
Nedra Rodrigo

Nedra Rodrigo
Nedra Rodrigo is the founder of the Tamil Studies Symposium at York University, and the bilingual event series, The Tam Fam Lit Jam. She is a translator, academic, curator of Multi-arts events and a Member of the Board of Directors for the Tamil Community Centre Project. Her published translations include: In the Shadow of the Sword (SAGE Yoda, 2020); His Sacred Army and A Time of Questions, Vols. 1 & 2 of the Devakanthan quintet Prison of Dreams (Mawenzi House 2021). Her essays have been published in Kalam, Briarpatch, C Magazine, Studies in Canadian Literature and Human Rights and the Arts: Essays on Global Asia; and her translations of poetry have appeared in Words and Worlds, Jaggery Lit, Still We Sing: Voices on Violence Against Women and Human Rights and the Arts in Global Asia.
Upcoming Events

October 23, 2021
at 3:30pm
Conversation
Prison of Dreams: Devakanthan
Devakanthan and Nedra Rodrigo
October 23, 2021 at 3:30pm

September 30, 2023
at 8:30pm
Conversation
Tam Fam Lit Jam
Akil Kumarasamy, Nedra Rodrigo, and Priya Guns
September 30, 2023 at 8:30pm

September 30, 2023
at 8:30pm
Conversation
Tam Fam Lit Jam
Akil Kumarasamy, Nedra Rodrigo, and Priya Guns
September 30, 2023 at 8:30pm

October 01, 2022
at 4:30pm
Reading
World in Other Words: Celebrating Toronto’s Tamil Stories
Nedra Rodrigo, Devakanthan, and Geetha Sukumaran
October 01, 2022 at 4:30pm

October 23, 2021
at 3:30pm
Conversation
Prison of Dreams: Devakanthan
Devakanthan and Nedra Rodrigo
October 23, 2021 at 3:30pm