I remember the first time I read Ambai. I was at the airport in Delhi, waiting for my flight to start boarding. Our gate had shaped up to be an odd one– – filled with a motley group of people tapping ...

Tamil writer CS Lakshmi, who writes under the pseudonym Ambai, has won the 2023 Shakti Bhatt Body of Work Prize. Writer Sharanya Manivannan, who was on the jury, said, “Ambai’s writing has a ...

A key is thrown down to us from a window on the second floor. “Lock the door on your way up,” we’re told, as the curious face retreats. Ascending the stairs, we cross a room on the first floor which ...

Noted Tamil writer C S Lakshmi, better known by her pseudonym Ambai, has won the Sahitya Akademi award this year for her short story collection 'Sivappu kazhuthudan oru pachai paravai' (A green bird ...

Make no mistake, this is a book about Life although the stories may seem to dwell upon Death. In Ambai’s A Red-necked Green Bird death is not in opposition to life, but in continuity with it.

‘Ambai 80,’ an event to honour award winning Tamil feminist writer C.S.Lakshmi, popularly known as Ambai, was held in Madurai on Thursday. The day-long event saw discussions centred around the various ...

He had left behind a brief note. Not a letter. Just a brief note. I am leaving. This house, and the life around it, no longer interest me. Thenmozhi who looks unblinkingly at my lips when I speak. The ...

Tamil feminist writer Ambai, whose writings challenge the stereotyping of women, has won this year’s Sahitya Akademi award. She has been awarded for her short story collection Sivappu Kazhutthudan Oru ...