• About
    • Instructions for Reading
    • Acknowledgments
    • Content Warnings
    • Cast of Characters
    • Artist Statement
  • Guiding Concepts & Frameworks
    • Lexicon
    • Decolonial Praxis
    • Autoethnography
    • Fictocriticism
  • Kandams
    • Adi
    • Vali
    • Padam
    • Illusio
    • Misability
    • Neethikkathai
    • Conclusions
    • Epilogue
  • Credits
    • References
    • Collaborators
    • How to Cite
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"This is about the body, the mind, the academy, the clinic, time, and pain" © 2022 by Vyshali Manivannan was created in partial fulfillment of the requirements for a Ph.D. in Communication, Information, and Media from Rutgers University and is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 . In loving memory of my Appa, who did not live to see this work finished, and who taught me அறிவுடையார் எல்லா முடையார், arivudaiyar ella mudaiyar, the idea that a person with knowledge has everything.