An introduction

Hello friends,

I hail from a typical South Indian, Tamil family who have delved deep into Tamil literature and forever keep talking about differemt books. However , my father having worked in a bank was transferred all over the country and I have spent most of my life in the north of India with the result that I dont know to read Tamil well. Definitely not well enough to enjoy a novel.

But I love books and read a lot of English literature and was thirsting to read Tamil novels as well, esp those by Kalki and Devan. It was hence a very me when Karthik Narayanan did a yeoman service to all of us by translating Kalki's "Ponniyin Selvan". I enjoyed the story very much. It was rivetting stuff ! I hungered for more but then translations have been few and far between. My father recently managed to get a translation of Devan's "Justice Jagannathan" which again I ejoyed immensely. I then started badgering my father to translate some of his favourites for us - those who want to read the Tamil stories but sadly dont know the language. He obliged. And he has just completed translating one of his favorite books, Devan's "Rajiyin pillai". He hand wrote the translation and I have finished reading through it twice. I can honestly say it was a wonderful read. I want to share this with the rest of the world.

So I am typing his translation chapter by chapter and shall post chapters here as and when I complete them. I welcome all your comments and any suggetions. I would like to eventually send it to Devan Estates and see if it can be published.

All credits for the book to Devan and for the translation to my father, K. Sekar. Of course, all typo errors are due to yours truly,