பெங்களூரில் ஓர் உரையாடல்

Of Men Women and Witches

Book Talk about the new book written by eminent Tamil author Jeyamohan.

Venue: Attakalatta, Indira Nagar, Bangalore.

Date and Time: 20 April 2025 Evening 5 o’clock

Participants: Satish Chaprike, Kannada author

Sangeetha Puthiyedath (Translator)

and Jeyamohan, author 

Of Men, Women and Witches – Amazon

An extraordinary memoir from one of Tamil Nadu’s most acclaimed novelists

The great Tamil novelist Jeyamohan came from the region of Tamil Nadu that originally belonged to Travancore (in Kerala), and grew up in a unique, syncretic culture straddling two distinct worlds.

In this memoir, originally written in Malayalam, he draws a vivid picture of his family which followed the matriarchal family systems of Kerala. He especially focuses on his powerful mother and grandmother, who pitted their wills against and were constantly at odds with his abusive father. Moving between the stories of his parents’ marriage, his often-unhappy childhood, falling in love and becoming a writer, Jeyamohan also tells the story of the region he comes from, stretching the form of the memoir from family to history.

Beautifully written and profoundly imagined, Of Men, Women and Witches is another masterwork from this great novelist.

நண்பர்களை நிகழ்வுக்கு அழைக்கிறேன்

(இந்த அழைப்பிதழையும் செய்தியையும் தாங்கள் தொடர்புகொண்டுள்ள சமூகவலைத்தளங்களிலும், வாட்ஸப் குழுமங்களிலும் பகிரும்படி கோருகிறேன். பெங்களூருக்கு வரமுடியாதவர்களாக இருப்பினும் பகிரலாம். நூல் பற்றிய செய்தி சென்று சேர்வதே முக்கியம்.)