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Antharakanni Poems by Leena Manimekalai A Tamil version of openly bisexual Afro American poet June Jordan 's cult verse 'About my rights'. [ 10] Madhorubagan by Perumal Murugan follows the story of a woman who seeks help from a transgender god in order to give birth to a child, which raised protests from religious groups due to its promotion of ...
He wrote a total of 75 books in his life - novels, novellas, poetry collections, plays and essay anthologies. In 1978, he was awarded the Sahitya Akademi Award for Tamil for his critical work on modern Tamil poetry Pudukavithaiyin Thottramum Valarchiyum (lit. The birth and growth of Modern Tamil Poetry). [1] He died in 2006. [2] [3] [4]
Varathalingam Rathnathurai (commonly known as Puthuvai Ratnathurai) is a poet, songwriter and sculptor who served as the head of Arts and Culture Division of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), a separatist Tamil militant organisation in Sri Lanka.
Nanjil Nadan was born in Veera Narayanamangalam, Thazhakudy in Kanyakumari District to Ganapathiya Pillai and Saraswathi Ammal. Born G. Subramaniam, he uses the pseudonym Nanjil Nadan (means a native of the Nanjil Nadu – the area comprising the taluks of Agastheeswaram and Thovalai in Kanyakumari district).
Jet2.com Limited is a British low-cost airline based at Leeds Bradford Airport, England, United Kingdom. [ 5] It offers scheduled and charter flights from the United Kingdom. As of 2022, it is the third-largest scheduled airline in the UK, behind easyJet and British Airways. [ 6] Jet2 is also officially the largest tour operator in the UK after ...
Printing in Tamil language. First Tamil book was printed in Lisbon on 1554 AD with Romanized Tamil script. The introduction and early development of printing in South India is attributed to missionary propaganda and the endeavours of the British East India Company. Among the pioneers in this arena, maximum attention is claimed by the Jesuit ...
Kottaiyur, Madras Presidency, British India. Died. 10 September 1983. (1983-09-10) (aged 71) Occupation. Journalist. A. K. Chettiar (3 November 1911 – 10 September 1983) was an Indian travelogue writer, journalist and documentary film maker from Tamil Nadu, India. He is most notable for pioneering travelogue writing in Tamil and for his ...
Sekkilhar. Sēkkilān Mādēvadigal Rāmadēva (12th century CE), [1] [2] known popularly by his family name as Sekkizhar, [3] [4] was a saint and a contemporary of Kulottunga Chola II. [5] He compiled and wrote the Periya Puranam (Great Story or Narrative) in 4253 verses, recounting the life stories of the sixty-three Shaiva Nayanars, the ...