Anuradha Ramanan

Anuradha Ramanan (அனுராதா ரமணன்) was a Tamil writer, artist and a social activist born in 1947 in Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu. Her grandfather R. Balasubramaniam was an actor who inspired Anuradha to become a writer. Anuradha started her career as an artist before making several unsuccessful attempts to get a job with popular magazines. This prompted her to join Mangai, a Tamil magazine after the editor found her writings very interesting. Anuradha's literary career started in 1977 while working for the magazine.

In a career that spanned over 30 years, Anuradha wrote nearly 800 novels and 1,230 short stories. Her works were mainly centred on family and everyday happenings. One of her early works 'Sirai' (Jail), won a gold medal for the best short

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