ethnicity and nationalism, to religion, diaspora, love and community. Together they have drawn from and reshaped the Tamil literary tradition, urging the reader to look at the past and present in new and important ways. All three poets, namely, R. Cheran, V.I.S. Jayapalan and Puthuvai Ratnathurai have confronted the reality of Sri Lankan violence, displacement, and struggle in different ways, but reading them together reveals both connections and differences.

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