Raman is a college student who prides himself on being an intellectual misfit. Striving to liberate himself from life's ordinariness, he doesn't mind wearing the label of 'crack' or 'madman'. His life takes a turn when he meets Hema, a fellow student. His fascination with Hema and her mother - whom he imagines as Surpanakha from the Ramayana - causes conflicting feelings of attraction and suspicion.

Asuraganam is a vivid kaleidoscope of emotions coursing through the mind and heart of an eighteen-year-old who confronts the reality of being different, even as he sees the comfort in conforming. Will Raman continue to remain the maverick, as he likes to see himself, or will he find a happy balance of the conventional and the radical?

K.N. Subramaniam (31 January 1912-18 December 1988), popularly known as Ka Na Su, was an acclaimed Tamil writer, poet, critic and translator. Born in Valangaiman in Thanjavur district, he came into the literary scene with his novel Poithevu in 1946. He is the author of numerous novels, short stories and books of criticism. He is also a translator. In 1986, he was awarded the Sahitya Akademi Award for Tamil for his literary criticism Ilakkiyathukku oru Iyakkam (A Movement for Literature).

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