Congratulations to Charu Nivedita on winning the prestigious Vishnupuram award. Charu was one of the pioneers of postmodern Tamil transgressive literature. His novel Zero Degree was longlisted for the Jan Michalski Prize for Literature. In 2015, I read Zero Degree. However, his writing is not my cup of tea because he is a hedonist, and transgressive writing violates moral or social boundaries.
Even so, rebel voices must always be heard in society to stay healthy and progressive, or else it will become outdated and stuck in the past. People with a thorough understanding of sociology know how vital dialectical discussions are to societal development. Tamil literature and society are enriched by Charu's voice in this sense.
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