Books and ReviewsPonniyin Selvan November 03, 2004
Oh My GOD! Kalki, folks, ought to be resurrected and made to write another million books like Ponniyin Selvan. Or at-least, another Ponniyin Selvan.
Building a huge epic around random political events 980 years into the past connecting them all up, staying oh so believably within the realms of truth, yet, great big flights of imagination requires skill beyond the normal.
Trash the Mahabharata, Trash the Ramayan. Trash every thing else that we Indians claim and praise as epics. I've not yet finished reading 2 of the 5 books of Ponniyin Selvan, and already, my fascination and obsession with History, starved till now, is full, and bursting with the stuff.
Forget reviews folks, I just am not equipped for it, and am not in the state of mind. The Honeymoon with Kalki's writings just began. Even Ayn Rand didn't have this much of an influence on me. Richard Bach did, but for completely different reasons.
Once I finish reading the rest of the 5 books, I think I shall be able to write something about it.
What language what style what absolute brilliance in depicting people and places and events and what a deep understanding and knowledge of the people he writes about. Politics romance travelogue documentary history comedy governance war strategy and society meets eloquent tamil prose in one mind blowing, page turning work of art
Posted by Chandrachoodan at November 3, 2004 08:11 PM