Watch: Language not a barrier for collaboration on graphic novel adaptation of Vaadivasal: Perumal Murugan

2026-01-27 - 12:33

Ramya Kannan, The Hindu’s Health Editor and the Tamil Nadu bureau chief was in conversation with Perumal Murugan and Appupen at the The Hindu’s Lit for Life 2026. Noted Tamil writer Perumal Murugan, who collaborated with illustrator and graphic novelist Appupen to adapt C.S. Chellappa’s novel Vaadivasal into a graphic novel, said that language was not a barrier to their partnership.