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Because He wanted to apologize for making relatives
- Dr. Wayne Dyer

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I’ve talked a little about Tamil historical novels in my previous two posts. Below is a small list of the best novels that I’ve read and enjoyed immensely, and would gladly recommend to anyone.
Sandilyan:
As mentioned in my earlier posts, his best works are

Kadal Pura
Yavana Rani
Raja Mudhirai

He wrote quite a few historical novels. From [...]

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Till my 3 rd grade, I didn’t know to read or write Tamil. I did know how to speak, as I had spent about one and a half years in Chennai when my father got transferred to a small town called Tiruvarur, near Tanjore. I had to learn both Tamil and Hindi, as [...]

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“sarithira kadhai” - translated literally, it is “historical novel”. Heard of “Ponniyin Selvan”, “Sivakamiyin Sapatham” or “Kadal Pura”? All these novels fall in the category of historical novels. What exactly is a historical novel and whats the purpose of this (and a few more to follow) post?
Basically, a historical novel is a story set in [...]

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Imagine the world’s most creative people gathering at one place and talking about things that they are most passionate about. These are the best people in their chosen fields of profession and they’re absolutely passionate about what they do and most importantly, all of them want to make the world a better, much better place [...]

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