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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…

6 min readOct 19, 2022

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Burning Night

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Violet

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…

1 min readOct 19, 2022

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Violet

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.

6 min readMar 7, 2022

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The Day After Tuesday / But / Not Wednesday

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Violet

Six Poems by Ilango Krishnan

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

3 min readFeb 13, 2022

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Six Poems by Ilango Krishnan

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Violet

They named me Suresh — Mari Selvaraj

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

6 min readJan 27, 2022

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They named me Suresh — Mari Selvaraj

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Violet

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

3 min readJan 25, 2022

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A Tiny Tiny Thing— Poems by Isai

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Violet

A Poem Like the Evening Light

Translation of a Sivaramani poem and some thoughts on it

4 min readJan 24, 2022

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A Poem Like the Evening Light

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Violet

The Neverending Dream

Kavin Malar

10 min readSep 12, 2021

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The Neverending Dream

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Violet

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…

6 min readAug 22, 2021

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

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Violet

Fragments of Lives in Banaswadi

some notes on images found in everyday city life.

3 min readJul 25, 2021

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Fragments of Lives in Banaswadi

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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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