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Murugan wrote and published more than a dozen short stories in ma ka kas manavosai journal between 1988 and 1991. With every successful ban, pulping or involuntary withdrawal of literary or artistic works, freedom of speech. He was a professor of tamil at the government arts college in namakkal before taking to writing fulltime. Jan 15, 2015 tamil writer perumal murugan s withdrawal of his literary works, and especially a novel called mathorubhagan, reportedly under pressure from the gounder community in namakkal western tamil nadu, clearly is an unacceptable decision for anyone espousing the cause of free speech. The gathering expressed support to the writer through a mass reading of a portion of his book at the aspinwall pavilion. Sahitya akademi award for perumal murugans controversial. Seasons of the palm, which was shortlisted for the kiriyama prize in 2005, current show. Perumal murugan is a tamil author, poet and professor and the author of six books.
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