Indira Parthasarathy

Who is Indira Parthasarathy?

Indira Parthasarathy is the pen name of R. Parthasarathy. Born on July 10, 1930 in Chennai in a traditional Iyengar family. He has received Indian government's Padma Shri award for the year 2010

He has written several short stories, plays and novels in Tamil that have been translated in several Indian and world languages.

He has carved a special niche for himself in Tamil literature - his characters, mostly urban intellectuals, speak very openly and analyze deeply what others say. Most of his novels are set in Delhi, where he lived during his working years, or in the Srirangam area of Tamil Nadu, where he spent his childhood. Some of his novels, such as Kuruthi Punal intermingle these two milieus.

He has won several awards including the Sangeeth Natak Academy, Sahitya Academy and Saraswathi Samman Award. He is the only Tamil writer to have won both the Sangeeth Natak and Sahitya Academy Award.

Some of Ee. Paa.'s novels are:

Thiraigalukku appaal

Kuruthi Punal

Aakasa Thamarai

Helicoptergal Keezhe Irangi Vittana

Mayaman Vettai

Theevukal

Yesuvin Thozhargal

Suthanthira Bhoomi

Krishna Krishna

Plays by Ee. Paa.:

Uchchi Veyyil

Porvai Porthiya Udalgal

Aurangazeb

Nandan Kathai

Ramanujar