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Criticisms on PS
In a preface to one of his novels, Sandilyan wrote " what literature is will be decided by future generations, for now let us help make books." How true! =============================== True said. Kalki's writings were targeted for …

Comment by sivaram_sk August 2007 permalink
Parthiban Kanavu
Hey, > Kalki shows these to highlight the naive/immaturity of the young > vikraman to compare against the battlehardened wisdom of mamallar. > however, i still feel kalki failed to elevate vikraman, even after > his triumpant return…

Comment by sivaram_sk August 2007 permalink
Parthiban Kanavu
I vaguely remember a change in the story. In the war before Vikraman being deported, in the book there will be only 5 guys turning up in the Vikraman's side and he ends up looking like a fool. But in the movie, there would a 1 lakh chola soldi…

Comment by sivaram_sk August 2007 permalink
Parthiban Kanavu
Madan, you read it in Tamil???? > > > I just read Parthiban Kanavu, and also saw this program on podhigai... and was pleasantly surprised that the movie was made dialogue by dialogue... no script writer would have been necessary..... >…

Comment by sivaram_sk August 2007 permalink
Parthiban Kanavu
> War scene depictions ( not present day - olden style) > > the best were > > - Troy ( the beach landing scene is one of the best coreograhed > fight scenes) > - lord of the rings - special effects and the sheer scale of the…

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Ken Follet
Folliet's best is Third Twin!!!

Comment by sivaram_sk August 2007 permalink
Irwing Wallace
> > Another one is 'The Almighty' a great novel on Press bossism. > > > > > more than the bossism its about a newpaper man creating news. > > like killing pesidents shooting popes stealing the dead sea scr…

Comment by sivaram_sk August 2007 permalink
Tamizh Authors
Hey, It has been extensively discussed previously. But that is an evergreen topic, you could start again and the mails will pour. Even the other thread that is going on now "Catalogue the historical" novels is part of that i suppose.

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RRC by sivaji
atleast the part Chinna Kundavai married Vimaladitan was true.

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whre is paalaiyarai now ???????
> > > Thats the way communities work - its purely based on interest and availability, Vijay. Not to worry, there will be new people to take over where others left.... > > > Madan, spoken with the true open source spirit. yes, i a…

Comment by sivaram_sk August 2007 permalink
Catalogue of historical novels
How about creating a common gmail id and giving it to the group. Anyone can login and change the content???

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Catalogue of historical novels
Will it be possible to provide the write access to the excel sheet other than goole users? Actually I tried I could not give the access to another yahoo user. The document I tried, http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=pgWBmhRQZbdU1DHiPey8VHg&…

Comment by sivaram_sk August 2007 permalink
MGR's RajaRajan
That is "Raja Raja Cholan" siva

Comment by sivaram_sk August 2007 permalink
Catalogue of historical novels
sorry. it is vishwak senan only. siva.

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Catalogue of historical novels
One more to the list. Indira Dhanusu by Viswakesan. Ohh, atlast i got the name of the novel.

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Aadi perukku vazhthukkal
I had been in trichy for about 4 years during my UG, and all the four years rain did not fail and adi peruku was celebrated with usual enthu. That was an holiday for trichy and we end in a theater, etc........ On the next year a tragedy that happen…

Comment by sivaram_sk August 2007 permalink
Catalogue of historical novels
> we could get one page in wikipedia to list the 100. ================================ This, in my opinion is the best option to have a list.

Comment by sivaram_sk August 2007 permalink
Catalogue of historical novels
Also add Viswakesan's novel to the list. I have read some two books but, do not remember the name. Some one could put up that???

Comment by sivaram_sk August 2007 permalink
Catalogue of historical novels
Akhilan Vandiya Devan Vaal Chola Akhilan Rajarajan Sabadam Chola Akhilan Gangapuri Kaavalan Chola =========================== That's cool. Was the above mentioned books were by Akilan??? I vaguely remember these authored by someone else???

Comment by sivaram_sk August 2007 permalink
Compare AK, RRC and RJC
Natarajan Sir, may be you could write a fiction like this.

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Veera vasanams In PS
the fight between Pazhuvettarayar's in the first part after the Vandiyathevan's escape.

Comment by sivaram_sk July 2007 permalink
Is it true ?
supposedly, there was a small thread about this in the group last week :)

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Ponniyin Selvan on Kalaignar TV
Funny we too are going to fight for tv serial from now on.

Comment by sivaram_sk July 2007 permalink
Parthibendrapallava
Hi sivaram vikraman had already dealt with that i took up another last line of kalki that "sambuvarayars prospered and kandamaran shone in his life" venketesh =============================================== Oh, is it?? what is the book …

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Ponniyin Selvan on Kalaignar TV
Hi last time it was because 2 well endowed televisions vijay and sun vied to start it at the same time. this time nobody will dare to compete with kalingnar t.v. but then with naga's superb pace in marmadesam and suspense at he end of each epis…

Comment by sivaram_sk July 2007 permalink
some questions
Hey Vj, That was amazing timeline, a real interesting one. If i may suggest, you could try your hand at writing fiction, adding a bit of fiction to this time line would make it a pretty more interesting.

Comment by sivaram_sk July 2007 permalink
Ponniyin Selvan on Kalaignar TV
Wow, this sounds exciting. If kalaigar is involved, i am sure PS will see the light of the day atlast. This is the third attempt to make bring it as serial if i am not wrong.

Comment by sivaram_sk July 2007 permalink
sending of Sarasvatam
hi, you could try uploading the image in our groups file section. go yo groups.yahoo.com with your login and password, and select ponniyinselvan, then you upload the file to the files section.

Comment by sivaram_sk July 2007 permalink
Parthibendrapallava
You know, when Venkat first told me about Kaviri maidin, i thought that he would have taken a point from Kalki's list of points he mentions at the end of PS. One point's is Parthipontiran after the refusal of Kundai to be married to him, f…

Comment by sivaram_sk July 2007 permalink
Ponniyin selvar ...sangu chakara regai!!!
Isn't parthibentra a fictional character?

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