Nedra Rodrigo is the founder of the Tamil Studies Symposium at York University, and the bilingual, inclusive Tamil-centric art space: The Tam Fam Lit Jam. She is a published poet, translator and academic; organizer of community workshops; and curator of cultural
events. Her published translations include the poetry of Cheran, V.I.S. Jayapalan and Puthuvai Ratnathurai in 'Human Rights and the Arts in Global Asia' (Maryland: Lexington Books, Rowman, Littlefield and Brown Publishing Group, 2014 ); ‘In the Shadow of the
Sword’ the Thamizhini memoir (SAGE Yoda Press, 2020); and ‘His Sacred Army’ and 'A Time of Questions' the first two volumes of the Kanavucirai quintet by Devakanthan (Mawenzi House, June 2021).
