Countdown To Suicide
- 2010 Madhorubhagan, a novel, is published
- 2013 Its English translation, One Part Woman, comes out
- Dec 26, 2014 Fringe groups and the RSS protest. The Kongu Vellala Gounder community, to which Murugan belongs, joins the protesters, saying his portrayal of Gounders is defamatory.
- Dec 28, 2014 Protests turn to a call for ban on the book.
- Jan 7, 2015 Murugan meets community members, agrees to drop references to where novel is set. But the call for the ban continues.
- Jan 13 Murugan announces on Facebook that ‘Perumal Murugan the writer is dead.’
- Jan 20 Progressive Writers and Artists Association moves Madras High Court in support of Murugan.
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