In her latest book-length essay, The Orders Were to Rape You, she writes about growing up during the Sri Lankan Civil War, which lasted from 1983 to 2009 and involved the violent persecution of Sri Lankan Tamils, including many state-supported anti-Tamil pogroms, the designation of Sinhala as the sole official language of the state, and the unreported rape, torture, and disappearance of Tamils. Her work as an activist has made her no stranger to trolls and threats. Her work is an active resistance against gender- and caste-based violence, and she describes her writing process as taking things that “rattle her” and “smuggling them into English.” Much of her recent focus has been on dismantling Hindutva, the hard-line right-wing rule of the Bharatiya Janta Party in India. Thirumavalavan, writer Salma, Tamil Eelam poets, and many more. She started translating at the age of eighteen and has worked on speeches and writings by activist and politician Thol. Chennai-born Meena Kandasamy is an award-winning novelist and poet, best known for her book When I Hit You.
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