Lock-up: Jottings Of An Ordinary Man

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Lock-Up is a stunning debut novel by M. Chandrakumar, inspired by his own life experiences. The author spent two weeks in jail after being wrongly accused of a crime, and those days fueled this searingly honest and intense novel. Chandrakumar exposes the injustices faced by marginalized communities at the hands of the authorities, prompting readers to confront difficult questions about society. Originally published in Tamil, Lock-Up received the Best Document of Human Rights’ Award. The novel served as the basis for the film Visaranai, which won the Best Feature Film in Tamil at the 63rd National Film Awards, premiered at the 72nd Venice International Film Festival, and was India’s official entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 89th Academy Awards. Lock-Up is a powerful and essential read, offering a revealing commentary on a world often overlooked.

About the Author

M. Chandrakumar was born in 1962 in Coimbatore. He studied up to the 10th standard and now principally identifies himself as an auto rickshaw-driver. His participation in the National Cycle Tourney, the 3,300-km Peace Ride and the prestigious meeting with then President Shankar Dayal Sharma in 1994 are just some of his many achievements. Chandrakumar is interested in wildlife and trekking and is also an indefatigable enthusiast of karate and kung fu. He is an exponent of defensive martial arts such as Silambam and Curl-Sword and takes pride in teaching these disciplines in their traditional format. In addition to holding office as the President of the Labour Union in Kovai, he is also a human rights activist and a former member of the Indian Communist Party (District Committee). Lock-Up is his debut novel. Pavithra Srinivasan is a writer, journalist, artist, translator, columnist and editor – not necessarily in that order. She has to her credit a collection of historical short-stories for young adults, Little-Known Tales from Well-Known Times: Back to the BCs (Helios Books, 2012); two historical novellas, Swords and Shadows and I, Harshavardhana (Pustaka Digital Media, 2016); the translation of Kalki’s epic historicals Sivakamiyin Sabadham (Helios Books, 2012, Tranquebar Press, 2015) and Ponniyin Selvan (Tranquebar Press, 2014). She has translated Jeffrey Archer’s short story collection into Tamil (Mudivil oru Thiruppam; Westland, 2009) as well as Amish’s acclaimed Shiva Trilogy (Westland, 2014, 2015) and Scion of Ikshvaku (Westland, 2016).

9789386224408 ISBN
Classic Fiction
Literature & Fiction