7/8/2023 0 Comments One part womanHowever, the author passed no response in this regard. They hoped that his pen must produce even better pieces in the days to come. When Perumal Murugan announced that he had chosen to remain only a school teacher, he would no longer write any book many right minded persons from different walks of life came together and expressed solidarity for the writer urging him that he should not stop writing books. He said, “As a writer, Perumal Murugan is now dead.” Also he requested all the readers and publishers to burn down his books thenceforth ,he wants to live just as a teacher. It was after its translation and publication by Penguin India that all the hell broke loose.Īfter a month of the ruckus, willy-nilly, the writer had to approach the law court and admit that he would withdraw not only the controversial work but all the rest of his books. One Part Woman figures among English translations.Tamil title of this book is Madhorubagan. Perumal Murugan is simply a teacher, and he has written so far thirty six books in the local tongue, of which a few have been translated into English. Some religious chauvinists have even gone to the extent of humiliating the writer taking up an extreme step like leading a Morcha to his home in Namakkal district, Tamil Nadu. Of late, Tamil right wing activists, obviously supported by the hidebound minds, raised a lot of dust on Perumal Murugan’s novel – One Part Woman.
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