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Ponniyin Selvan is a beautiful piece of work. I thoroughly enjoyed every bit of it. Kalki spent years researching the topic. His other work, sivakamiyin sabatha

by akudha 5y ago

Ponniyin Selvan is a beautiful piece of work. I thoroughly enjoyed every bit of it. Kalki spent years researching the topic. His other work, sivakamiyin sabatham is also fantastic. Anyone interested in historical novels, check out these - Yavana Rani, Kadal Pura and Raja Muthirai. All by an author called Sandilyan. Kalki’s books are a bit slow paced with phenomenal dialogues, beautiful prose and amazing descriptions. Sandilyan writes short, punchy dialogues and his novels are fast paced. They are both good, but Kalki is better and more authentic. Well with your time. If you know Tamil, please read them in Tamil, not translations. Kalki especially is not easy to translate.

rramadass 5y ago
PSA: Ponniyin Selvan originally serialized in the Kalki magazine had some nice artwork by "Maniam" to go with it. The only current edition that contains the text and the artwork as it was in the original magazine is the 5-volume set from "Vikatan Prasuram". This is the "collector's edition" to have and well worth the money - https://books.vikatan.com/book-details?bid=2175 https://books.vikatan.com/book-details?bid=2175
jelliclesfarm 5y ago
Sivagamiyin Sabatham is the second of the trilogy. It is preceded by Parthibhan Kanavu(the future chola dynasty king’s desire to break away from the ruling pallavas) It is to be read in the same as order as it was written.. PaKa, SiSa and PoSe. Poniyin Selvan, of course is the magnum opus…there are ponniyin selvan tours in tamilnadu that goes to each and every location in the novels. My neighbor used to say that there are only two kinds of female archetypes in the world: Nandini or Kundavai. Now that I am older, it terrifies me that he thought that! Altho..having said that..I know someone who didn’t speak to their cousin for months and months because one of them was Team Nandini and the other was Team Kundavai..so there’s that.
fellellor 5y ago
I have a copy of sivagamiyin sapatham. I’m going to use it to learn to read Tamil. :)

by akudha 5y ago

rramadass 5y ago

PSA: Ponniyin Selvan originally serialized in the Kalki magazine had some nice artwork by "Maniam" to go with it. The only current edition that contains the text and the artwork as it was in the original magazine is the 5-volume set from "Vikatan Prasuram". This is the "collector's edition" to have and well worth the money - https://books.vikatan.com/book-details?bid=2175 https://books.vikatan.com/book-details?bid=2175

jelliclesfarm 5y ago

Sivagamiyin Sabatham is the second of the trilogy. It is preceded by Parthibhan Kanavu(the future chola dynasty king’s desire to break away from the ruling pallavas) It is to be read in the same as order as it was written.. PaKa, SiSa and PoSe. Poniyin Selvan, of course is the magnum opus…there are ponniyin selvan tours in tamilnadu that goes to each and every location in the novels. My neighbor used to say that there are only two kinds of female archetypes in the world: Nandini or Kundavai. Now that I am older, it terrifies me that he thought that! Altho..having said that..I know someone who didn’t speak to their cousin for months and months because one of them was Team Nandini and the other was Team Kundavai..so there’s that.

fellellor 5y ago

I have a copy of sivagamiyin sapatham. I’m going to use it to learn to read Tamil. :)