If i tried I could... but it would take me a few months! I would love to but time's hard to get by these days... so i stuck with the English version. I got the English versions from India. I've been collecting them as they came out for the past 3-4 years. Everytime someone I knew went to India i asked them to bring back the next one in the series. I finally got the last two when my mother went to India last December. They're wonderful but I would love to read them in Tamizh. Maybe my senior summer! ranjini
Ah but his what I saw on tfm. I thought that the description "Rajni like character" was too funny.
-Hi,
I just finished "Kadal Pura" by Sandilyan and wanted to get some views on what others think of it. Someone on this forum recommended Kadal Pura as a great historical novel. I think I would have to disagree.
A historical novel is one which not only is set in historical times but also is built upon a series of historical events. Moreover, it also ought to comment upon the social melieu of those times. Sadly, Kadal pura was a huge disappointment in those terms. Although, the setting was historical and a couple of main characters were, almost none of the events had any historical basis.
It almost seemed at times like it was a Rajnikanth movie with its larger than life hero Karunakara Pallavan doing amazing deeds.
Ponniyin Selvan on the other hand was a joy to read. It discussed the political/social situation in the country... discussed the historical aspects.. with a lot of vivid imagination thrown in to boot.
I would love to hear comments from other people who have read both the books.
I think Sandilyan and Kalki are both good writers.. But Sandilyan's novels kinda get repetitive. One thing is sure though Kalki's novels are for all kinds of readers, but Sandilyan's skewed more towards adults.. My cricketmates (who're all very elder to me) used to tease me when I told them I read "Vijaya mahadevi" in Kumudam when I was studying 6'th standard..
I don't know about the historicl correctness of his novels.. They are mostly centred around battles and sieges. So you can find various plots used by the hero and the villain gang.. Infact "Kadal pura" is very good in the sense that it talks about the old Tamil navy.. Definitely there is no lack of vivid imagination on Sandilyan's part too...
PS is more on Land that's why u r having more evidence and "kadal pura" is mostly on sea.. how u can expect more evidene to prove that.. if u travel to Malaysia and other islands near to that adn if u look into their history there is a strong evidence on that.
PS is more on our zone so we know more abt the historic base.. See kadal pura is not only Karunakara pallavan.. it is a combination of "Anabaya Choozan" and "Karunakara pallavan" like our "Arulmozhi" and "Vandhiyathevan"(frndship)...
> > It almost seemed at times like it was a Rajnikanth movie with its > larger than life hero Karunakara Pallavan doing amazing deeds. >
I will disagree on that.. see how much our people know more on technology point.. constructing a ship..
and the highlighted names below are all our group members who proof read the whole manuscript three times between us.
I think Pavi,Ram,Latha and Sathya deserve a big Cheers for that.
Acknowledgements:
Proof-reading: Mr. S. Anbumani, Mr. N.D. Logasundaram, Mr. Narayanan Govindarajan, Ms. Pavithra Srinivasan, Mr. Ramachandran Mahadevan, Ms. Sathya, Mr. Sreeram Krishnamoorthy, Dr. Sridhar Rathinam, Mrs. Srilatha Rajagopal, Mr. Vinoth Jagannathan Web version: Mr. S. Anbumani, Blacksburg, Virginia, USA
Thanks! Can you let me know which of you guys I can contact for suggestions(for travel in Cholaland)?
Under 15? No such luck, I wish I were :) I am well above 15! I grew up in Malluland, so never learnt Tamil in school - learnt to read and write at home, so it takes me a while to read. As for PS, I couldn't stand my slow-as-a-snail reading as the story was moving too fast, so I switched to English. And yes, I think its great that its out in English as non-Tamilians can also read it now. Recently I got some of my non-Tamilian friends to read it(they love 'The Lord of the Rings', so I figured it stands to reason they would like PS too) and they all love it!