DO I READ NOVELS?

Based on a recent madal written by NandaKumar- about the novel 'Puyalil oru thONi' - a new-comer to Agathiyar Group has written in a personal letter,
"Do you also read novels?"
:-)

To put it briefly, Yes. I do read novels. Both English and Tamil. Novels, short-stories, poems, non-fiction, etc.
I have a good collection of novels and short stories.
In Tamil.....?
More than 600 hundred. But a large portion of them belong to my wife and daughter.

If you look into Agathiyar archives, there would be threads on Kalki, Sandilyan, TJR, JeyaKanthan, LaaSaRaa, Paa Singaaram, and others.

Can safely say that it was I who first introduced PaaSingaaram in detail in the Web. May be others, if any, would have done passing mentions.

I have reproduced whole short-stories in Agathiyar. Noteably, 'Raajaa Vandhaar' by AlzagiriSamy and 'Paththu Chetty' by JanakiRaaman. Painstakingly typed and keyed-in by me.
With my comments, of course:-)

Apart from the Tamil novels, Agathiyar has threads on several English novels, classics, and authors.

Arthur C Clarke's, 'Nine Billion Names of God' has been Tamilified by me as part of the thread -
# Anaamika_
# Peyarili_
# 8000 KOdi Peyar_
# Nine_Billion_Names_Of_God_

You can find the story in VisvaComplex-

http://www.visvacomplex.com/Nine_Billion_Names_Of_God.html

Asimov is the author who has received much treatment by me. Several threads on him and his works can be found. Some of the novels which have been treated by me, are 'Hab Theory', 'Foundation' Series, etc.

And not to forget.......
:-)

My vimarsanam of the English movies - 'High Noon', 'The Good, Bad, and the Ugly', 'Spartacus', 'Becket', 'Indiana Jones', etc.
James Bond has been treated the most.
And Indiana Jones.

Even Thailand movies:-)

See the VisvaComplex for the Tamil articles about the following famous English movies in the VisvaComplex -

http://www.visvacomplex.com/uchchi_vELai.html

http://www.visvacomplex.com/Spartacus1.html

http://www.visvacomplex.com/Spartacus2.html

http://www.visvacomplex.com/Wll_No_Man_____-.html

http://www.visvacomplex.com/Let_It_Go_Indy!

http://www.visvacomplex.com/Let_It_Go_Indy!_Part2.html

See you later with more....