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• Brotherless Night

  a Novel

  Ganeshananthan, V. V.

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  A gripping story of a Tamil girl whose dream is to become a doctor. Her life dramatically changed due to a vicious civil war in Sri Lanka. This novel is a heartrending portrait of one woman's moral journey, and a testament to both the enduring…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Revathi: A Life in Trans Activism

  Revathi, A.

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  One of the most pathbreaking and respected contemporary Indian activists illuminates how the personal intersects with the communal and institutional for trans Indians.

• The Sadness of Geography

  My Life as a Tamil Exile

  Tharmathurai, Logathasan, 1966-

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  A touching story of a teenager as a Tamil refugee, who was born in a wealthy family in northern Sri Lanka, and lost everything during the Sri Lankan Civil War, but never gave up on his dream of seeing his family again.

• Mansions of the Moon

  a Novel

  Selvadurai, Shyam, 1965-

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  An inspiring story of Siddhartha's journey to becoming Buddha and seeking enlightenment, from the latest novel of Shyam Selvadurai, an acclaimed Sri Lankan Canadian author.

• One Part Woman

  a Novel

  Perumāḷmurukan̲

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  A dramatic story of a couple in Tamil Nadu during the British colonial period, who remain childless after ten years of marriage.

• Prisoner #1056

  How I Survived War and Found Peace

  Ratnavel, Roy, 1969-

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  An incredible immigrant story from a prominent Canadian Tamil, who arrived in Canada with $50 in his pocket after torture in prison, then rose from the mailroom to the executive suite of the country’s largest independent asset management company.

• A Night with a Black Spider

  Stories

  Ambai • Vasudevan, Aniruddhan

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  In the title story, the woman who is mother, daughter, solver of all problems for her family, finds that it is only a black spider on a wall in a deserted guesthouse with whom she can share her own pain and suffering.

• Seeking Fortune Elsewhere

  Stories

  Bhanoo, Sindya

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  As the winner of many awards, this stunning Debut Short Story Collection describes how immigrants and their families confront the costs of leaving and staying, identifying sublime symmetries in lives growing apart.

• A Simple Guide to Spoken Tamil

  Aseervatham, Aloysius

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  This digital guide is written in an easy-to-understand manner for anyone interested in learning Tamil language in the shortest possible time.

• Tamil for Tourists

  Chandran, Vignesh

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  A practical handbook to learn the basics of pronunciation and comprehension in the Tamil language with a focus on tourist situations such as shopping, travel, directions, restaurants and other tourist situations.