Puthumaippiththan!!

When a favourite person of yours describes or shares his own likes and dislikes to u,its a normal human tendency to develop a similar kind of impression upon that matter.This happens in many a case...Though a matured mind doesn't appreciate and believe the words of fury spoken by a person close to the heart,when in despair.But when it comes to 'likes' we tend to develop a similar tase towards that matter/person being discussed with lots of ecstacy!I cannot speak in general..To me itz like that.(mostly in the matter of 'likes' though)

My fav author in tamil - SUJATHA!The craze which started with short stories,developed into a great passion for all his works!To me a fav author is the one,who always(mostly) sounds sensible in whatever form his works are(short stories,novels dealing with history-fiction- real n reel lives,essays n any form of article)I cannot entertain myself with a essay/article written by Kalki though am a greatest fan of his novels! But when it comes to Mr.Rangarajan(Sujatha),same feel n enthu with which I start the book,remains untill the end.Though I am not a voracious reader,I 've familiarity with literary works of many famous writers in tamilzh.

Currently reading writer's 'Innum sila sindhanaigal'.Have already came across references about Puthumaipithan's short stories, by Sujatha..But couldn't find a chance to read 'em.Puthumaippiththan, (1906-1948), was a journalist by profession who is told to have created a new era in tamilzh literature popularising the concept of short stories.Sujatha has written that Puthumaippiththan had been a great inspiration to many a writers including him.So coming to know the matter that my fav author himself has been impressed by a writer,couldn't control my curiosity to look out for Puthumaippiththan's works!

Couldn't beleive that a person during the period of 1900s could have written such short stories - filled with sensible humour sense and precise description about the story ground!Short story is a risky concept of writing- within the limit,the author needs to reveal his mastery and get a notable recognition from the reader in those limited number of words.The way the stories are ended reminds me of Jayakandhan's works.

Of all the stories I loved this one mentioned in the link!
Have a look - http://www.tamilnation.org/literature/modernwriters/puthumaipithan/kadavulum.htm

For people who are getting to read short stories for the first time,better luck nexttime:)For this is not the story of "and happily lived thereafter" types.Will be great if u could enjoy the humour sense and the dialogue delivery.