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- C. S. Lakshmi (born 1944) is an Indian feminist writer and independent researcher in women's studies from India. She writes under the pseudonym Ambai.
C. S. Lakshmi (born 1944) is an Indian feminist writer and independent researcher in women's studies from India. She writes under the pseudonym Ambai.
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Ambai was born in 1944 as C.S. Lakshmi in Coimbatore and grew up in Bangalore. She received her bachelor’s degree from Madras Christian College and holds a master’s degree in History.
She holds a PhD (American Studies) from Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi. She started working as a school teacher and a college lecturer in Tamil Nadu after her education. In 1976, she married Vishnu Mathur, a documentary filmmaker. They have two adopted children.
Ambai talks about choosing the pen name Ambai in an article in the 2013 Diwali special edition of the magazine Amudhasurabi, "I do not want my pen name to be Lakshmi because all the babies born on a Friday are named Lakshmi. In Devan's novel Parvatiyin Sangalpam, Parvati, a woman abandoned by her husband, decides to use the name Ambai when she begi...
Ambai has written articles for various journals and news magazines such as The Hindu, The Economic and Political Weekly and The Times of India under the name C.S. Lakshmi.
She is one of the founders and organizers of SPARROW(Sound and Picture Archives for Research on Women), an organization that documents the oral data and history of women.
"Ambai's short stories can be considered the first expression of a woman's rage in Tamil. She talks about the feminine world where one shoulders the sufferings of the world as her own. Although her works are nuanced, containing artistic beauty, she rationalizes experiences which negatively impacts the emotionality of her storytelling" says writer S...
Thangaraj Enge- DialoguesMudhal Athiyayam- DirectionCanada Tamil Literary Garden- Iyal Award (2008)Sivappu Kazhuthudan Oru Pacchai Paravai- Sahitya Akademi Award (2021)Tata Lifetime Achivement Award 2023Novels
1. Anthimaalai(1966)
Collection of Short Stories
1. Siragugal Muriyum (1976) 2. Veetin Moolaiyil Oru Samaiyalarai (1988) 3. Kaattil Oru Maan (2000) 4. Chakkara Naarkali(Wheelchair) 5. Sanjaari(Traveller) 6. Thanni Adika(Getting Wasted) 7. Vatrum Eriyin Meenkal (2007)(Fishes In A Shriveling Lake) 8. Sivappu Kazhuthudan Oru Pacchai Paravai(Sahitya Akademi Award) 9. Oru Karuppu Silanthiyudan Or Iravu
Children's Novels
1. Nanthimalai Charalile
Oct 7, 2023 · C.S. Lakshmi, the pseudonymous Ambai, who has been writing since she was 16, and is 79 this year, has a body of feminist writing in Tamil that rivals no other. Last week, she was named the...
Sep 4, 2018 · C. S. Lakshmi Biography. C. S. Lakshmi, known by her pseudonym Ambai is a feminist writer belonging to Tamil language. She is also an independent researcher in women's studies in India.
For over 60 years, CS Lakshmi aka Ambai has been telling stories of Indian women, stories of hope and desire, defiance and struggle, of changing societal structures, altered ambitions, as well...
Aug 8, 2014 · Freedom from forgetting | C.S. Lakshmi. A key is thrown down to us from a window on the second floor. “Lock the door on your way up,” we’re told, as the curious face retreats.
Born 1944. For over four decades, the pseudonym for C.S LAKSHMI, has written fiction that reverberates with the ideals of feminism and a sensitive grasp of socio-cultural realities. She has also authored a pioneering research monograph, The Face Behind the Mask: Women in Tamil Literature (1984).
