Video Mariamman and Other Stories
Imayam
Translated by Padma Narayanan
The 14 short stories in this collection include ones about a girl from a family of magicians who was abducted as an adolescent; the death of a music prodigy; a brewing riot involving an idol procession and the ways casteism is embedded into daily interactions. This translation of Imayam’s 2008 collection explores caste, death, love, music and patriarchy and how they play out in rural Tamil Nadu.