Myths and legends jostle with the contemporary in these stories where social issues of our times resonate with the inevitability of the past. The lyricism of Carnatic ragas permeate the pages of this...

Ce soir, une invitation attend Chentamarai. Un courrier du comité en charge de la journée commémorative organisée en l'honneur de son père, le poète Muttukumaran, à l'occasion de la sortie de ses œuvres...

Caste, as it is experienced in everyday life, is the pièce de résistance of this book. Thirty-two voices narrate how from childhood to adulthood, caste intruded upon their lives—food, clothes, games,...