Sherwin Rodriguez

Poetry Editor

Sherwin Rodriguez is a writer and translator who lives in Chennai with a couple of friends and a cat that climbed in through the balcony one day and never left. His poetry has been published in multiple journals and one of his translations was shortlisted for the inaugural edition of the Mozhi Translation Prize.

Some of his work

Two Tamil Poems— Mounan Yathrika

March 20, 2024Bitrisa PaulPoetryEnglish,English Translation,Mounan Yathrika,Poem,Poems,Poet,Poetry,Sherwin Rodriguez,Tamil,tamil literature,Tamil Poems,tamil poet,tamil poetry,The Antonym,Translation(1)

TRANSLATED FROM THE TAMIL BY SHERWIN RODRIGUEZ POEM 1Even if, prevailing over all seasons,Summer stands tall over the land,the forest does not know how to run dry.Its waterness is of a thousand forms.Below the…...

Two Tamil poems III— Mounan Yathrika

June 19, 2024Bitrisa PaulPoetryEnglish,English Translation,Mounan Yathrika,Poem,Poems,Poet,Poetry,Sherwin Rodriguez,Tamil,Tamil Poems,tamil poet,tamil poetry,Tamil to English,The Antonym,Translation(0)

TRANSLATED FROM THE TAMIL BY SHERWIN RODRIGUEZ poem 1I was a young hunter then,my feet had not hardened enoughto run after animals.I would shoot catapults at birds,carry prey home.Once, my father left mewith the monitor lizardsand…...

Two Tamil Poems II— Mounan Yathrika

April 17, 2024Bitrisa PaulPoetryEnglish,English Translation,Mounan Yathrika,Poem,Poems,Poet,Poetry,Sherwin Rodriguez,Tamil,Tamil Poems,tamil poet,tamil poetry,Tamil to English,The Antonym,Translation,Two Tamil Poems(0)

TRANSLATED FROM THE TAMIL BY SHERWIN RODRIGUEZ POEM 1In the subdued mode of the adivasi song,there is the sound of water rustling against rock.Somewhere, there is a pool even sunlight hasn’t stepped in;the black mud soaked…...

Three Tamil Poems— Mounan Yathrika

May 24, 2024Bitrisa PaulPoetryEnglish,English Translation,Mounan Yathrika,Poem,Poems,Poet,Poetry,Sherwin Rodriguez,Tamil,Tamil Poems,tamil poet,tamil poetry,Tamil to English,The Antonym,Translation(0)

TRANSLATED FROM THE TAMIL BY SHERWIN RODRIGUEZ poem 1 When roasting meat over a firethe odour of blood must fill your nose.As the heat of the bones burns your tonguebite, tear it apart, and swallow.When…...

A Layered Exploration of an Evocative Sibling Relationship— A Review of Akkaalin Elumbugal

June 29, 2024Bitrisa PaulReviewsAkkaalin Elumbugal,Book review,English,English Translation,Sherwin Rodriguez,The Antonym,Translation,Veyyil(0)

REVIEWED BY SHERWIN RODRIGUEZ Akkaalin Elumbugal, which roughly translates to “Sister’s Remains”, is a poignant and evocative collection of Tamil poetry by Veyyil, exploring the intricate and often painful world of women through the unique…...

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