the orders were to rape you - Book Review

We will build the tomb For women's exploitation We will dig the graves For society's backward ideas - Captain Vaanathi The warfare techniques evolved all along with technological advancements. The combat weapons became - sword, gun powder, tanks, missiles, submarines, aircraft, automated missiles, cyber-attacks, biological weapons. One everlasting weapon over centuries is rape. Rape is an undocumented and loaded weapon in the military playbook and men’s minds. LTTE and Tamil Eelam’s freedom struggle is always a topic of discussion in Tamil Nadu since 1970s. [Read More]

WOMEN, DREAMING - Book Review

The word dream broadly has two meanings. The one an individual experiences in the sleep and another is a connotation for the word ambition. The earlier definition of the dream is beyond one’s capacity to control. The later one individual chooses. There is an insider joke in Tamil Nadu; there are more Tamil literary writers than readers. There is a long history of Tamil short stories and novels. Every famous writer maintains their own list of best short stories and novels in Tamil. [Read More]