எழுத்தாளர் அ.முத்துலிங்கம் அவர்களின் ஆரம்ப கால மூன்று சிறுகதைத் தொகுப்புகள் அடங்கியது. வம்ச விருத்தி, வடக்கு வீதி, திகடசக்கரம் ஆகிய தொகுப்புகளில் உள்ள 31 சிறுகதைகள் இதில் இடம்பெறுகின்றன.
Appadurai Muttulingam (Tamil அ. முத்துலிங்கம்) (born 19 January 1937) is a Sri Lankan Tamil author and essayist. His short stories in Tamil have received critical acclaim and won awards in both India and Sri Lanka.
A.Muthulingam is a unique writer in Tamil space. his writings evoke a taste and sense of home coming even in the remote foreign landscapes he writes about. It gives a rare glimpse into diverse cultures and their quirks presented in human side of the affair with familiar and unfamiliar emotions. Good writings offer an experience to Tamil readers similar to what one gets reading Somerset Maugham....
A.Muthulingam is always an author whom i admire. His writings are always informative, interesting, engaging which is a rare combination. Since he has a "migrated" life (due to srilankan tamil genocide), experiences about such lives opens up endless possibilities of story set-up of different countries, people, culture etc..his knowledge on hindu mythology and tamil sangam/spritual literature is awesome. Nevertheless he is "modern" & progressive in his thoughts. Don't miss this guy..he is just awesome!