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Rajasree Variyar Rajasree Variyar i(8480048 works by)
Born: Established: Bangalore,
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India,
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South Asia, South and East Asia, Asia, ;
Gender: Female
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1 y separately published work icon The Daughters of Madurai Rajasree Variyar , London : Orion , 2023 25993767 2023 single work novel

'Madurai, 1992. A young mother in a poor family, Janani is told she is useless if she can't produce a son - or worse, bears daughters. They let her keep her first baby girl, but the rest are taken away as soon as they are born - murdered before they have a chance to live. The fate of her children has never been in her hands. But Janani can't forget the daughters she was never allowed to love.

'Sydney, 2019. Nila has a secret, one she's been keeping from her parents for far too long. Before she can say anything, her grandfather in India falls ill and she agrees to join her parents on a trip to Madurai - the first in over ten years. Growing up in Australia, Nila knows very little about where she or her family came from, or who they left behind. What she's about to learn will change her forever...' (Publication summary) 
1 Men Don't Cry Rajasree Variyar , 2012 single work short story
— Appears in: Things That Are Found in Trees & Other Stories 2012; (p. 34-50)
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