Uprooting the Pumpkin (Paperback)  | Released: 01 Apr 2016

The socio-political transformation of Sri Lanka that began in the 1970s, and continued for several decades thereafter, has been a major factor in shaping a literature that brought new and innovative forms of expression. This anthology brings together around forty poems, fifteen short stories, and one play in translation by eminent Sri Lankan literateurs, scholars, and translators dealing with Sri Lankan life at home and abroad spanning a period of sixty years. Voicing the agony, anxiety, and hardship of migration from different perspectives, this broadly representative collection is an important contribution to the study of exile literature.About the Author: (Late) Chelva Kanaganayakam was former Professor of English at the University of Toronto.Table of Contents: Acknowledgements
Introduction

POETRY
Mahakavi (1927�1971)
Ahalikai
The Chariot and the Moon

Neelaavanan (1931�1975)
Sleep

T. Ramalingam (1933�2008)
Caste and Lust
The Future

R. Murugaiyan (1935�2009)
Variations
Toil

Shanmugam Sivalingam (1936�2012)
At the Intersection
To the Spring Blossom of Polar Land

S. Sivasegaram (1942�)
Ahalya
Butterflies of My Dreams
The Gecko

M.A. Nuhman (1944�)
Last Evening, This Morning

V.I.S. Jayapalan (1944�)
Land of the Singing Fish
To a Childhood Sinhalese Friend

A. Jesurasa (1946�)
Vortex

M. Pushparajan (1947�)
Phoenix
Uprooting

Puthuvai Ratnathurai (1948�)
December, a Thing of Beauty
Yearning

S. Vilvaratnam (1950�2006)
The Sea
The Moon�s Echo

Ki. Pi. Aravinthan (1953�2015)
Stare at the Sky
Dreams and the Sea

Thirumavalavan (1955�2015)
River
The Weaver-bird�s Nest

Solaikkili (1957�)
The Story of a Golden River

R. Cheran (1960�)
Yaman
When I Die and Depart
Healing the Forest

Cheliyan (1960�)
On a Rainy Day

S. Karunagaran (1963�)
Whose Home?

Vinothini Satchithananthan (1969�)
The Storyteller

P. Ahilan (1970�)
Lament of a Mother
Transience

Faheema Jahan (1973�)
After the Destruction
An Abandoned Soul

Nadchathran Chev-Inthiyan (1974�)
Until My Wineglass Is Empty

Rashmy Ahmad Mohammad (1974�)
Calamity

Anar (1974�)
Absence
My Sister�s Laughter Was Like a Bird in Flight

DRAMA
Kuzhanthai M. Shanmugalingam (1931�)
The Land of Our Parents

FICTION
Theliwatte Joseph (1934�)
Deformity

S. Kathirgamanathan (1942�1972)
They Can Only Sigh

C. Yoganathan (1942�2008)
The Hungry Ones

M.L.M. Mansoor (1950�)
Laments of the Purdah

Sritharan (1947�)
Ramasamy

Ranjakumar Somapala (1959�)
Kosalai

Uma Varatharajan (1956�)
The Advent of the King

Kunthavai (1941�)
The Dispossessed

A. Ravi (1960�)
The Crow of Bremen Town

Siddhartha �Che� Guevara (1965�)
Kamikaze

Parthipan (1964�)
The Island

Kumar Moorthy (1956�2001)
The Last Chapter

Chandra Ravindran (1963�)
Childhood

Shoba Sakthi (1967�)
Friday

Appadurai Muttulingam (1937�)
The American Girl

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