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Mahima Jain
There is a tendency to conflate different facets of minorities’ identities—particularly their religious, cultural, ethnic, and linguistic aspects. For instance, when one thinks about Jains, Marwaris and Gujaratis come to mind immediately. But Jainism is not just the religion of these two regional…
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Mahima Jain
Tamil Jains have been a part of the regional history of south India for over two millennia. From an omnipresent community a millennium ago to a marginalised one in the 21st century, they are today in the predicament of trying to find place for themselves in a world that has forgotten them. My main…
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The name Tēvāram refers to the first seven volumes of the canonical texts of Tamil Śaivism, Paṉṉiru Tirumuṛai, the 12-volume collection of Śaiva devotional poetry. Consisting 800 hymns to Śiva, Tēvāram dates back to the 7th and 8th century. Attributed to the authorship of three Tamil Śaivite…
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The philosophical and religious tradition of Śaiva Siddhānta (Caiva Cittāntam in Tamil and Śaiva Siddhānta in Sanskrit) is widespread in South India (especially, Tamil Nadu) and Sri Lanka today. It is also prevalent among Hindus of the Tamil diaspora around the world. Śaiva Siddhānta is a dualist…
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  © Institut français de Pondichéry, 2009 (ISBN: 978-81-8470-176-0)   To order, contact: Institut Français de Pondichéry  (attn. Library and Publication Division) P. B. 33, 11, St. Louis Street, Pondicherry-605001, INDIA Ph: +91-413-2231660. Fax: +91-413-2231605 E-mail: library@ifpindia.org Web: …
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D.I. Aravindan
It is not easy to homogenise the innumerable women characters in Sundara Ramaswamy’s short stories. However, when we take a few female characters from his novels, we can spot some similarities between them. Characters such as Ratnabai (from ‘Ratnabaiyin Aangilam’), teachers (from ‘Engal Kadhai’),…
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A.R. Venkatachalapathy
Sundara Ramaswamy was born in 1931 in Nagercoil, then part of the princely state of Travancore. He grew up in Kottayam and, later, central Travancore until the age of eight, when his family moved to Nagercoil in 1939 just as the news of the World War II was breaking out. Sundara Ramaswamy spent the…
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Kavitha Muralidharan
Kavitha Muralidharan (KM): This conversation will focus on the poetry of Sundara Ramaswamy. What are your opinions about his poems and when did you first come across Sundara Ramaswamy, the poet? Salma (S): Actually, my opinions about poetry were different when I was around 14 or 15 years old. Being…
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Kavitha Muralidharan
Kavitha Muralidharan (KM): Vanakam (greetings). Can you share your thoughts about Sundara Ramaswamy as a family man and as a literary personality within the family? Kannan Sundaram (KS): He was not somebody who would guide his children, shaping them in a very obvious manner, but he would create an…
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