Meet Tharaniga Rajah
She herself writes about her stay:
"There's something about the energies in Sokndal, at least I think so. I'm drawn to it in the same way that the tide doesn't pound against the skerries along the coast here. It's quiet, there's a storm, and sometimes the wind blows at hurricane force. It feels like the house is going to fall on your head. I don't go out and feel the wind. After all, I'm from Moi and I've grown up with storms and hardship, I've missed it, I know it's completely safe. So I'm sitting inside writing my next novel."
Photo © Hanna Biørnstad and Tharaniga Rajah
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Tharaniga Rajah is a Tamil author from Moi. She made her debut in 2018 with the novel Det er lenge til skumring (It's a long time until dusk ) to good reviews and a nomination for the P2 listeners' novel prize. Rajah has studied Asian and African Studies and Linguistics, sits on the board of the Norwegian Writers' Center and is a guest lecturer in Literary Design at the University of Gothenburg.