Nedra Rodrigo

MEMORIALS IN AIR  I am building a memorial, not with stone, not with water, but with air, the sound that trails me forever Semmani 03 By P. Ahilan, Trans. Geetha Sukumaran It is a daunting experience to begin writing about work that marks a paradigm shift in Tamil poetry. Packiyanathan Ahilan’s Tamil collections ‘Saramakavikal’ and ‘PathungukuliNaatkal’ have certainly transformed the Tamil literary landscape. In the collection drawn from these works and skillfully translated into English by GeethaSukumaran, in the collection ‘Then There Were No Witnesses,’ Ahilan’s poetry is poised...