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A Kitchen in the Corner of the House
A Kitchen in the Corner of the House collects Ambai's most daring, original stories. Her narrators are always filled with courage, stretching the …
தலைமுறைகள்
குமரி மாவட்டத்திலுள்ள இரணியல் செட்டியார் என்ற ஒரு சமுகத்தின் சமுக, கலாச்சார வாழ்வை வெகு விஸ்தாரமாகச் சொல்கிறது. “தலைமுறைகள்”. “திரவி” என்ற திரவியத்தின் பார்வையில் நாவ…
I am Vidya: A Transgender's Journey
Identities are not mere markers we are known by, they define as well as limit us. They can both confine or release a consciousness. I Am Vidya is …
Tamil: A Biography
Spoken by eighty million people in South Asia and a diaspora that stretches across the globe, Tamil is one of the great world languages, and one o…
Cut-outs, Caste and Cine Stars
Tamil Nadu is a state very different from the rest of India, both culturally and historically. It has retained a fundamentally separate identity f…
The Book of Desire
'I invite you, dear reader, to enter this beautiful world. I invite you to fall in love.' The Book of Desire is the award-winning writer Me…
The Hour Past Midnight
Rabia is growing up in a conservative community in southern India. One day, she and her friends sneak off to the pictures. Caught on her return ho…
Poems of Love and War: From the Eight Anthologies and the Ten Long Poems of Classical Tamil
Poet, translator, folklorist A. K. Ramanujan has been recognised as the world's most profound scholar of South Asian language and culture. In this…
Merchants of Tamilakam: Pioneers of International Trade
Merchants of Tamilakam: Pioneers of International Trade by Kanakalatha Mukund and Gurcharan Das is a book that deals with the subject of trade dur…
Tamil Characters: Personalities, Politics, Culture
Tamilnadu’s politics and culture befuddle outside observers. Ruled for half a century by two regional parties – DMK and AIADMK – its politics has …