Since I write inspired by my soil, these traditions also become part of my writing. "These celebrations continue on through traditions. Talking about the omnipresence of customs and traditions in almost all his works, the author feels that the life of an Indian all but spans over five or six categories of celebrations that includes temple festivals and weddings. Other than these, if there are any, only others have to point them out." I've made the locations and their names imaginary. "I realised a peacefulness akin to returning to one's own home after wandering around hither and thither." Murugan says that he did feel a difference in his writing when he started again post the judgment. In an epilogue, the bench called on the author to start writing again: "Let the author be resurrected to what he is best at.
However, in 2015, the Madras High Court dismissed the case against him. An ordinary teacher, he will live as P Murugan. As he is no God, he is not going to resurrect himself. He then declared on his Facebook page: "Perumal Murugan the writer is dead. The writer who hit international headlines with the book One Part Woman, published in 2010 and translated into English in 2013, faced a lawsuit filed against him by caste-based groups accusing him of hurting their religious sentiments. This is a novel that got noticed when it was first published and gave me an identity." Multiple editions have been published in Tamil. "The English translation is coming out nearly thirty years after I wrote Eru Veyyil. Now that Penguin Random House India has released the English translation of his debut work, with the title Rising Heat, the writer says it makes him extremely happy and is hopeful that it would get the same attention it received when it was published in Tamil.
There was this relief of unburdening, something that helped me move on to the next phase of my life." Isn't life but memories?īut yes, post completing the novel, an enormous load was off my chest. The memories of my forefathers torment me. Every time I read any part of the novel, I sink back into old times.
Now, at 54, he says, "Sometimes I feel it could have been written with a bit more patience. The book made major critics and readers take note of a young voice who wrote about a farming family and what they undergo after the government acquires their land for a housing project.Įven at that time, his social concerns - be it caste and other social issues - found a place in the realistic work that had elements from his life. New Delhi (IANS): Sometimes he does think about the passion, that nervousness he felt while writing his first book in Tamil Eru Veyyil.
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