Let’s prevent another Perumal death

“We have not only failed Perumal, but failed ourselves as writers. Perumal’s decision not to write is a terrible solution… What are we doing to make Perumal Murugan write again?”

This question posed by writer Kiran Nagarkar at a session on ‘Censorship in Writing: Why Perumal Murugan should not have to die’ haunted the audience and writers alike even after the discussion.

Perumal’s `One Part Woman’ created a huge controversy after the English translation was released; and following harassment from various groups, he withdrew all his works and posted a note on Facebook: ‘Perumal Murugan, the writer is dead’.
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