The recently released Samakaala Malayala Kavithaigal, a Tamil translation of veteran Malayalee poet Sugatha Kumari’s first compilation of poems, garnered much attention at the Chithirai Book ...

Contemporary Tamil author Perumal Murugan on Monday ended a self-imposed literary exile of 19 months with a new book -- a collection of 200 poems A Coward's Song. Threatened by protests from ...

It is the highest recognition for the 74-year-old Tamil poet ... 200 children's songs written for Radio Singapore in the 1970s and 1980s, as well as seven collections of poetry.