Dharman’s stepmother helped with the children, but it became too much for her after the second child was born, according to court documents. Kamalakannan moved with the kids to be closer to her ...

Dharman kept an insulation knife under his thighs, unsure if he was going to hurt himself or his spouse, according to the charges. After their kids had left for school, the woman returned to the ...

Tamil writer Cho. Dharman has won the 2019 Sahitya Akademi Award for his novel Sool, depicting the life of the ordinary people, traditional knowledge, agricultural practices and water management.

Joysree Goswami Mahanta (Assamese), L Birmangol Singh (Manipuri), Cho Dharman (Tamil) and Bandi Narayan Swami (Telugu) will receive the award for their novels. Six authors will get the recognition ...

“The karichan (drongo) were having a serious conversation about something,” says Tamil writer Cho Dharman. He noticed the birds on his usual stroll in Kovilpatti where he lives, and they ...

When Cho Dharman’s ‘Koogai’(The Owl) appeared in Tamil in 2005, the novel threw up disturbing images of the ‘karisal’ (black cotton soil) region of southern Tamil Nadu. CHENNAI ...