Sithuraj Ponraj

Published author living in Singapore, exploring the power of Asian storytelling, myths, and narrative techniques. Poet, short fiction writer, and novelist.

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@yishkabob Have fun!

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@BorisDralyuk @PaulDryBooks Whoa the cover!

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Let me give you one @kalyanasc from Singapore and Malaysia - thangaa padi to refer to stairs. Thangaa is Malay for stair.

[Kalyan Raman کلیان راماں @kalyanasc]

@shreedaisy Tamil at least has a long history of such tautological expressions, presumably originating from the colonial period, the famous ones being NaduCentre and GateVaasal, where words for the same thing in both languages are strung together.

[Ng Yi-Sheng @yishkabob]

Miles: (sees NYC on fire)

Miles: This is a world without Spiderman...

Me: (looks at the news)

Me: Yup

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Retweeting even if I am not in the UK because I love the cover and will read the book anyway!

@BookishChat

[Bookish chat @BookishChat]

I have been lucky enough to receive two copies of #Chlorine by @jadessong so the lovely folk at @WeAreFootnote have said I can give one away to one of you lucky lot!

To enter:

📖 follow me, like and RT

📖 comment #chlorine

📖 UK only. Winner chosen Mon 5pm

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There are shoals
of tiny fish and fingerlings too

@kalyanasc with a work by contemporary Tamil poet Perunthevi.

[Kalyan Raman کلیان راماں @kalyanasc]

#WorkinProgress #Translation #Perundevi

[Kalyan Raman کلیان راماں @kalyanasc]

#WorkinProgress #Translation #Perundevi

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Via @drsuneel

[Ramachandra Guha @Ram_Guha]

The distinguished Tamil writer Jeyamohan has written a brilliant essay on Savarkar and his ideas. It is the best thing I have read on the subject; historically informed, wide-ranging, and scrupulously non-polemical.
Anyone with any interest at all in modern Indian history and/or contemporary Indian politics should read this essay. The translation is by Iswarya V.
Here is a link:
https://t.co/4RYtOp0Zdx

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It was a glorious translation of a work by one of the most important Tamil writers of our time. Strongly recommend @priyamvada_ram White Elephant for anyone wanting an insight to contemporary Tamil literature.

[Priyamvada @priyamvada_ram]

Incredibly happy that my translation of Jeyamohan's Vellai Yaanai/White Elephant has been chosen for the 2023 PEN/Heim Translation Grants. I think it's the first time ever a work from Tamil (& perhaps any South Indian language) has made it. Big thank you to the jury @PENamerica

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Loved this article by @ocraske

[Oliver Craske @ocraske]

My most recent piece for @SonglinesMag - a profile of the wonderful @Singer_kaushiki (with all-important name-check for David Gower)

[Neha Sinha @nehaa_sinha]

Planet swallowed after venturing too close to its star! https://t.co/UOMBzCHXPr

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Mountain of words, grounded. Airport bookshops always have the lights and feel of the eve of a Festival. Which is your favourite airport bookshop. This one’s at Changi.

#Bookstagram #WritersOnTheGo
#ReadersOnTheGo #BookishTravel
#BookObsessed #LostInStories
#BookishEscape

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Celebrating diverse voices and #ReadAsianAuthors.

[Portuguese in Translation @PinT_Book_Club]

PinT – Portuguese in Translation - is an online book club launched last year, dedicated to translated literature by Portuguese-language authors from all over the world. Our meetings are held every two months and we are joined by the author and translator. https://t.co/iyuMZmMQBG

[Portuguese in Translation @PinT_Book_Club]

The Book of Chameleons (José Eduardo Agualusa, tr. Daniel Hahn, Arcadia Books) is the first on our list for 2023. The event will take place on the 14th of March 2023 at 7 pm (GMT). Registration starts this Monday the 16th of January. https://t.co/g6VuzCz8gm

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This is an important effort.

[Cha: An Asian Literary Journal @asiancha]

Sharyn Phu, writing for @asiancha, on 𝐴𝑟𝑖𝑠𝑒 𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐿𝑜𝑐𝑘: 50 𝐵𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑙𝑎𝑑𝑒𝑠ℎ𝑖 𝑊𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑛 𝑃𝑜𝑒𝑡𝑠 𝑖𝑛 𝐸𝑛𝑔𝑙𝑖𝑠ℎ (@BalestierPress, 2022): "voices that flow with the force of a river as they whisper, poke, prod, and scream." https://t.co/bcHLPutLlW

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“He who devotes himself to the mere study of religion without engaging in works of love and mercy is like one who has no God." #talmud

[KoreanLitNow @koreanlitnow]

#PreviewTime: look out for #KoreanLitNow's Spring 2022 issue, coming soon to subscriber mailboxes and our website! https://t.co/jhsoFzp3wV

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William Carlos Williams. Especially when it is raining hard on a Friday evening.

#poem #POEMS #poetrylovers #poetrytwitter #poetry

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@nchokkan நன்றி