Topic started by Kuttykarthik on Sat Nov 27 23:20:25 .
All times in EST +10:30 for IST.
|
Nanbarkalee,
|
Responses:
- Old responses
- From: paavannan (@ ppp-186-62.bng.vsnl.net.in)
on: Thu Mar 8 06:35:42
8.3.2001
Dear Friends,
I wish to share my reading experience of some important Tamil novels. I have no belief in providing numbers and ranks for creative works. Basically, creative works, whether they are short story, novels, poems etc, portray the emotional rises and falls in the area of history. Of course, with the ingredients of imagination. One cannot classify the experiences. But, I can always list the best works I love. On the contrary, if one says that it is classifiable, I don't want to contradict with them. I admit the possibility. It is purely subjective.
Right from beginning, I am loving the novel Poyththevu bu Ka.Na.Su. Day by day, it adds more meaning to me. The title is so provocative. In human life, some sort of desire drag the people right from the youth days. The desire may be longing for wealth or fame or some girl. The desire becomes a catalyst. It gives a colour and meaning to his life. The whole tone of his mind change all of sudden. In total, he is becoming ready slowly to reach the goal. After reaching the goal, what will be his status? What will be the other desire to drag through the rest part of life? Our great Myths Mahabharatha and ramayana stand examples for desire for earth and lady respectively. After achieving the goals, What was the mental condition of those characters? It is neither happy nor unhappy. But is one sort of inability of knowing the things or insufficiency of knowing the things. . The essence of life lies in this result. The lonely ness after completion of desire. As long as this status is relevant in the part of life, this novel also will play a major role till that day.
Oru Puliyamaraththin Kadhai by Sundhara Ramasamy is my second choice. In this life, the Human life is evaluated keeping the Tamarind tree in the forefront. One can easily imagine the tamarind tree as India. When the tree is uprooted in one scene, it gives a feeling as if India is uprooted by her own kith and kin. It is great fall . The inner deviations of the novel are very much important.
Mohammul by Thi.Janakiraman is my next choice. Music and love go hand in hand in this novel. The language of this novel is so nice and attractive in such a way that one can always feel the freshness even though it is tenth time or eleventh time. Why Babu developed a sort of love towards Yamuna is an interesting question. As long this question has a relevence between men and women in the external life, this novel will remain. I wish to cite an another novel of Anna Karininia by Leo Tolstoy. Why Anna developed a love towards Viranski, eventhough she had a good husband and child was the basic question in the novel. When Tolstoy powerfully depicted the emotional imbalance of Ann in his novel, Thi.Ja could not go so deep to depict the emotional crises of Babu. However, this is not definitely a demerit of this novel. Because, the question is a basic question of human generation.
Nithyakanni by M.V.Venkatram is my next option. Madhavi is a character, M.V. Found from Mahabharatha. He developed her with his ability of imagination. Madhavi received a Bless initially, later the same bless end as curse. How did it happen? Through the contradiction, M.V. analyses the secrets of female mind. Finally, Madhavi alsos tood helplessly with inability of knowing.
My next option is Chellappa's Vadivasal. People use to catagorize it as novella or long story. But, I consider it as novel only. The Vadivasal is no more a place or a name of village. It is the symbol of the revenge. The fight between the bull and the human being provoke the unknown layer in the culture when men and animals were living together. It touches and awakes the dreams and memories which faded away from the mind.
The very next option is Chaayaavanam by Sa.Kandasamy. The interface period between the industrialization and Agriculture was a tough painful period. When an industry is planned in a village, initially the trees are uprooted. Slowly, the life which humna being developed depending upon the field , is uprooted. People are panic. They could not take any decision in any way. But these aspects are silently and significantly expressed. It is a nice work.
Piragu by Poomany is my next choice. The life standard of downtrodden people after independence is depicted effectively without any higher tone and political colour. There are people. There are angry , unhappiness, inability, care, carelessness, pleasure, sorrow, birth , death and everything. We can say that this novel is a picture of people scattered with various memories.
The next one is J.J.Sila Kurippugal by Sundara Ramasamy. Out and out, this novel is written by a modern mind. We can take in a way that a modern mind is evaluating the cultural standards of Tamil society. We can understand the tension and anger of JJ. The contrast between the traditional values and modern values is interesting. Traditional values adjust or accommodate the things. But, Negating and evading are the values of modern mind. When JJ is acceptable by at least one section of people, JJ is not accepting the standards of people. The traditional values allow a person to stand and wander over the edge of compromise. But the modern values are not like that. They are just like algebraic binaries. One or zero. The death of JJ is nothing but the outcome of interface of modernity and tradition.
