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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· Dec 20, 2018 · 08:30 am

‘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.

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· Feb 12, 2018 · 08:30 am

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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· Nov 12, 2017 · 08:30 am

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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· Oct 27, 2017 · 05:30 pm

Five poems by Perumal Murugan from his days in exile

A selection from the poems that the Tamil writer wrote after being persecuted by caste and religious groups for his fiction.

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· Oct 09, 2017 · 08:30 am

Film extras and domestic servants: Perumal Murugan’s tales of the subaltern

As the Tamil writer’s new novel, ‘The Story of the Goat’, is translated into English, here are excerpts from two previous novellas.

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· Jul 27, 2017 · 08:30 am

Growing out of the cocoon: Perumal Murugan is back to life as a writer

What the Tamil author told his readers after announcing his return to writing.

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· Aug 23, 2016 · 02:12 pm

A new Perumal Murugan novel for English readers revisits passion and violence

A tale of love and revenge soaked in caste politics, by the controversial author of 'One Part Woman', 'Pookkuzhi' was published in Tamil in 2013.

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· Apr 12, 2016 · 08:30 am

'One Part Woman': the novel that Tamil writer Perumal Murugan is being hounded for

An excerpt from the novel by Perumal Murugan that is under fire, literally, for being sexually permissive.

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· Jan 14, 2015 · 09:06 am