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Forerunner of Tamil Dalit literature and Chronicler of ‘Karisal Bhoomi’, Akademi award-winning Poomani passes away

PEOPLE TN WRITER DIED
Chennai, July (UNI) A forerunner of Dalit literature in Tamil and one of the most celebrated chroniclers of ‘karisal bhoomi’, the arid
rain-shadow region with black cotton soil of southern Tamil Nadu, Sahitya Akademi award-winning author Poomani passed away late
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