[INDOLOGY] Book announcement

[naresh keerthi]

Dear colleagues,


It is a pleasure to announce the publication of The Monsoon Cloud: Poet
Kāḷamēkam and His Irreverent Poetry
<https://primusbooks.com/cultural-studies/the-monsoon-cloud-poet-kaḷamekam-and-his-irreverent-poetry-by-suganya-anandakichenin/>
 by Suganya Anandakichenin (Primus Books, 2024).



Description: A wordsmith, an extempore poet and a satirist, Kāḷamēkam (also
known as Kāḷamēka Pulavar; fifteenth century) is widely known for his
taṉippāṭals or ‘self-contained verses’, on a panoply of topics. These
splendid but notoriously provocative verses were composed during a
transitional phase of Tamil literature, by now in deep conversation with
Sanskrit poetics and poetic language, thereby yielding an incredibly rich
and innovative poetry. Kāḷamēkam sings of common people, courtesans, of
gods, of animals, praises them, derides them, and insults them, using
sarcasm, dry wit, and criticism, combined with śleṣas and yamakas, samasyās
and nindāstutis. The Monsoon Cloud seeks to introduce this brilliant poet
and his timeless and influential poetry, while analysing his humour,
worldview, personal values, and devotion.



This book is the second in a series edited by David Shulman, in relation to
the ERC project titled  *The New Ecology of Expressive Modes in Early
Modern South India*. Also from the same series is Shulman’s Introspection
and Insight: South Indian Minds in the Early Modern Era
<https://primusbooks.com/literature/introspection-and-insight-south-indian-minds-in-the-early-modern-era-by-david-shulman/>
.






Best wishes,

Naresh Keerthi


Naresh Keerthi
Head and Assistant Professor
Department of Sanskrit Studies
Ashoka University

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