Tamil writer Cho. Dharman has won the 2019 Sahitya Akademi Award for his novel Sool, depicting the life of the ordinary people, traditional knowledge, agricultural practices and water management. Mr.

Investigative journalist Dharman Wickremaratne continues his series of books unearthing Sri Lanka’s bloody, turbulent history of the 1980s with the fourth title – ‘Premakeerthi Ghathanaye Sulamula’, ...

Former editor Dharman Wickramaratne’s latest book Premakeerthi Ghathanaye Sulamula, written about the JVP’s second insurrection, will be launched on Wednesday, 27th August at 3.00 p.m. at the National ...

NEW DELHI: Politician-writer Shashi Tharoor and playwright Nand Kishore Acharya are among 23 writers who will be bestowed with the Sahitya Akademi Award 2019. The national academy of letters announced ...

Following its Aug 23 release, Mari Selvaraj's film 'Vaazhai' garners praise but faces plagiarism allegations from writer Cho Dharman. Dharman claims the film resembles his short story 'Vazhaiyadi', ...

When Cho Dharman’s ‘Koogai’(The Owl) appeared in Tamil in 2005, the novel threw up disturbing images of the ‘karisal’ (black cotton soil) region of southern Tamil Nadu. CHENNAI: When Cho Dharman’s ...

Seated on electrical cables in small groups, they went ‘ki ki ki’ all morning. “The karichan (drongo) were having a serious conversation about something,” says Tamil writer Cho Dharman. He noticed the ...