Thoppil Mohamad Meeran's Koonan Thoppu is my next choice. The outcome of envies, anger, jealosy etc.,,which people develop themselves with the identity of Religion is powerfully picturised in this novel. The novel describes lot of unreasonable death. The total riot started from a menaingless corner, but destroyed everybody.
Chadhurangakkudhiraigal by Nanjilnadan is my next choice. In India, one can be said as well settled in the life, when he gets married. Marriage is a shift in Indian custom from Bramacharya period to Gruhastha . But, by practice, a marriage can be conducted after the boys are employed. But even after employment, in the recent days, boys are unable to settle due to various reasons. Unsettlement of Indian bachelors is a big problem nowadays. Marriages are practically difficult for boys who have parents, well relatives and good friends. In this situation, what will be the fate of boys who loss the father, mother and every kith and kin in the early part of life itself? The hero in Chadhurangakkudhirai is a typical example. He comes across some many people in the life. But, He is unable to develop relations with them heart to heart. At the same time, he is unable to chase them away. A sort of floating mentality has been developed. This is the current status of Indian young boys.
Vishnupuram by Jayamohan is my next option. This is a typical and interesting attempt. The best aspect of this novel is its internal deviation. In a view, the whole structure of novel is just like an updated city map with full status. This give lot of freedom to readers to travel in any direction wherever he wants. Imagine a see with lot of waves raising and falling . Similarly, the metaphors are created initially and erased subsequently in every stage of this novel like rise and falls of sea waves. One can feel happy while he is able to observe that the novel starts with urban God and ends with folk Goddess.
With love,
paavannan
E-mail: paavannan@hotmail.com
- From: V.C.Vijayaraghavan (@ 194.117.133.136)
on: Thu Mar 8 06:41:29
Dear Jeyamohan
Just a quickie on Dic kens.
I watched a TV programme on the description of urban landscape by Dic kens and how subsequently it inflenced the pictorisation of urban lanscape especially it's dark and underground side in literature and more interestingly in films till the end of the 20th century.
Dic kens's urban narrative is highly visual . He described the dark corners of urban landscape from which there are so many horrible things emerge. . The grime, the poverty as also the city lights ( he was describing London of 1830s), the fog over the city, the alternating light and shade, etc.,
His description of the dark side of urban landscape is escpecially suited to another medium viz films which is also visual in appeal. Fritz Lang's Metropolis (1923) , wass influenced by it. The narrator of the programme also showed even films like Terminator (1984) , Blade Runner (1990) are clearly influenced by Dic kens's urban perspectives
- From: jeyamohan (@ 61.1.210.207)
on: Thu Mar 8 08:21:26
«ýÒûÇ ÓÕ¸ý
Á¨ÄÂ¡Ç Ä츢Âò¾¢ø «í¸¾ ¾Ã¢ºÉõ ¯¨¼Â À¨¼ôÀ¡Ç¢¸Ùõ À¨¼ôÒ¸Ù§Á Ó츢Âõ ±ýÀÐ ±ý ¸ÕòÐ ºïºÂý,¨Åì¸õ Ó¸õÁÐ À„£÷,Å¢ ¦¸ ±ý[Å¢ ¦¸ ¿¡Ã¡Â½ýÌðÊ ¿¡Â÷,Á¡¾Åý ÌðÊ «øÄ] ºì¸Ã¢Â¡[À¡ø º¸Ã¢Â¡] ±ý ±Š Á¡¾Åý ӾĢ§Â¡Ã¢ý ÁçÀ Ó츢ÂÁ¡ÉÐ.¾¢ø À„£Ã¢ý À¨¼ôÒ¸û ãýÚ áø¸Ç¡¸ ¾Á¢Æ¢ø ÅóÐûÇÉ.1 À¡òÐÁ¡Å¢ý ¬Îõ Çõ ÀÕÅòÐ §¾¡Æ¢Ôõ [¾Á¢Æ¢ø ÌÁ¡Ã¢ º¢ ±Š Å¢ƒÂõ,±ý À¢ Ê ¦ÅǢ£Î] 2.ºô¾í¸û[¯¾Â„í¸÷.¦ºý¨É Òò¾¸¿¢¨ÄÂõ]3.À„£Ã¢ý º¢Ú¸¨¾¸û [Íþ á .ÒШÁôÀ¢ò¾ý À¾¢ôÀ¸õ] .ºì¸Ã¢Â¡Å¢ý ÀÄ ¸¨¾¸û ÅóÐûÄÉ.ô§À¡Ð ´Õ ¸¨¾ ¾¢ñ¨½ ¨½Â ¾Æ¢ø ÅóÐûÇÐ.´Õ ¸¨¾ ÌÓ¾õ ¨½Â ¾Æ¢ø ÅÕõ. ´Õ ¦¾¡ÌôÒ ÅÃÅ¢Õ츢ÈÐ[¾Á¢Æ¡ì¸õ ±õ ±Š.¾Á¢Æ¢É¢ ¦ÅǢ£Î]´Õ ¦¾¡ÌôÒ ÅóÐûǾ¡¸ò ¾¸Åø À¡Š¸Ãô À ð§¼ÄÕõ ±ý Å¡ú×õ .[Í Ã¡ ,ÒШÁô À¢ò¾ý À¾¢ôÀ¸õ] ±ý ±Š Á¡¾ÅÉ¢ý ´§Ã ´Õ ¸¨¾ ¸¡ÄîÍÅðÊø Åó¾Ð,¬É¡ø «Ð «í¸¾ÁøÄ.§À¡ÐÁ¡ ¾¸Åø?
