Interviews and talks
9 conversations, in print and on video.
2026
The Hollywood Reporter India · 9 March 2026
Perumal Murugan on His Relationship With Cinema
With Prathyush Parasuraman
Perumal Murugan on His Relationship With Cinema, and Actor Vijay's Political Entry: 'There is Need for an Opposition in TN Politics...'
2024
Deccan Herald · 14 February 2024
I can only write, I am not an activist
A conversation in Tamil at the Jaipur Literature Festival.
2023
Outlook India · 29 December 2023
Storyteller of the sundry: on women, language and the universality of narratives
Le Mauricien · 30 October 2023
In conversation with Perumal Murugan, chronicler of ordinary lives
Scroll.in · 11 October 2023
We are all subject to transplantation: why Fire Bird resonates with readers
With Shree Thaarshini Sriraman
The Federal · 21 March 2023
On language biases, caste and what he plans to write next
When Pyre was longlisted for the International Booker Prize.
2022
The Chakkar · 3 April 2022
It has always been my nature to go against the grain
2020
The Caravan · 26 January 2020
There is a censor within me now
2017
The Wire · 11 November 2017
Threats should not be issued to a writer