May 2022
Kalki: A writer for all seasons
Pride in one’s heritage, an attempt to understand the past, and the determination to enable a better future -- these are perhaps the most vital sources of energy in Kalki R Krishnamurthy (1899-1954), an iconic novelist and a pioneer of modem Tamil literature and journalism.
April 2022
Book Release Function at the Chennai International Centre
I spent a whole year doing nothing but translating the 900-page biography of the iconic Tamil writer Kalki Krishnamurthy into English. My friends ask me, “Why did you get into this back-breaking project?”
November 2021
A soiree of words as PC Ramakrishna reads a chapter from the translation
I spent a whole year doing nothing but translating the 900-page biography of the iconic Tamil writer Kalki Krishnamurthy into English. My friends ask me, “Why did you get into this back-breaking project?”
Kalki’s poem from Sivakamiyin Sapatham presented as song and dance
This is the last meeting of the Kalki Biography Project before the release of Kalki Krishnamurthy: His Life and Times, my translation of Sunda’s biography.