Ooty Literary Festival honours Perumal Murugan
The HinduOn a sunny autumn morning, the Gothic-hall of the iconic century-old Nilgiri Library resonated with cheers as writer Perumal Murugan received his Lifetime Achievement Award for fostering literary arts and culture in Tamil Nadu. Local, ethnic issues have global appeal now.” This year’s festival was reimagined on a bigger scale by a team of co-trustees including Geetha Srinivasan, Yash Muthanna, Kalpana Kar, and Aroon Ram. She added that they made an effort to engage with more children this year, “with stories on Nature and wildlife, hoping to eventually turn them into conservationists.” Elaborating on queer writing, author and LGBTQIA+ inclusion consultant Parmesh Shahani, spoke of a queer renaissance with queer fiction, non-fiction, autobiography, queer anthologies and genres capturing the tapestry of the queer experience. Another noteworthy conversation featured wildlife conservationist Shafath Ali Khan, India’s celebrated hunter and K Vijaykumar, IPS who as chief of the Special Task Force of Tamil Nadu ended the Veerappan saga.
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