Perumal Murugan: How Madras High Court gave literature its one part freedom

Perumal Murugan, the acclaimed Tamil author who wrote his literary obituary last year, has been resurrected.

Madras High Court, in a stinging judgment, upheld Murugan’s right to write and publish. An unequivocal observation of how popular societal perceptions cannot become a hindrance in expressing one’s mind is a timely intervention.