A R Venkatachalapathy is an Indian historian, author and translator who writes and publishes in Tamil and English. Currently he is a professor at the Madras Institute of Development Studies (MIDS). He is noted for collecting and publishing the works of Tamil writer Pudhumaipithan.[1][2][3][4][5][6]
Education
Venkatachalapathy obtained his B.Com degree from University of Madras in 1987 and his MA in History from Madurai Kamaraj University in 1989. He received his PhD in History from Jawaharlal Nehru University in 1995.[1] His dissertation was titled "A Social History of Tamil Publishing, (1850–1938)".[7]
Career
Venkatachalapathy worked in the History Department of Manonmaniam Sundaranar University from 1995 to 2000 and that of University of Madras from 2000 to 2001. Since June 2001, he has been a faculty member of the Madras Institute of Development Studies (MIDS). His main areas of research are social and cultural history of colonial Tamil Nadu.[1] He is best known for collecting and publishing the works of Tamil writer Pudhumaipithan in 2000. In 2000, he published his most noted work Andha kaalathil kaapi illai (Kalachuvadu) in Tamil. Later he published an English Version – In Those Days There Was No Coffee, (Yoda Press, 2006). He currently serves in the advisory board of the Tamil iyal virudhu, an annual award given by Tamil Literary Garden, a Canada-based organisation.[8] He is regularly involved in 'The Hindu Literary Festival' (The Hindu Lit for Life) annual events as a speaker, interviewer, resource person etc.[9] He also reviews books in The Hindu.[10][11] In 2007, he was awarded the V. K. R. V. Rao prize in Social Science Research. He also writes columns for The Hindu, Frontline, Outlook, India Today, Dinamalar and Kalachuvadu magazine.[12][13][14][15][16][17]
Awards and fellowships
- Visiting Fellow, Template:Ill, Paris (1996).
- Visiting Fellow, Indo-French Cultural Exchange Programme, Template:Ill, Paris (1997–1998).
- Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of South Asian Languages and Civilizations, University of Chicago (1999).
- UPE Visiting Fellow, University of Hyderabad (2005).
- Charles Wallace Visiting Fellow, Centre of South Asian Studies, University of Cambridge (2006).[1]
- V. K. R. V. Rao prize in Social Science Research (2007)
Bibliography
Books in English
- (trans.) Sundara Ramaswamy's J.J : Some Jottings, New Delhi : Katha (2003)[18]
- (ed.) A. K. Chettiar, In the Tracks of the Mahatma: The Making of a Documentary, Hyderabad: Orient Longman (2006)[19]
- In Those Days There Was No Coffee: Writings in Cultural History, New Delhi: Yoda Press (2006)[20]
- (ed.) Chennai, Not Madras: Perspectives on the City, Mumbai: Marg (2006)[21]
- Kalaikkalanjiyam: the making of the Tamil encyclopaedia, 1947–1968, Centre of South Asian Studies, University of Cambridge (2007)
- (ed.) Love Stands Alone: Selections from Tamil Sangam Poetry (translated by M. L. Thangappa), New Delhi: Penguin Books (2010)[22]
Books in Tamil
- (ed.) Pudumaippithan Kathaigal (first volume of chronological and variorum edition of the complete works of Pudumaippithan), Nagercoil (2000)
- Andha Kalathil Kappi Illai Muthalana Aaivu Katturaigal (collection of research papers on Tamil cultural history), Nagercoil: Kalachuvadu Pathippagam (2000)
- (ed.) Pudumaippithan Katturaigal (second volume of chronological and variorum edition of the complete works of Pudumaippithan), Nagercoil (2002)
- Novelum Vasippum: Oru Varalattru Parvai (Early Novels and Reading Practices: A Historical View), Nagercoil (2002).
- A.K.Chettiar, Annal Adichuvattil (The making of the documentary, Mahatma Gandhi), Nagercoil: Kalachuvadu Pathippagam (2003).
- Mullai: Oar Arimugam, Chennai: Mullai Pathippagam (2004)
- (ed.) Pudumaippithan Mozhipeyarppukal (third volume of the chronological and variorum edition of the complete works of Pudumaippithan), Nagercoil (2006)
- Mucchanthi Ilakkiyam (Popular Literature in Colonial Tamil Nadu), Nagercoil (2004)
- (ed.), Bharatiyin 'Vijaya' Katturaigal, Nagercoil: Kalachuvadu Pathippagam (2004).
- (trans.) Thuyarmiku Varikalai Indriravu Nan Ezhutalam (Tamil Translation of Pablo Neruda), Nagercoil: Kalachuvadu Pathippagam (2005)
- (trans.) Varalaarum Karuthiyalum (Tamil translation of Past and Prejudice by Romila Thapar), Delhi: National Book Trust (2008)
- (trans.) Bharati Karuvoolam: Hindu Nalithalil Bharatiyin Eluthukal, Nagercoil: Kalachuvadu Pathippagam (2008)
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Chalapathy – Biography. Retrieved 20 October 2009.
- ↑ Little known Tamil scholars 5: A. R. Venkatachalapathy, Ramanathan, Mu(19 March 2009). Retrieved 3 February 2010.
- ↑ Early views of nationalist-poet Subramania Bharati. The Hindu(30 March 2008). Retrieved 3 February 2010.
- ↑ GANDHI IN ORISSA – Remembering the most remarkable Indian of modern times, Guha, Ramachandra(2 February 2008). Retrieved 3 February 2010.
- ↑ [{{{url}}} Thedi piditha Tamilar (Interview with Venkatachalapathy)](21 October 2009).
- ↑ Template:Cite video
- ↑ In Those Days There was No Coffee: Writings in Cultural History{{#if:Vēṅkaṭācalapati|, Vēṅkaṭācalapati}. Yoda Press(2006). ISBN 8190227270
- ↑ Judges: Advisory board for Awards Panel. Retrieved 11 February 2010.
- ↑ SPEAKERS 2018 – The Hindu LFL, A. R. Venkatachalapathy. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
- ↑ Understanding Hinduism. The Hindu(30 March 2010). Retrieved 5 April 2010.
- ↑ Window on pioneering cartoons. The Hindu(16 October 2007). Retrieved 5 April 2010.
- ↑ V K R V Rao Prizes in Social Science Research. Retrieved 5 April 2010.
- ↑ The rise and fall of the bilingual intellectual, Guha, Ramachandra(7 November 2004). Retrieved 4 February 2010.
- ↑ Tamil Is Far Older, Anand, S(12 July 2004). Retrieved 4 February 2010.
- ↑ A R Venkatachalapathy(27 August 2008). Retrieved 4 February 2010.
- ↑ Net search throws up documentary on Gandhi. The Hindu(23 December 2005). Retrieved 4 February 2010.
- ↑ Bharati's Tamil daily Vijaya traced in Paris. The Hindu(5 December 2004). Retrieved 6 April 2010.
- ↑ The Great Indian Novel, Dasgupta-Mahadevan, Uma. Retrieved 5 April 2010.
- ↑ Documentary on Gandhiji. The Hindu(20 March 2007). Retrieved 5 April 2010.
- ↑ The Kaapi Cats, Shiv Viswanathan(3 April 2006). Retrieved 5 April 2010.
- ↑ Madras to Chennai, S. Theodore Baskaran(16 December 2006). Retrieved 5 April 2010.
- ↑ When the bees sing. The Hindu(7 March 2010). Retrieved 5 April 2010.