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A BIGGGGGGG thank you to all who commented on these posts. I’m pleasantly surprised at the interest in Tamil novels, especially historical ones. I was under the impression that not many people would be interested in such books, but I was wrong. Many many people have asked, and are still asking if [...]

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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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