Å¢ ¦¸ ±ý Á¢¸ Á¢¸ Ó츢ÂÁ¡É À¨¼ôÀ¡Ç¢.«ÅÕìÌ ¨½Â¡¸ ¯Ä¸ Ä츢Âò¾¢§Ä§Â º¢Ä¨Ã§Â ¦º¡øÄ ÓÊÔõ.¸¾¸Ç¢,¸¢Ã¢ì¦¸ð,«Ãº¢Âø,¨º,Àñ¨¼Â ÅÃÄ¡Ú ¬¸¢Â ÀÄÅ¢„Âí¸û ¦¾¡É¢ìÌõ º¢ì¸Ä¡É †¡ŠÂ ¯Ä¸õ «Ð.¦Á¡Æ¢¦ÀÂ÷ôÒ Á¢¸×õ º¢ÃÁõ.
´Õ ¸¨¾¨Â ÍÕ츢 ¦º¡ø¸¢§Èý
¡¨ÉìÌ ÌÚ측¸ ¾Î츢 Å¢Øó¾¾É¡ø ÁýÉÉ¡É ÀöÂý ს ó¾¢ÃôÀ¢ÃŠò¾ò¨¾¾¡ðº¢ ¦ºöÔõ ¸¡Äõ.«ÅÛìÌ ´Õ Áó¾¢Ã¢.Å÷ ´Õ ¿õ⾢â.¾¢ìÌ Å¡Â÷.¦Àâ ¾òÐŧÁ¨¾.¦À¡Ðר¼¨Á Å¡¾¢.ÀöÂý ს×ìÌ Å÷ ¦ÅÇ¢§Â ¿¢ýÚ ¬¾Ã× ¾Õžɡø «ÃñÁ¨ÉìÌ ¦ÅÇ¢§Â ¯ûÇ §À¡ý âò¾¢ø ÕóÐ ¾¡ý ¬§Ä¡º¨É ¦º¡øÅÐ ÅÆì¸õ.
¦¼øĢ¢ø ÕóРŢÁ¡Éò¾¢ø ¾¢ÕÅÉó¾ÒÃõ ¾¢ÕõÒõ ÅƢ¢ø 4 ¸¡Ä¢Š¾¡ý ¾£Å¢ÃÅ¡¾¢¸û ²¦¸ 47 ¼ý À¡öóÐ ±ØóРŢÁ¡Éõ ¸¼ò¾ôÀðÊÕôÀ¨¾ «È¢Å¢ò¾¡÷¸û.¿õ⾢â ¿¢¾¡ÉÁ¡¸ ¦ÅüÈ¢¨Äî ¦ºøÄõ ¾¢ÈóÐ ´Õ ¨Ä¨Â ±ÎòÐ ÁÊ¢ø ¨ÅòÐ ¿£Å¢ÂÀÊ ''§¿¡ §¿¡ ä ¸¡ý ¿¡ð ¨†ƒ¡ì ¾¢ À¢§Çý.ð Š õÀ¡…¢À¢û '' ±ýÈ¡÷.¸¼ò¾¢Â¡¸¢Å¢ð¼§¾ ±ýÈ¡ý ¾¨ÄÅý.¿õ⾢â
''†ù ¸¡ý ä?ð Š §¼¡ð¼Ä¢ õÀ¡…¢À¢û'' ±ýÈÀÊ ¦ÅüÈ¢¨Ä¨Â š¢ø §À¡ð¼¡÷.¾¨ÄÅÛìÌ ¸¾¢¸Äí¸¢Å¢ð¼Ð. ±ýɧš Á¡Âõ Õ츢ÈÐ ±É ¦¾Ã¢óРŢð¼Ð.''¿õ⾢â ±ýÉ ¸¡Ã½õ ¦º¡øÖí¸û'' ±ýÈ¡ý.''ð Š õÀ¡…¢À¢û,¾¡ð Š ð'' ±ýÈ¡÷ ¿õ⾢à ¢ ¦ÁøÖõ ¾¡¨¼¨Â ÓýÉ¡ø ¿£ðÊÂÀÊ.¾¨ÄÅý ºÃ½¨¼óÐŢΞ¡¸ ´ôÒ즸¡ñ¼¡ý.
