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Translated fiction: Perumal Murugan’s new book of short stories travels across rural Tamil Nadu
An excerpt from ‘Sandalwood Soap and Other Stories’, by Perumal Murugan, translated from the Tamily by Kavitha Muralidharan.
Perumal Murugan & Kavitha Muralidharan
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In Perumal Murugan’s new novel, Muthu’s life is upturned when his father divides the family land
An excerpt from ‘Fire Bird’, by Perumal Murugan, translated from the Tamil by Janani Kannan.
Perumal Murugan & Janani Kannan
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Marimuthu wants to get married, but why can’t he? Perumal Murugan’s new novel is about daughters
An excerpt from ‘Resolve’, by Perumal Murugan, translated from the Tamil by Aniruddhan Vasudevan.
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Trending
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‘Saffronisation of Doordarshan’: After DD News unveils new logo, social media users express alarm
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Carnatic music: Violinist L Subramaniam’s new book looks at the 18th-century masters
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‘Do Aur Do Pyaar’ review: Adultery saga has a maths problem
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TISS suspended Dalit PhD scholar for protesting Centre’s policies, alleges student body
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Very low voter turnout in six districts of eastern Nagaland amid shutdown over statehood demand
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Perumal Murugan: ‘How I, descended from a legacy of illiteracy, become a writer’
Murugan’s new book of short stories in translation, ‘Four Strokes of Luck’, will be published shortly.
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‘Estuary’ is Perumal Murugan’s first novel to be set in a town and not a village
An excerpt from Perumal Murugan’s novel ‘Estuary’, translated from the Tamil by Nandini Krishnan.
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‘Rising Heat’: Perumal Murugan’s first novel is now available to readers in an English translation
Published in 1991, the novel casts an artist’s eye on the price that rural communities have to pay for the urbanisation of their land.
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Video
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Watch: This fan-made trailer imagines Henry Cavill and Margot Robbie starring in a James Bond film
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Watch: Mount Ruang erupts in Indonesia, spewing columns of ash and lava
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Watch: Unbelievable scenes of flooding in Dubai airport, streets, and malls after heavy rain in UAE
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Indian elections: How secure is the EVM-VVPAT process?
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Watch: Footballers of Indian clubs walk out on the pitch with dogs to get them adopted
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In Perumal Murugan’s ‘Poonachi’, a register of goats is eerily prescient about the NRC
In this excerpt from the Tamil novel translated by N Kalyan Raman, Poonachi the goat has to have ears pierced as a marker of identification.
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‘Amma’: Perumal Murugan’s new book in translation is all about his mother
The acclaimed writer takes a break from fiction to write a memoir.
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One story, two endings: This is how Perumal Murugan’s dual sequels to ‘One Part Woman’ begin
The acclaimed novel left readers uncertain about the future of the couple at its centre, Ponna and Kali. These two sequels imagine different fates and ends.
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The Reel
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‘Trap’ trailer: M Night Shyamalan’s thriller stars Josh Hartnett as a serial killer
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Watch: Five directors shoot on iPhones for MAMI Mumbai Film Festival initiative
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‘Do Aur Do Pyaar’ review: Adultery saga has a maths problem
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‘Love Sex Aur Dhokha 2’ review: Laboured and barely provocative
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‘Civil War’ review: An urgent film about a barely-distant future
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‘Poonachi’ is Perumal Murugan’s first novel after he was attacked for ‘One Part Woman’
An excerpt from the new novel which was at the centre of an intense bidding war among publishers.
Perumal Murugan
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You’ve read Perumal Murugan the novelist. Here’s the short story writer
An excerpt from ‘The Goat Thief’, the first-ever anthology of short stories selected by the Tamil author for publication in English.
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A ritual of rooftop meetings led to Perumal Murugan’s anthology of Tamil writing on caste
It wasn’t easy to persuade contributors, some of whom who feared retribution.
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The Field
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Wrestling, Asian Olympic Qualifiers: Aman loses in semi-final as Indian men fail to win Paris quotas
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Shooting, Indian Olympic trials: Esha Singh, Bhavesh Shekhawat lead in respective 25m pistol events
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Wrestling, Asian Olympic Qualifiers: Deepak Punia, Sujeet Kalkal fail to make weigh-ins in time
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Chess, Candidates 2024: Gukesh Dommaraju picks up win to become joint-leader with two rounds to go
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Hockey: Salima Tete 2.0 – a speedster who is adding confidence and creativity to her improving game