Dear Jeyakumar I agree and Disagree with you on your statement. You ll appreciate maniams drawing if ou have read the book as a no picture book the difference the charectors make... We had a debate as to who gave more life to Kalkis charectors Maniam or Vinu..If you look at Vinus pictures they are better But Vinu improvised on maniams image( Gokul S )where as Maniam created each chaector anfd gave them a various feature Like Nandhinis Aandal Kodai,Pazhvettarayars Big Thalaipaagai,Chinna Pazhuvettarayars meesai, so on and so forth.....
People are reluctant to picturose PS because Everyone has a mental image of Kalkis charectors
So Maniam gave life and immmortality to the Charectors Kalki created