Dr Meena Kandasamy Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

Dr Meena Kandasamy

Heavy trigger warning but this is true. Abuse doesn't wait for a season, a reason, an auspicious day to arrive. It begins the moment you are actually alone, and by yourselves. Stills my heart every time I think of it. https://t.co/49asL7J8iC

Dr Meena Kandasamy

When asked by the amazing @PINsykes to write about the book which transformed me, I wrote about Arundhati Roy's The God of Small Things. Part of "What Writers Read: 35 Writers on Their Favourite Book" Every small step towards popularising reading/books makes us better. https://t.co/CvtLeiFRoJ

Dr Meena Kandasamy

Yesterday, Rash turned 67 & we celebrated his bday by releasing his book of poems "Buddha and Biryani" My best friend, my first reader, confidante, third parent, he means so much to me 💞. Also met many poets &writers. 2nd pic with the fierce Kavitha Balakrishnan & Chandrika ❤️❤️ https://t.co/XN7wBw5ikK

Dr Meena Kandasamy

State and Revolution (Lenin) Annihilation of Caste (Ambedkar) Communist Manifesto (Marx & Engels) Their Morals & Ours (Trotsky) Invisible Cities (Italo Calvino) God of Small Things (Arundhati Roy) Thirukkural https://t.co/4e2sp8uxna

Dr Meena Kandasamy

“Here the Brahminical control of the media was preventing the scope & the scale of the problem from being heard at a global level." Spoke to @DalitDiva about The Trauma Of Caste: A Dalit Feminist Meditation On Survivorship, Healing, And Abolition https://t.co/mdrWZcHTHh https://t.co/FyYdHOEBGB

Dr Meena Kandasamy

💥"Meena Kandasamy is perhaps the most poignant philosopher of the Indian existence. She is a flanéur, fascinated by the enclosed spaces she creates that infect her characters" 💥 A ❤️ review of Exquisite Cadavers. Such a beautiful write up to wake up to! https://readdrizzle.blog/2021/11/03/november-2021-reading-round-up-fresh-perspectives/

Dr Meena Kandasamy

New Year, so sharing good news becoz there's been a lot of ups & downs lately. Dear readers in India, sharing the cover for "The Book of Desire" & pre-order link: https://t.co/GBugkc3nKU Long journey from being Tamil pulavar's daughter who knew Kural by rote to translating them. https://t.co/Crwgjc80QA

Dr Meena Kandasamy

Honoured to see #TomorrowSomeoneWillArrestYou get such a lovely review from Rebecca Tamás in @guardian's best recent poetry round-up https://t.co/wMlPdyvpZs https://t.co/b7AT1SiHCq

Dr Meena Kandasamy

💔 For bell hooks. From her, I understood love & activism. I learnt to express myself. Her book, Teaching to Transgress, made me realise how revolutionary a classroom could be. 💬"Love is profoundly political. Our deepest revolution will come when we understand this truth."💬 https://t.co/UgfXX8upVb

Dr Meena Kandasamy

Jean Drèze in @the_hindu today on a possible route to Universal Health Care for India. “The private sector is too entrenched for a NHS to displace it in the near future. But it is possible to envisage a framework that would build primarily on healthcare as a public service.” https://t.co/RlIG02rw3M