Anauthentic literary study or studies on Writing in Thamil, especially onSri Lankan Contemporary Thamil Literature remains to be written. Even forthat matter,  an unbiased History of Thamil Literature in Sri Lankais yet to be chronicled. This is my sincere view. Whatever that had beenwritten so far from time to time, in various forms, are intrinsically biased.In such a context, I strongly feel that the contributions K.S.Sivakumaran,a bilingual (Thamil / English)  writer, poet  and critic/columnisthas made continuously for the past half a century or so deserves to beassessed in the right dimensions. 

More than his creative writingand translations, he is widely known as a literary critic ( although, hecalls himself a mere literary columnist). As far as I know his articles,reviews, criticism and other pieces of writing, especially on Sri LankanThamil Literature  and also on the Film as an Art Form and the Theatre,and the Media are, in fact, records of the growth of Lankan Thamil Literatureseen from an impartial and balanced view.. 

His books alone ( more than12 ) are a testimony to this important fact. He is an indefatigable anduntiring literary personality we have in our midst. He is 67 years old. 

Readers in both Thamil andEnglish will remember him as an unbiased and balanced literary critic HisTamil Writing in Sri Lanka ( 1974) and Aspects of Culture in Sri Lanka- Le Roy Robinson in Conversation with K.S.Sivakumaran (1989) remain theonly  two books in English on Lankan Thamil Literature to this date..History, I am certain, will  record his indispensability  andusefulness in the field of contemporary Thamil literature.

Like other Sri Lankans inthe calibre of Es Po,  and Agasthiyar, K. S. Sivakumaran also engagesin writing actively on foreign soils. Even his broadcasts in Englsh andThamil on the arts and literature were applauded by many listeners. Forhis impartiality, he was invited to compile and present a weekly programmeon the arts - English, Sinhala and Thamil - over the Sri Lanka BroadcastingCorporation

We have pleasure and privilegein adorning  K.S. Sivakumaran's contributions in English on Thamil Literature, in our editions.

Editor:  Pathivukal 

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Yaalpaanam in undaunted environs
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PANUVAL: A JOURNAL IN THAMILIN QUEST FOR SOCIAL AND CULTURAL ASPECTS!...enter
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WOMEN ALL THE WAY!
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Remembering the Past! 
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12 Centuries of Sinhala Poetry!
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Kamalaharan: a new creativewriter in English!
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Let's Begin Clean! by K.S.Sivakumaran.....enter 
K.Kailasapathy on AnandaCoomaraswamy!...enter

From Celluloid to DigitalFilm Making!
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A Miscellany of Events! byK.S. Sivakumaran
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Karthigesu Sivathamby: LankanScholar with International Recognition!...enter

Nihal de Silva: a loss to Writing in English! - by K.S.Sivakumaran -.Read More

A.J.Canagaratna's demise created a vaccum in Lankan Thamil Literature! by K.S.Sivakumaran..enter

An Affaire & Liaison with the Canadian Visa Counter! 

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Karthigesu Sivathamby: Mighty Intellectual!
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