Kadavulgalin Pallaththaakku

by Sujatha

208 pages, Paperback

About the author

Sujatha was the allonym of the Tamil author S. Rangarajan, Author of over 100 novels, 250 short stories, ten books on science, ten stage plays, and a slim volume of poems. He was one of the most popular authors in Tamil literature, and a regular contributor to topical columns in Tamil periodicals such as Ananda Vikatan, Kumudam and Kalki. He had a wide readership, and served for a brief period as the editor of Kumudam, and has also written screenplays and dialogues for several Tamil movies.

As an engineer, he supervised the design and production of the electronic voting machine (EVM) during his tenure at Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL), a machine which is currently used in elections throughout India. As an author he inspired many authors, including Balakumaran, Madhan.

Reviews

[Selvaratnam Uthaiyashankar · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great set of essays on politics, culture, cinema, etc.

[Harish Sankar · Rating 5 out of 5]

Another feather in the cap of Sujatha's literary works.
Brilliant is the word.
You have to read the article on "Why humans love" and "Go to USA but don't tease India" to understand the sheer genius this man of capable of putting into Thamizh words.
I will never get tired of reading his essays!

[Nandu · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book sujatha brings assortment of many talks. like cinema,disease,books,own travel experience. As usual sujatha has written in his own style intriguing readers thru out the end. Good read

[P. · Rating 5 out of 5]

The best & my most favorite Sujatha title ever.
An awesome anthology stretching across different fields that makes the reading experience so damn fulfilling. Never a dull moment, here.
If you can read Tamil, read this book.

[LakshmiV]

Provides a broad view of the author on various topics including politics, day-to-day life, cinema.
Good collection. Must read attest once.