Tamil writer CS Lakshmi, who writes under the pseudonym Ambai, has won the 2023 Shakti Bhatt Body of Work Prize. Writer Sharanya Manivannan, who was on the jury, said, “Ambai’s writing has a ...

I remember the first time I read Ambai. I was at the airport in Delhi, waiting for my flight to start boarding. Our gate had shaped up to be an odd one– – filled with a motley group of people tapping ...

The women in Ambai’s captivating and frequently moving collection navigate family relationships and historical dramas with grace. In “Wheelchair” and “The Calf that Frolicked in the Hall,” set in the ...

A key is thrown down to us from a window on the second floor. “Lock the door on your way up,” we’re told, as the curious face retreats. Ascending the stairs, we cross a room on the first floor which ...

Noted Tamil writer C S Lakshmi, better known by her pseudonym Ambai, has won the Sahitya Akademi award this year for her short story collection 'Sivappu kazhuthudan oru pachai paravai' (A green bird ...

For over 60 years, CS Lakshmi aka Ambai has been telling stories of Indian women, stories of hope and desire, defiance and struggle, of changing societal structures, altered ambitions, as well as the ...

Three images are central to the story ‘The Crow with a Swollen Throat’: the crow, food, and Carnatic music. All three, as ideas outside the story, are connected to different periods of our historical ...