Nearly 30 years later, the book appeared in English for the first time, in translation by Janani Kannan. But even sports.Ī story about Rags to Riches from a point of view of individuals who’s attitude change with money.Is a story originally Written in Tamil In 1991, by Perumal Murugan his first novel, Eru Veyyil. Devdas by Saratchandra Chattopadhyay originally written in Bengali and then translatedĪ story that has been adapted a couple of times in the Indian cinema and after reading it felt like it was the Indian Romeo & Juliet story that has been the base for most of the love stories that have been made in the cinema.ĭevdas was another story written by a Bengali writer and you sense it’s Bengal that has been one of the states from our country that has been recognised not only for the Art & culture that it has shared with us. Satyajit Ray was one of the authors/ Filmmakers who I had always heard about but, it Did not strike me about how amazing his books were until I watched Ray’s series on the OTT platform that the stories were much ahead of our times and fortunately came across the adventures of Feluda Vol.1 short story that are mostly based in Kolkata and keep you interested right until the end.Ĥ.

Ghachar Ghochar by Vivek Shanbhag originally written in KannadaĪ simple story about a joint family, where one person runs the household and all are dependent on him and how their attitude, lifestyle and things around them change after they have started doing well and are considered Rich! The book Is soon going to come into life in a movie by Dhanush.Ģ. That was Published in 1982, Heat is more than just a social document about caste dynamics. A simple story written in a very intriguing way and this is the first time I read a book by a south Indian writer that has been translated From Tamil into English.Ī book written nearly 40 years ago in Tamil and fairly recently translated in English. sharing some of the ones that I liked reading.Ī story about a child committing an act of murder and how the family goes about this Act. In the last six months and over the years since I started enjoying reading I have come across so many stories. So you can imagine how many different stories and experiences one can read and learn about or learn from.

There are so many languages within a region in India. Kannada in Karnataka.Malayalam in Kerala. Tamil in Tamil Nadu.Telugu in Andhra Pradesh.

Saboteur by R.V. Raman