| Language | English |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10 | 014303026-4 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0143030263 |
| No of pages | 219 |
| Font Size | Medium |
| Book Publisher | Penguin India |
| Published Date | 02 Jan 2004 |
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| Language | English |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10 | 014303026-4 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0143030263 |
| No of pages | 219 |
| Font Size | Medium |
| Book Publisher | Penguin India |
| Published Date | 02 Jan 2004 |
C. S. Lakshmi (Ambai), born in 1944 in Tamil Nadu, is a distinguished fiction writer in Tamil. Her works are characterized by her passionate espousal of the cause of women, humor, a lucid and profound style, and a touch of realism.
She is one of the most important Tamil writers today. She is the only Tamil writer to have been included in the recently published Picador Book of Modern Indian Literature edited by Amit Chaudhuri.
Most of her stories are about relationships and they contain brilliant observations about contemporary life.
Exploration of space, silence, coming to terms with one's body or sexuality, and the importance of communication are some of the recurring themes in her works.
A Doctorate from Jawaharlal Nehru University in the 1970's, she is presently the Director of Sound & Picture Archives for Research on Women (SPARROW) in Mumbai.
She is a recipient of Narayanaswamy Aiyar Prize for her fiction. Among her works are Srikakulam curium, Vitim multifil our camaiyalarai and The Face behind the mask :
Women in Tamil literature. Many of her stories have been translated into English. The Library of Congress holds five of her writings in its collection.
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The gateway of south India, Chennai, formerly Madras, is a 350-year-old city that evolved from the English settlement of Fort Saint George, absorbing the neighboring villages and towns over the years. A fascinating blend of the past and the present, the historical and the personal, Chennai, with its unique proximate location to three south Indian states, is a crucible of the traditions and cultures of peninsular India with its variety of temples, shrines, forts and palaces and its traditional art and dance forms.
While retaining a lot of its old-world charm, it has also emerged as the nerve center for trade, commerce and transportation in south India. The Unhurried City, peppered with photographs and illustrations, puts together stories, articles and poems which celebrate the amalgam that is Chennai. Presented in this anthology are writers as diverse as Sahuarita, Arundhati Subramaniam, Pudumaippithan, Ramachandra Guha, Timer Murray, A.R. Venkatachalapathy, Janaki Venkataraman, Theodore Baskaran, V. Aras,
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