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The pain of writing without an audience

Staff Reporter

Kochi: A Tamil writer is an unfortunate species. This observation comes from one of the ilk — Charu Nivedita, Tamil novelist and columnist.

He told those gathered in the Vidyaniketan College auditorium here during his visit last week that a Tamil writer had to write without an audience.

He was delivering a lecture on "Language, book, the new world," organised in connection with the fourth anniversary of Pranatha Books. He also inaugurated the showroom of the publisher on Providence Road.

He said Tamil Nadu had a population of 60 million. This meant a Tamil novel should reach at least one lakh people. But a Tamil novel sold only 1,000 copies in five years.

Though there were many talented writers in Tamil, not many had got due recognition. Without audience, these writers lived in seclusion, "like hermits."

Nivedita released Adayunna Vathilukal (closing doors), a collection of essays by K.P. Faizal on the occasion.

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