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Swarnavel Eswaran

Swarnavel Eswaran is a Professor in the Department of English and the School of Journalism at Michigan State University. His documentaries include Nagapattinam: Waves from the Deep (2018), Hmong Memories at the Crossroad (2016), Migrations of Islam (2014), and Unfinished Journey: A City in Transition (2012). His research focuses on Tamil cinema's history, aesthetics, politics, contemporary digital cinema, and concomitant changes. His books include Tamil Cinema Reviews: 1931-1960 (Nizhal, 2020) and Madras Studios: Narrative, Genre, and Ideology in Tamil Cinema (Sage Publications, 2015). His fiction feature Kattumaram (Catamaran, 2019), a collaboration with Mysskin, is currently on the film festival circuit.

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Shadows of the Saturnine: A Comparative Phenomenology ––Swarnavel Eswaran Yun toh har shaam ummeedon mein guzar jaati thi, aaj kuch baat hai jo shaam pe rona aaya. While every sunset is usually buoyed by hope, tonight, a certain wordless sorrow makes me
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A Journey Gone Wrong -Book Review

Book Review: A Journey Gone Wrong Author: Gita Viswanath  Pune: Vishwakarma Publications (January 2022) Gita Viswanath’s recent novel, A Journey Gone Wrong (2022), lives up to the promise of her critically acclaimed first novel, Twice It Happened (2019). Both have significant
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