The Latest Breaking News from Perumal Murugan

When Annapoorani: The Goddess of Food, a Tamil film by debutant Nilesh Krishnaa and starring Nayanthara, released in December, there was very little buzz around it. It received mixed reviews (a polite way to say it sucked), had a limited theatrical run, and went quite unnoticed.

Writer Perumal Murugan presented with maiden Swami Anandatheerthan Award at Changampuzha Park event to recall stupendous efforts of Anandatheerthan to fight caste bias.

Tamil lit. gains global appeal: 1st Chennai Int'l Book Fair paves way for translations of Tamil works into many foreign langs. incl. Polish, Norwegian, Arabic, Slovak, Hungarian, Italian, Welsh, English, Icelandic, Filipino, Lithuanian, Spanish, French. Perumal Murugan's books to be translated into Amharic, Icelandic. Live translation sessions, game, "TransLingual Tales"…

Francis Cody is an associate professor in the department of anthropology and the Asian Institute at the University of Toronto. He’s also the director of the university’s Centre for South Asian Studies. His research focuses on politics, language and media in southern India.

Perumal Murugan, who said he had given up writing in 2015 after protests against one of his books, wins selection with Pyre

The list includes books from Ukrainian writer Andrey Kurkov as well as Indian novelist Perumal Murugan who declared himself ‘dead’ after protests against his work

Eastbound by Maylis de Kerangal; Ti Amo by Hanne Ørstavik; Pyre by Perumal Murugan; Awake by Harald Voetmann

From Kalki Krishnamurthy’s Ponniyin Selvan to Perumal Murugan’s Varugari, literary works have long been adapted into films, a trend now facilitated by OTT platforms and film makers with fresh ideas

The Carnatic vocalist will be rendering Sree Narayana Guru’s verses at Hosanna Mount, Pala, on April 9