Original in Tamil
* Editor’s Note : Brooding Roosters has been previously published in Tamil magazines Thinnai & Thendral, respectively.
Translation in English (1)
Translation in English (2)
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About the translator
Nadhiya Mali can be found on Twitter.
Srini Swaminathan, yet another Engineer from BITS Pilani. Worked in a yet-another-job in the Oilfield for 8 years before giving it up to become a not-yet-another Teacher in a Municipal Primary School in Dharavi as a fellow with TeachForIndia. Is also a long distance runner and cyclist. Loves torturing cameras to capture the truth. Loves torturing technology to take these frozen truths to people. My Facebook profile & Twitter profile.
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tears in my eyes…
Thank you, Sridhar & Nadhiya – I would have missed out on this without the translation.
Such a moving story.
Shridhar – This is a beautiful & touching story to read in Tamil. I hope we get to encounter more soon !
Nadhiya – Thanks for the great translation !
Great story with a powerful message. Loved every bit of the translated version..
Heartening to see a straight person’s perspective changing.. hoping this will be mirrored more and more in society.
Sridhar and Nadhiya, thank you for sharing this story here..
Thanks for the kind words everyone.
Nadhiya – Special thanks for the excellent translation.
Cheers!
Shridhar
I wonder though if the change of heart is brought about only because of the event that happens. Or am I being a cynic?
Nadhiya and Sridhar… please keep writing and translating. These stories make us think and get conversations started… and that’s the whole point of Writers’.
cheers.
@Ruswa : Yes, you are right. The change of heart is because of what happens in the story.
Many straight folks are not familiar with gay people and their relationships. Instead of making an effort to know more and understand them, they assume the worst and develop hate and fear.
Here when the character is pushed by the situation to step out of her comfort zone, she realizes that gay people are not monsters, they are humans like anybody else and we are all the same – gay or straight, our love is all the same.
This is brilliant…can’t stop crying
Thanks Rashmi