Sundara Ramaswamy (1931–2005), fondly known as “Su. Yet the town remains filled with life and beauty even as it is irrevocably damaged. This town’s wild places – their mythic pasts still treasures by an old wanderer and the youth who listen to his tales – are stripped away as politicians commit to modernization in the name of progress. Its meditations on the loss of beloved places, the shared experience of the past and the meaning of togetherness amid struggle, ambition, and enmity, all flow from the life of an aged tamarind tree that stands at the center of a bustling town. With a narrative breadth never before seen in Tamil fiction, Sundara Ramaswamy’s Oru Puliamarathin Kathai inaugurated a new era in Tamil letters. Translated into English as Tamarind History by Blake Wentworth The book is being re-translated by Anirudh Vasudevan and has already been commissioned by Amazon Crossing.
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