Rakesh Khanna

Charu Nivedita

Cāru Nivētitā

Pritham K. Chakravarthy

With its mad patchwork of phone sex conversations, nightmarish torture scenes, tender love poems, numerology, mythology, and compulsive name-dropping of Latin American intellectuals, Charu Nivedita's novel Zero Degree stands out as a groundbreaking work of South Indian transgressive fiction that unflinchingly probes the deepest psychic wounds of humanity. "Zero Degree takes you apart and allows you to rearrange yourself as you please."

Zero Degree

Udhaya is a virile hedonist, an angsty writer, a discriminating connoisseur, a reverent francophile and an abrasive critic, Time-tested, seasoned and experienced, he transports the reader to the rustic streets of Thanjavur, the buzzing locality of Mylapore, the boondocks of Delhi, the most engaging historical whereabouts of France, Thailand and Morocco, and (quite often) his beloved's bedroom with uncensored personal anecdotes. unabashedly raw, undeniably true to life and pluckily critical, Marginal Man anatomizes the personalities and the sexual nature of its vast and curious cast and the eidos of multiple societies with a fine scalpel.

Marginal Man

சாருவின் இந்தப் பேட்டியில் பேசுகிறவற்றில் கவனிக்கத்தக்க ஒன்றாக நான் கருதுவது 'அவர் நான் மக்களுக்காக எழுதவில்லை. மக்களுக்கு எதிராக எழுதுகிறேன்' என்பது. மக்கள் திரளின் சடத்தன்மைக்கு எதிராக எழுதுவது. நாஞ்சில் நாடன் 'சொரணை' என்ற வார்த்தையைப் பயன்படுத்தியிருக்கக் கூடும். இந்தச் சொரணையை உசுப்பும் வேலையை சாரு தொடர்ந்து செய்துவந்திருக்கிறார். அதன் ஒரு அதிகாரப் பூர்வமான ஆவணமாக குதிரையின் வாயிலிருந்தே அது கடந்து வந்த தூரத்தை அளக்கும் நல்லதொரு முயற்சியாக இந்த நீண்ட பேட்டி இருக்கிறது. - போகன் சங்கர் முன்னுரையிலிருந்து...

oru nērkāṇal

Anniyan̲uṭan̲ ōr uraiyāṭal

'Comprehensively irreverent . . . genre-bending . . . sparklingly witty.' - MANU PILLAI 'Who would have thought Aurangzeb could be so entertaining.' - MANU JOSEPH A writer hopes to get some primary research done for his new book by interviewing the spirit of Shah Jahan. But the endeavour turns into an obstacle course, with his translator arguing about how to start a novel, a fellow writer giving him unsolicited feedback, and a friend plaguing him with phone calls. Worst of all, Shah Jahan is elbowed out by Aurangzeb, who hijacks the novel. In a series of conversations that touch upon everything from marketing strategies for emperors to mutiny, from Marxism to Sunny Leone, and culminates in two men and a spirit going to a bar, Aurangzeb and various other visitors tell a story no one could have predicted. Part historical novel, part satire, Conversations with Aurangzeb - by the cult Tamil writer Charu Nivedita and brilliantly translated by Nandini Krishnan - is a biting commentary on our times.

A Novel

Conversations with Aurangzeb

Translated from the Tamil by Pritham K. Chakravarthy and Rakesh Khanna. With its mad patchwork of phone sex conversations, nightmarish torture scenes, tender love poems, numerology, mythology, and compulsive name-dropping of Latin American intellectuals, Charu Nivedita's novel ZERO DEGREE stands out as a groundbreaking work of Tamil transgressive fiction that unflinchingly probes the deepest psychic wounds of humanity. "Hide it in the deep recesses of your clothes cupboard or in the general chaos of your office desk, if you must, but read it"--Asha S. Menon, New Sunday Express.

Charu Nivedita

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