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The three decade long conflict tore apart the Tamils world in Sri Lanka. This anthology, framed by war, brings together poems, stories and a memoir by Tamil writers living there and in the diaspora. Wide ranging and from recent decades, till the war s ending, these pieces have been translated with great skill for the first time into English. Stark, and sometimes lyrical, distilling memory, history, mythology and classical literary tropes, they powerfully echo the ...
Papers presented at the International Conference: "Affinities and Oppositions : Relationship Between Tamil and Sanskrit", held at Pondicherry during 12-14 September 2007.