An impartial kind of penning.Īnd as a fan of Sujatha, it will be like knowing his own experiences during his childhood. Even a negative charcater's positivity will be highlighted and vive versa. Sujatha's sculpting of characters in Srirangam. At the end of the reading, it will be like u have lived sum days in srirangam. It also depicts the scenario of Classic Srirangam. The way he learns the good and evil about the world. detailing the innocence of a little boy's view of looking at the world. And as a fan of Sujatha, it will be like knowing his own experie An awesome book. The book rekindled memories - and isn't that one of the best reasons to read a book?. The book made me nostalgic and recall instances of every hue from my life. And that's what life is all about isn't it? We meet our childhood friends and discuss those ridiculous episodes and anecdotes and end with a 'now look at us'. The Tamil of course is brilliant and the almost colloquial dialogues are a further plus.Īt the end of every story, the author also states of his encounter with the characters after 30 years or so and tells us how they ended up. The best stories to me were more normal like the cricket match, the snake and the love letter. The most affecting were the tales of Gundu Ramani and Ravira very early in the book. With the prose oozing with Iyengar Tamil and common characters or known incidents across the chapters, the book gave me much joy. Slowly, we see the stories turning towards lighter side to downright humorous ones. 4 stories into the book I was deeply affected and I was worried the book will be a heavy read. 14 short stories about ordinary(plus) people with their flaws and virtues intact narrated as anecdotes from the past of the author set in the orthodox town of Srirangam. Sujatha's Srirangathu Devathaigal (Angels of Srirangam) is probably the original box of chocolates themed book.
Impossible not to come out of the book without a feeling of having lived for years in the innocent, carefree, poetic, vittethi, savadaal times of the fifties and sixties. Some stories like 'Almost a Genius' and 'V.G.R' were so bloody damn impactful that I broke down and couldn't continue the book for the rest of the day. These characters tickled me to the bone, flummoxed me with their degree of eccentricity, triggered nostalgia stemming from some of my summer vacations spent in small-town Tamil Nadu, brought back fond memories of stories recited by family members of the previous era and what not. A prolific and versatile writer who knows the minds of adolescents like the back of his hand, looks back fondly at his own adolescence in the picturesque and idyllic temple town of Srirangam in the fifties, and presents it as 14 short stories populated with with some of the most authentic and unforgettable characters ever to step out of the streets and o Impossible to correctly verbalize or coherently describe how deeply touched and thoroughly overwhelmed I am by this GEM of a book from Sujatha.Ī prolific and versatile writer who knows the minds of adolescents like the back of his hand, looks back fondly at his own adolescence in the picturesque and idyllic temple town of Srirangam in the fifties, and presents it as 14 short stories populated with with some of the most authentic and unforgettable characters ever to step out of the streets and onto paper. Impossible to correctly verbalize or coherently describe how deeply touched and thoroughly overwhelmed I am by this GEM of a book from Sujatha.
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