“We need literary connoisseurs”
“We need literary connoisseurs” We need literary connoisseurs to bring to light the influential writers, their works in the country, and that is what is lacking, said Jeyamohan, one of the most influential cotemporary Tamil writer. It was a short encounter, but Jeyamohan as he does with his writings was clear, starighforward and forceful in the points he made. It is shocking level of ignorance that exists about Indian language writers – JeMo talked about the instance of The Hindu publishing a small obituary on La.Sa.Ramamritham with a wrong photo. How are the speakers, panellists chosen for the literary festivals, seminars or awards in this country? As most of us are aware, it is just a small coterie that decides, and wields influence. Who decides on a Jnanapith Awardee, it is the politicians and the powerful, not the quality, calibre of the writer, author. We need to create a group of people, literary connoisseurs who can write, bring out the names of the most influentia...