About the Book

Thamizhachi is not just another poet; her work epitomizes the richness of our heritage that is rooted in village life. Bringing a possibility of hope, she invokes the persona of Vanapechi, her ancestral deity and spirit. Her poetry collection, The Throb of Silence represents the seamless continuity of human kinship with ancestors and posterity and this environment that we share with other living and non-living beings. Even though the modern world mutilates and murders, it is not yet a lost hope or an ineffectual memory of the sweet past. Thamizhachi’s alternative reality of Vanapechi comes alive in poetic epiphanies.

About the Author

Dr T Sumathy aka Thamizhachi Thangapandian is a Tamil writer, English Professor and a Member of Parliament. She has nineteen publications including collections of poetry, essays and interviews to her credit.

About the Translator

A renowned name in translations, the late Dr KS Subramanian has translated over 40 Tamil literary works into English. These include novels, novellas, collections of short stories and anthologies of poetry. He has also translated a large number of collected essays and biographical and autobiographical works. His translations have been published by the Sahitya Akademi, Macmillan, Katha, East-West Books, Westland, Tamil University, International Institute of Tamil Studies, Central Institute of Indian Languages and others. He has received several awards in the field of literary translation.