Superintending Engineer (P.W.D) Retd
Former Principal,Polytechnic, Dharapuram
Former Guest Lecturer,Rural University, Gandhigram
Poet,Writer and Dramatist
Superintending Engineer (P.W.D) Retd
Former Principal,Polytechnic, Dharapuram
Former Guest Lecturer,Rural University, Gandhigram
Poet,Writer and Dramatist
THIS BOOK CONTAINS SEVEN ESSAYS ON VARIOUS SUBJECTS OF TAMIL NADU KINGS AND TAMIL LITERATURE. ALL THE SUBJECTS ARE OF ANALYTICAL NATURE. THEY DEAL WITH THE KING KARIKALA AND HIS WONDERFUL ECONOMIC ANICUT (BED DAM); PITCHVARAM AS THE CHOLA’S WAR HARBOUR; CONCISE HISTORY OF SANGAM AGE TAMIL NADU; THE CRITICAL COMPARISION OF ANCIENT TAMIL ACADEMIES (SANGAMS) WITH THAT OF THE PRESENT GAY U.N.O.; THE RELATIONSHIPS OF THE ANCIENT KINGS CHERA, CHOLA AND PANDIYAS; THE UPS AND DOWNS OF THE TWO CLASSICAL LANGUAGES (TAMIL AND SANSCRIT) IN TAMIL NADU AND FREQUENT CHANGES OF CAPITSLS UNDER CHOLA’S RULE.
THIS IS A TRAVELOGUE BOOK. WHILE THE AUTHOR WAS GIFTED TO EMBARK ON AN ADVETUROUS ALASKAN TOUR, TRAVELED ACROSS ALASKA, THE FAR OFF STATE OF U.S.A.HAS BROUGHT OUT THE ELEGANT BEAUTY, ASTOUNDING GEOGRAPHYAND UNIQUE HISTORY OF THE STATE IN AN EXALTED AND POETIC STYLE. HIS NARRATION OF THE RAIL ROAD THROUGH THE FOREST, SEA COASTS AND MOUNTAIN RANGES, THE PAVED HIGHWAYS CUTTING ACROSS THE WILD SCENERIES; THE WONDERFUL SCENIC MARINE HIGHWAYS AND THE UNIMAGINABLE ISLAND ROAD SYSTEM CUTTING ACROSS LAND, WATER, FOREST AND MOUNTAINS ARE UNIQUE WITH DIFFERENT APPROACH. IT IS SAID THAT THE STYLE OF WRITING THIS BOOK IS EXEMPLARY.
THIS BOOK REQUIRES SPECIAL MENTION AS IT HAS BEEN WRITTEN FOR THE YOUTHS TO MAKE THEM KNOW ABOUT THE VARIOUS GEOGRAPHICAL FEATURES OF THE SEA. INSTEAD OF TELLING IN AN ACADEMIC WAY, IT HAS BEEN TOLD THROUGH AN IMAGINARY TRAVELOGUE METHOD. AN IMAGINARY TEAM WITH VARIOUS TALENTED PERSONS WAS FORMED TO SWIM ACROSS THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA THROUGH INDIAN OCEAN VIA MADAKASKAR, ATLANTIC OCEAN THROUGH LISBON AND MAXICO AND PACIFIC OCEAN THROUGH HAWAII, JAPAN, PIGI AND ANDAMAN TO REACH THEIR STARTING PLACE, PITCHAVARAM OF INDIA. THE VARIOUS CURRENTS, THE DEEP GORGES, VARIOUS PLATES AND MOUNTAINS ARE PICTURED AND BROUGHT BEFORE THE EYES OF THE YOUTH.
THIS BOOK HAS ALSO BEEN WRITTEN FOR THE BENEFIT OF YOUNGER GENERATION TO MAKE THEM KNOW ABOUT THE HISTORY OF TERRORISM AND ITS DESTRUCTION CAUSED TO THE LAND AND NIGHTMARE CAUSED TO THE PEOPLE. THIS HAS BEEN NARRATED THROUGH THE STRUGGLES AND WARS BETWEEN JEWS AND ARABS AS BOTH CLAIMED PALESTENE AS THEIR NATIVE SOIL. DURING THIS COURSE THE GENOCIDE AND CONCENTRATION CAMPS IN GERMANY HAS ALSO BEEN TOLD TO THE YOUTH AS A STORY.
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