Meena Kandasamy
Meena Kandasamy (1984) is an emerging poet,[1] fiction writer, and translator and activist[4] Meena Kandasamy, Poetry International</ref> She is based in Chennai.[2]
Works
Her First poetry collection, "Touch" was published in August 2006, with a foreword by Kamala Das.[3] Her poems, "Mascara" and "My lover speaks of Rape" won her the first prize in all India Poetry competition. Her works have been published in various journals that include The Little Magazine, Kavya Bharati, Indian Literature, Poetry International Web, Muse India,[4] and the Quarterly Literary Review - Singapore. She was also invited to participate in the International Writing Program at the University of Iowa in 2009.
Selected Translations
- Talisman: Extreme Emotions of Dalit Liberation. Political essays of Viduthalai Chiruthaigal leader Thol. Thirumavalavan, Samya (Kolkata), 2003. pp. 185 + xxx.[5]
- Uproot Hindutva: The Fiery Voice of the Liberation Panthers,Speeches of Thol. Thirumaavalavan, Samya, Kolkata, 2004. pp. 248 + xxvi.
- Point-Blank, Poems of Tamil Eelam poet Kasi Anandan, Kudil, Chennai, 2005, pp. 112.
- Fables, Short-stories of Kasi Anandan, Kudil, Chennai, 2005, pp. 112.
- 30 poems of 18 Tamil Dalit poets for Muse India, Sept-Oct 2006 for a special feature on Tamil Dalit Literature.
- Why were women enslaved? Essays of Periyar EV Ramasamy on women’s rights, Periyar Self Respect Propaganda Institution, Chennai, August 2007, pp. 99 + xvi.
Book-Chapters
- And One Shall Live in Two, Afterword in Tamil Dalit writer P. Sivakami’s novel “The Grip of Change,” Orient Longman, Chennai, March 2006.
- Between Her Legs: Hindutva and Dalit Women in ‘Hindutva and Dalits’, editor: Anand Teltumbde, Samya, Kolkata, February 2005. pp. 108–135. betweenherlegs.pdf
Selected Essays
- Slumdog debate: Let’s not be in denial of the reality, The New Indian Express, i.witness, January 25, 2009.
- Dalits and the Press in India: With Specific Reference to Pandit C. Iyothee Thass and the Tamilian Weekly, Voice of Dalit, 1(2), July–December 2009, pp. 125–145
- Book. Booker. Booked: Indian Fiction in English, The New Indian Express, i.witness, September 13, 2008
- Words Across Borders: Translation As Liberation, The Hindu Literary Review, January 6, 2008.
- Heal Thyself, Opinion Column at Culture Vulture, Tehelka, 29 September 2007.
- Dangerous Cacophony: Hindutva Consolidation and Conscription in Tamil Nadu through Celebrations, Communalism Combat, Mumbai, Nov–Dec 2004, Vol. 11, pp. 22–34. dangerous-cacophony.pdf
- Udderly Fanatic. Boloji, 17 November 2002. (On the atrocity where five Dalits where lynched for skinning a dead cow in Jhajjar, Haryana).
- Casteist. Communalist. Racist. And Now, A Nobel Laureate. Po-Co Web, 2002.
Biography
- (with M. Nisar) AYYANKALI: A Dalit leader of Organic Protest. Foreword by Kancha Ilaiah, Other Books, Calicut, January 2008, pp. 103.
Poetry
- TOUCH. Pages: 144, Price: 145, Published by Peacock Books, the poetry imprint of Frog Books, Mumbai in August 2006, ISBN 81-88811-87-4. Do visit the page for my book which contains details of reviews, interviews and so on. The section here deals only with individual poems.(Print magazines)
- (Chapbook) 16 elegant, untitled poems have been hosted as an e-chapbook The Eighth Day of Creation on the poetry website Slow Trains.
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