This\u00a0 book by Katpakam yasothara (pseudonym for: Kanagambikai Pratheepathi \/ Pratheepa Thillainathan) of political poems, containing issues that are
relevant to Canadian politics as well as being Tamil. It is written from the point of views of a 1st generation diaspora mother and daughter in the backdrop of the Eelam War from years 2006 to 2009. The book tries to explore the settler responsibility in this Indigenous Land, West\u2019s hypocrisy in Omar Khadr\u2019s case, Caste and class Privilege in escaping war, to name a few.<\/div>\n
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$\"danya\"$ <\/a>\u0b9a\u0bbe\u0b95\u0b9a\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bbe\u0bb0\u0bbf \u0baa\u0bb1\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0bbf\u0baf\u0bb5\u0bc8 | sAkasakAri pattiyavai \u2013 \u201cAbout an adventuress\u201d |Vadaly <\/a>\u00a02014.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n
Thanya exposes her desire for equality and interdependence in all aspects of relationships, be it friendship or love. By writing about relationships, she explores the structure of the society that is not made for women who seek adventure, freedom, or self-respect.<\/p>\n
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$\"neeththar-paadal\"$ <\/a><\/strong>\u0ba8\u0bc0\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bbe\u0bb0\u0bcd \u0baa\u0bbe\u0b9f\u0bb2\u0bcd | neeththAr pAdal \u2013 \u201cSong of the Dead\u201d |Vadaly<\/a> 2013.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n
This book of Katpakam yasothara has songs, written of a tragic time. These are not only belong to those who speak the language in which the poems are written, rather they belong to all the people in the world who are oppressed. These songs, written for the dead, belong to the voiceless minorities, women and the othered.<\/p>\n
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$\"\"$ <\/a>\u0b92\u0bb2\u0bbf\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bbe\u0ba4 \u0b87\u0bb3\u0bb5\u0bc7\u0ba9\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bcd | Olikaatha ilavenEl (Silent Spring)\u00a0 |\u00a0 Vadaly\u00a0<\/a> 2009<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n
Edited by: Pratheepa Thillainathan & Thanya<\/strong><\/i><\/p>\n
A<\/i>n anthology of Sri Lankan Women\u2019s Poetry \u2013 Compiled and edited by women who grew up in Canada from the mid 1990s. This anthology of poems is written by 17 Tamil women of Sri Lankan origin, some of whom reside in Sri Lanka and the others in the diaspora. \u00a0Through their poems, the women discover their own views on freedom, oppression, and war.<\/p>\n
In Malayalam<\/strong>:
\u0b92\u0bb2\u0bbf\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bbe\u0ba4 \u0b87\u0bb3\u0bb5\u0bc7\u0ba9\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bcd \u2013 was translated into Malayalam by renown poets\/translators N.D.Rajkumar and Pinu M. Pallipaadu in May 2015 [Vidyarthi Publications].
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