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INTRODUCTION ;
POETRY: PRATIBHA JEYACHANDRAN, 'THE FULL MOON WILL SHINE IN VILLAGE AFTER VILLAGE', 'DREAM-TELLER' ;
MATHIVANNAN, 'IN THE MIDDLE OF TOWN', 'WHAT IS POSSIBLE', STROKES OF GENTLE SYMPATHY' ;
INDIRAN, 'WALL-POSTERS', 'THE CITY OF BURNING SLUMS', 'RIVER' ;
P. MATHIAZHAGAN, 'THE STRATEGY OF PAWNS', 'MANHUNT' ;
N.D. RAJKUMAR, 'MY SON WANTS ME TO BUY HIM A TOY CAR', 'YOU, MY DEMON WHO DELIGHTS IN DANCING', 'ONE DAY LONG AGO, WHEN THE DYING HOWL', 'IF ANYONE OTHER THAN OUR OWN PEOPLE' ;
RAVIKUMAR, 'POND, WHERE...', 'YOU, FRIEND OF MY CHILDHOOD', ' HAVE YOU HEARD THE RAIN CRYING?' ;
KAPILAN, 'RICKSHAW PEDALLING FOR FIFTEEN YEARS', 'IF I GO AS HELPER IN A CONSTRUCTION JOB', 'BORN TO WHO-KNOWS!' ;
A. VINCENT RAJ, 'CLUTCHING THE END OF SAREE' ;
THAI KANDASAMY, 'A LESSON IN ACTION AND REACTION', 'CONFLICT IN FRIENDSHIP', 'A POSSIBILITY' ; S. SUKIRTHARANI, 'PORTRAIT OF MY VILLAGE', 'DEBT', 'A FAINT SMELL OF MEAT', MY BODY' ;
KU. UMADEVI, 'NIRVANA'S END', 'SHE WHO HAS ABSORBED THE WAYS', 'THOSE WHO ARE PROTECTING THIS COUNTRY' ;
THENMOZHI, 'URN', 'TILL JUST BEFORE COMMITTING THAT MURDER', 'REFUSAL TO RETURN' ;
YAAZHAN ATHI, 'MISSING', 'RESURRECTION', HE-GOAT'S WHISKERS AND CUT-THROAT SICKLE' ; BHARATHI NIVETHAN, 'SENSING THE SENSES', THE RATS HAVE GUTS', 'THE LONE WOMAN'S SPEECH' ; BAMA, 'THE SCENT OF MOTHER' ;
ANONYMOUS, 'CHRISTMAS AT KEELVENMANI' ;
FICTION-SHORT STORIES: IMAYAM, 'THE BINDING VOW' ;
AZHAKIYA PERIYAVAN, 'EARDRUM' ;
J.B. CHANAKYA, 'FORCE OF GRAVITY' ;
ABIMANI, 'AILMENT' ;
BAMA, 'THIS MAN' ;
THENMOZHI, 'PAYCHI TREE' ;
CHO. DHARUMAN, 'WETNESS' ;
VE. VENKATACHALAM, 'THE HAUNTED' ;
RAVIKUMAR, 'KNOWING THE TRUTH' ;
SUDHAKAR KATHTHAK, 'PORTRAIT' ;
FICTION, EXCERPTS FROM NOVELS: CHO. DHARUMAN, 'KOOGAI-WHITE AND BRIGHT' ;
BAMA, 'SANGATI-EVENTS' ;
DRAMA: K.A. GUNASEKARAN, 'TOUCH' ;
JEEVA, 'A VILLAGE LULLABY' ;
AUTOBIOGRAPHY/ BIOGRAPHY: RETTAMALAI SRINIVASAN, 'A BRIEF HISTORY OF MY LIFE' ;
L. ELAYAPERUMAL, 'THE FLAMES OF SUMMER' ;
VEERAMMAL, 'IDEOLOGICAL DIFFERENCE WITH PERIYAR' ;
BAMA, 'KARUKKU' ;
K.A. GUNASEKARAN, 'SCAR' ; ANBU PONNOVIAM, 'PE. MA. MADURAIPILLAI' ;
ARCHIVES: IYOTHEE THASS, 'AN ARGUMENT AGAINST CONVERSION', 'A UNIQUE PETITION' ; RETTAMALAI SRINIVASAN, 'AGAINST CONDUCTING ICS EXAMS IN INDIA' ;
M.C. RAJAH, 'NOTE SUBMITTED TO INDIAN CENTRAL COMMITTEE' ; T.P. KAMALANATHAN, 'DALIT LEADERS' WORK IN THE FIELD OF EDUCATION' ;
SPEECHES: SWAMI SAHAJANANDA, 'REFORM EDUCATIONAL POLICY' ;
MEENAMBAL SIVARAJ, 'WOMAN'S ADVANCEMENT IS MAN'S FREEDOM' ;
THOL THIRUMAVALAVAN, 'LAND RIGHTS' ;
K. KRISHNASWAMY, 'MAY THE INTOXICATION OF THE FILM WORLD CLEAR' ;
ARTICLES: RAJ GAUTHAMAN, 'DALIT PROTEST CULTURE: THE FIRST STAGE' ;
ATHIYAMAN, 'ARUNDHIYARS: PROBLEMS OF LANGUAGE, RACE AND CASTE IDENTITY' ;
P. SIVAKAMI, 'LAND: WOMAN'S BREATH AND SPEECH' ;
INDIRAN, 'SEARCH FOR SELF IN AN URBAN JUNGLE: NOTES ON CONTEMPORARY ART' ;
G. CHANDRASEKARAN AND K.T. GANDHIRAJAN, 'HERITAGE-OUTLINES OF A PAST' ;
STALIN RAJANGAM, 'DALIT IDENTITY: SHADES OF APPROVAL' ;
THENMOZHI, 'POWER THAT TRANSCENDS: PHYSICAL BODY-SOCIETAL BODY-DALIT BODY ;
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