ஒரு காவிரியைப் போல…

by Lakshmi Thiripurasundari

'Oru Kaveriyai Pole' is based mainly on the encounters of a South African-born Indian girl, who visits India and is treated to a chain of ordeals which impairs her visit around her native country and people. This novel has been acclaimed as one of the best contemporary novels in modern Tamil Literature, for its realism, narrative power, artistic presentation and deep insight into the life of Tamils in South Africa. It won the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1984.

395 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 1984

About the author

Lakshmi (Tamil: லட்சுமி), is the pseudonym of S. Thiripurasundari. She was born in Thottiyam in Tamil Nadu. She was schooled at Thottiyam, Musiri and Holy Cross School, Trichy. She studied in Stanley Medical College and became a medical doctor. She began publishing short stories in Ananda Vikatan while still at college. She used "Lakshmi" as her pseudonym. Her first short story to be published was 'Thagunda thandanaya?' (lit. An apt punishment?). Her first novel to be published was Bhavani. After completing her medical education, she practiced at Chennai. She married Kannabiran in 1955 and moved to South Africa, where she lived for the next twenty two years. Her husband died in 1966. She returned to India in 1977 and took up full-time writing. She died in 1987.

Thiripurasundari was a prolific writer who has published hundreds of short stories and novels. Her novels Penn manam and Mithila Vilas were awarded the Tamil Valarchi Kazhagam price. In 1984, she was awarded the Sahitya Academy Award for Tamil for her novel Oru Kaveriyai pola (lit. Like the river Kaveri). Her Kanchanaiyin Kanavu and Penn Manam and Sooryakandham, three among her best works were made into Tamil films - Kanchana (1952) and Iruvar Ullam (1963). Most of her works were based on family issues. In 2009, when the Government of Tamil Nadu offered to nationalise her works, her legal heirs refused the offer.

She received Tamil Valarchi Kazhagam award for Penn manam and Mithila Vilas.

Reviews

[Aruna Arriane · Rating 2 out of 5]

ஆப்பிரிக்காவில் வாழும் ஒரு தமிழ் குடும்பம். அவங்களுக்கு அங்கேயே பிறந்த, தமிழ் கலாச்சாரத்தோடு வளர்க்கப்பட்ட ஒரு பெண். ஒரு பிரச்சனையினால காவேரி இந்தியாவிற்கு வந்துடுறா. இந்திய மண்ணில் அந்தப் பெண்ணின் அனுபவம்தான் இக்கதை. இந்த நாவல் ஒரு சாதாரண கதைதான். இதற்கு எதற்காக சாஹித்திய அகாடமி விருது கொடுத்தாங்கன்னுதான் இன்னமும் யோசிக்கிறேன்.

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[MurugaMullai Subbiah · Rating 2 out of 5]

The heroine is not street smart. Her character is very independent initially and then she becomes innocent believing everyone and gives everything to someone whom she does not know. I dont think anyone who travels to a different country will be really this dumb.

[UshaRani]

This Novel was a weekly episode in one of the famous Tamil Magazine, when i was a young girl. This Novel helped redesign my life and taught me many future lessons at a prior time.

[Nandhini · Rating 4 out of 5]

It is a very good book