The unparalleled Tamil classic’s third part, covering desire, was long overlooked, but Kandasamy’s new translation looks precisely at it to challenge convention
Meena Kandasamy: The Voice of the Unvoiced (With special reference to her poetry)Mehdi, ZebaMehdi, YusufLibrary of Progress-Library Science, Information Technology & Computer
November 26, 2014 by Meena Kandasamy Tamil Nadu, 1968. Village landlords rule over a feudal system that forces peasants to break their backs in the fields or suffer beatings as punishment. … Read more Categories Literature Tags Communism, Dalit, Excerpt, massacre, Meena Kandasamy, Tamil Nadu...
Throughout the book, Klein questions herself, ‘other Naomi’ – as she refers to the version of Wolf she has to live with – having led her to this state. The core of this becomes an inquiry into whether or not changing the discourse changes the world. Particularly in a society where‘...
Meena Kandasamy: The Dalit Woman Poet and RebelIt will begin in our red hot dreams that scourge/ that scorch/ that scald That sizzle like lava but never settle down Never poignantly solidify It will begin when the oppressors will wince Every time they hear our voices(Kandasamy, 2006)Wasia...
Challenging Brahminical Patriarchy: The Poetry of Meena Kandasamy and Usha AkellaVENKATESWARAN, PRAMILAJournal of Comparative Literature & Aesthetics
On Culture and Commentary: The Writings of Meena KandasamyThis article examines the political writing of Meena Kandasamy,1 online and in print, as it provokes vicious personal attacks which, in themselves, speak to the cultural critique Kandasamy puts forth.Nimmi Gowrinathan...
The chapter explores psychological tactics such as gaslighting, isolation, intimidation, humiliation, and control as a distinct category of violence against the backdrop of Meena Kandasamy's ' When I Hit You Or, a Portrait of the Writer as a Young Wife '. The narrator in the novel recounts...
Meena Kandasamy is an Indian poet, translator, fiction writer, and Dalit activist based in...Venkatesan, SathyarajJames, RajeshUniversity of Calgary, Department of EnglishARIEL
THE CIRCLE OF ABUSE IN DOMESTIC RELATIONSHIPS : READING MEENA KANDASAMYdoi:10.5281/zenodo.4087724Ruth LivingstonDIKSHA DHAR