Kalachuvadu - june 2025

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🔥 Editorial: A Smouldering Volcano
The editorial delivers a searing exploration of the recent Pahalgam terror attack, delving into the underlying tensions, the political aftermath, and the broader implications for national security and civil discourse.
🏆 Spotlight: Bhanu Mushtaq
In a timely profile, P. Sahaadevan introduces Bhanu Mushtaq, the 2025 Booker Prize laureate, offering insights into her literary journey and her provocative stance on language and identity in South Asia.
🎥 Cinema and Language
Sachidanandan Sukhirtharaja critiques the linguistic choices in the film Tourist Family, focusing on the use of Sri Lankan Tamil in its dialogue — raising questions about authenticity and representation in cinema.
✍️ Creative Continuum
Amshan Kumar uncovers a remarkable literary connection: a short story by Ernest Hemingway, continued 22 years later by Jorge Luis Borges. This piece reflects on the transcontinental and temporal bridges literature can build.
🕊️ War, Nation, and Speech
A powerful English speech by B. Arundhati Roy, delivered at the Govinda Pillai Award ceremony (Dec 13, 2023), is rendered into Tamil by G.A. Gautham — an eloquent meditation on the intersection of war, nationalism, and dissent.
📚 Book Reviews
Siramamana Kaariyam – S. Senthilkumar
Kerala Tribal Poems – R. Chinnathurai
Veerapor Mangai Kuyili – S. Palraj
Yakkai – Krishnamoorthy
✒️ Short Stories
Short stories by Perundevi, Suja Chellappan, and Sujatha Chellappan offer varied perspectives on contemporary life and human emotions.
📝 Poetry
This issue features evocative verses from Nandan Kanagaraj, Joseph Selvaraj, and Bahthiyar Hadayath (Translated by K. Mohanarangan).
🕯️ Tribute
A heartfelt homage to Kumar Ambairam by Kandarathitthan, reflecting on a legacy etched in letters and memory.

Kalachuvadu Magazine Description:

Kalachuvadu is an international monthly journal for politics and culture. Published since 1988, it was founded by the noted Tamil writer Sundara Ramaswamy (1931-2005). Kalachuvadu was published first as a quarterly then a bi-monthly and has been a monthly since 2004.