sep 12, 2021

Can you love when you know all love comes with an expiry date?

Can you love after once questioning what it means to love? Or, as Akkamahadevi asks, What does it mean/ That God loves you and you love…

Aug 22, 2021

Can you love when you know all love comes with an expiry date?

Aug 22, 2021

Violet

Violet

Writ-er, Translator, Eternally wondering what’s so special about yellow flowers, living in the wastelands between Tamil and English! paperplane207.wordpress.com

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