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sivagamiyin sabatham
I am not answerable to nincompoops like you and I am exiting this forum full of persons who are on their own ego trips. Good bye.

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sivagamiyin sabatham
Hi, I absolutely agree with Malathi. Some members are bent upon insulting not only our intelligence but more importantly that of the late Kalki whose writings have stood the test of time. I term their comments as "sooriyanai paarthu naai kul…

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sivagamiyin sabatham
Hi all,, Sivaji was a great fan of SS and in a cine special brought out by Kalki so many years ago had mentioned about Kalki's description of Pulikesi in rapturous details. He had also mentioned about the role of Muthaiyan of "Kalvanin …

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Nandini's father
Hi, I don't think Kalki had slipped up as has been repeatedly alleged by Mr Venkat. In fact in a chapter close to the end of the magnum opus he has explained why Nandini had called veerapandiyan as his lover, to incite karikalan and do a drea…

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Thillana Mohanambal
Hi all, I have said in my previous post that I had purchased TM by Palaniappa Bros. a few years ago and still possess it, but like many of my posts in this forum it has been drowned by an avalanche of responses (at least four per person at one tim…

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Thillana Mohanambal
Hi, Thillana Mohanambal was available till recently and I have a copy at home from the last edition of Palaniappa Bros. It's one of my all-time favourites mainly because of the way Tamil and "isai" are blended in Kalaimani's wr…

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vantiyathevan
Hi, Isn't it wonderful that we are discussing about a novel in such detail after almost six decades of its publishing history as a serial in a mag. That's the tribute to the lasting nature of Kalki's writing which many jealous writ…

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vantiyathevan
Hi, If at all anyone is made to resemble his 'guru' Rajaji, it's Mudal Manthiri Aniruddar and not azhvarkadiyan. Azhvarkadiyan is described, albeit in his (Vanthiathevan's) own thoughts, as parambarai otran because of the calm …

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Aryan Dravidan Theory
Hi all, For some time at least I have felt this forum is losing its way and instead of discussing PS has been concentrating on extraneous matters, often becoming boring. I may be in the minority, but want to still pen my feelings. Why not bring …

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arthur clarke
Hi all, Didn't the famous sci-fi movie of Stanley Kubrick "2001 A Space Odyssey" based on Arthur C Clarke's novel? It's considered a landmark movie of this genre. Ramaswamy

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did kalki visit ajanta
Hi, Kalki did visit Ajanta caves and that's why we get first hand info on the vagora river flowing down the valley. One can see the river from the top. I had seen the caves about ten years ago on a visit to Aurangabad. Unfortunately could not…

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sujatha- info
Hi, In the death of Sujatha we have lost a very fine multi-faceted writer who had enthralled the readers since the 1960s. If I am not wrong he started with a bang with his first novel itself in Kumduam, 'Nylon Kayiru', a murder mystery w…

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AK's MADEVI
Hi, If you remember the first part of PS when VD is in Chinna Pazhuvettarayar's "maaligai", he comes across drawings of various latter chola kings starting with Vijayalaya. There Kalki mentions that corajakesari and copparakesari ti…

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The song that waited for 1600 years
Hi, In the film Poompuhar (starring SSR) there's a song starting as "Ponnaal ithu pole varuma inimele" in which the lyricist has used words of Silappadikaram" such as "maasaru ponne, valamburi mutthe, kaasaru vidaye, karum…

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the women and the throne
Hi all, yes, Parthibhan Kanavu was novelised first, but it's wrong to say he did not have SK outlines. In fact it was a radio drama in Tiruchi station before PK was novelised. In that radio drama there was no Naganandi.

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nandhini again
Hi all. I am reading the very interesting discussions going on for long in this thread and feel like penning my own two-paise views on them. First of all the characterisation of Vaanathi. I feel Kalki has introduced a soft character like her and…

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Help needed-chennai book fair 2008
Hi all, Further to my earlier mail can someone who visits the fair find out whether Kalaimani's (Kothamangalam Subbu) novel "Raobahadur Singaram" is in print. I think Pazhaniyappa Bros. would be the publishers. Ramaswamy

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Help needed-chennai book fair 2008
Hi all, My fav. of Devan's are: CID Chandru, Miss Janaki, Gomathiyin Kaadalan (also made into a movie) and Sriman Sudarsanam. Ramaswamy

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kothamangalam subbu's chola novel
Hi all, Your explanation accepted, Mr Venkat. Now some more abt Subbu. Kindly try and read the Thillana Mohambal novel. It certainly drags towards the end but I had been told that it was so populkar at that time that ananda vikatan proprietor Va…

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kothamangalam subbu's chola novel

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Hail Kaveri !!! Kaviriyin Perumaigal....
Hi, In the film Poompuhar there is a song about kaveri "kaviri penne vaazhga, un kaadalan sozha vendanum vaazhga". Ramaswamy

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Whose LOVE is THE greatest - Yaarudaya kadhal anaithayum vida uyarnthathu?
Hi, According to me the love Manimekalai showers on VD is the greatest. She even goes to the extent of declaring she killed Aditha Karikalan to save VD. There's no selfishness in it. Nothing else is comparable to this. Manimekalai is a great …

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native places in ponniyin selvan
Hi, You have forgotten Vallam of Vandiyathevan. Ramaswamy

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Any statue of RRC or RC
Hi, Read the Bhavan's piece, and felt ignorance of the freedom movement in the south is very much prevalent after so many years. They have not heard of Tiruppur Kumaran and Va vu si is dismissed in one or two sentences. He may not have shot him…

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Krishna Jayanthi / Sri Jayanthi / Jenmashtami wishes to all
Hi all, Happy Gokulashtami to all the PS members. The festival also gets mention in PS, in the first part, and even helps our hero VD to enter Pazhayarai by hoodwinking Pazhuvettarayar's men who are on the look-out for him after his grand esc…

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LOVE & TERROR
Hi, Shades of Kalvanin Kathali of Kalki, don't you feel? Ramaswamy

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Criticisms on PS
Hi all, I am truly amazed by Mr Sandeep's posting. Is it true that even in South India the South Indian history is dismissed in just two pages. I thought it's the situation only in north, west and east of the country. Why didn't …

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Criticisms on PS
Hi, I know whom is Asokamitran and have read his novel "pathittavadu atchakkodu" too. I am not questioning his literary standing in Tamil, but only his view that Kalki's writings are escapist. Like Venkatesh said someone's pois…

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Criticisms on PS
Hi, The criticism that Kali's writings and historical romances are escapist fares are nothing new. They are age-old. But my point is who are guys like asokamitran to decide on the literary status of a novel. It's upto the readers to decid…

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Parthiban Kanavu
Hi all, I agree all these movies with Sarojadevi as heroine pre-dated Parthiban Kanavu's release but my contention is that the latter must have been on the starting blocks when she was a small-time actress. Remember Waheeda Rehman who became …

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