¾¢ÕÅÉó¾ ÒÃò¾¢ø ¿õ⾢â ¦ºøÄò¨¾ Î츢,ÁÚ ¨¸Â¡ø §Åðʨ à츢ôÀ¢ÊòÐ즸¡ñÎ ¦ÁøÄ ¿¼óÐ Åà ,¨¸¸û À¢ýÉ¡ø À¢¨½ì¸ôÀð¼ ¸¼ò¾ø ¸¡Ã÷¸û ØòÐøÄôÀΨ¸Â¢ø ''¿õ⾢â ô§À¡¾¡ÅÐ ¦º¡øÖí¸û ±ýÉ ¸¡Ã½õ?''±ýÚ ¦¸ïº¢É¡÷¸û.
¿õ⾢⠱¨Ä ¿£ðÊòÐôÀ¢ ¦º¡ýÉ¡÷''À¢ì¸¡Š ¾¢ ñÊÂý À£Éø §¸¡ð ¿¡ð «¦Ä¡Å¢í ð''
¦ƒÂ§Á¡¸ý
- From: era.murugan (@ dialpool-210-214-131-34.maa.sify.net)
on: Thu Mar 8 10:07:13
«ýÒûÇ ¦ƒÂ§Á¡¸ý,
¿ýÈ¢. ¿¡ý Å¢.§¸.±ý¨ÉÔõ Á¡¾Åý ÌðʨÂÔõ ¾É¢ò¾É¢Â¡¸ì ÌÈ¢ôÀ¢ðÊÕó§¾ý. Á¡¾Åý ÌðÊ Àò¾¢Ã¢¨¸Â¡Ç÷. Asianet ¦ºö¾¢¸Ç¢ø «Å÷ ¾¢øĢ¢ĢÕóÐ ¦ºö¾¢ «Ç¢ôÀ¨¾ «Êì¸Ê À¡÷ì¸Ä¡õ. ¸Ä¡¦¸ªÓ¾¢Â¢ø ¬Ú ¬ñθû ÓýÒ ó¾ Å¡ú쨸 ÅÃÄ¡üÚò ¦¾¡¼¨Ã «Å÷ ±Ø¾¢É¡÷ («¾üÌ ¿õâòâ ŨÃó¾ §¸¡ð§¼¡Å¢Âí¸û ýÛõ ¸ñÏìÌû§Ç§Â ¿¢ü¸¢ýÈÉ!). À¢ýÉ÷ Ð Òò¾¸Á¡¸×õ ¦ÅǢ¡ÉÐ.
ºÃ¢, ºì¸¡Ã¢Â¡ ÀüÈ¢î ¦º¡øħŠø¨Ä§Â? «ÅÕ¨¼Â 'ºÄ¡õ «¦Áâ측'Å¢ø black humor ÌÈ¢ôÀ¢¼ò¾Ìó¾ Å¢„ÁÁ¢ø¨Ä¡?
±ý.±Š.Á¡¾Åý ¾¡§É '§¸¡ø ¸£ôÀâý ¾É¢¨Á' ÀüÈ¢ (¸¡øÀó¾¡ð¼ Å£ÃÃ¡É ´Õ À¡¾¢Ã¢Â¡÷ ¸¨¾) ±Ø¾¢ÂÐ? ¦ÀÂ÷ ÁÈóРŢð¼Ð!
List all pages of this thread