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Book Review
TAMIL
Pan-Indian fiction
P. SUNDARESAN
PIRAMOZHIKKATHAIGAL: Pinnalur Mu. Vivekanandan; Pasupathi Nilayam, 21, Lokanathan Nagar II Street, Choolaimedu, Chennai-600094. Rs. 60.
THIS WIDE spectrum of short stories from all over India in translation brings before the mind’s eye the contemplated interlinking of rivers. Except Pudumaippithan’s Saapa Vimochanam — an adaptation from the Ramayana — reproduced verbatim, the fidelity of the translation into Tamil is perceptible in the rest of the 25 stories representing various languages across the country. The English version of the Sahitya Akademi publications facilitated the project.
A trend which threatened the very fabric of society by the traditional house-to-house collection of human excreta set against the will of one from a revolutionary younger generation is captured in a story. Shyster politicians who make a mockery of democracy and the supreme sacrifice for the cause of Hindu-Muslim unity make two distinct stories.
Some other storylines : life’s little ironies; the heavy death toll in the Kargil war; poverty is a bad guard for chastity; wild goose chase; the yoke of imperialism; confluence of social factors; salutary lesson; nasty rumours; harsh realities of life; creative thinking; generation gap; deliberate cruelty of words that cut a poverty-stricken chap like a knife, and the winning spurs on the human brain. The book is dedicated to the memory of Pudumaippithan by way of commemorating his birth centenary.
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