When Thiru is taking so much pains to create an archive out of mails, we dont bother to change the subject for easy indexing :) I think we get carried away by the subject that we forget the subject line... no offence meant....
I think no one will dislike RKN. We can find people who say Kalki is boring but I dont think anyone will say RKN is boring. It because of the things discussed already - his simplicity. Even people who know little english can understand his story.
I feel the greatness of RKN is that, every character of his - we would have surely met them somewhere or will surely feel that 'hey I know this character this character resembles so and so...' etc.
When we read Swamy, we feel as if we are swamy. the childishness, the true emotions of every character...its really amazing.