From death row to award-winning author, C. Selvam expresses remorse, reflects on the families of his victims
Oru Thooku Kaithiyin Vaakumoolam, a prison memoir by death-row convict C. Selvam, is a testament to the transformative power of reading, even on a mind hardened by violence. “I started reading in the early years of my prison life. But I turned my attention to serious literature and novels after we were sentenced to death….