A PLACE OF NO IMPORTANCE

On Deepavali day, an alcoholic threatens to kill himself in public by consuming pesticide. Ayyanarpatti is titillated, his family unimpressed. Beginning with the month of Aipasi, Veena Muthuraman tells a story set in each month of the Tamil calendar. As a year unfolds, we get to know Ayyanarpatti: to the world, a small village; for the villagers, the centre of the world.]