Millennium Perspectives On A.K. Ramanujan

A rare embodiment of the Brahminical virtue of learning, a.K. Ramanujan was one of the most prodigious of creative writers that modern India has produced. A polyglot scholar, a colossal translator, a Hardcore linguist, an instinctive folklorist, a bilingual writer par excellence, a discerning critic and above all, the finest English-language poet of India, He had virtually become an `ambassador de letters' At the time of his demise in 1993. A Padmashri winner among several other laurels, Ramanujan was honoured with the prestigious Sahitya Akademi Award on his collected poems by the National Academy of letters in 1999, posthumously. As a writer of Encyclopaedic range and stupendous cultural awareness, Ramanujan invites a collective project for a precise evaluation of his creative virtuosity and millennium perspectives on a.K. Ramanujan in an attempt at appreciating his poetry in its proper context.