கருவாச்சி காவியம் by Vairamuthu

இந்நாவலின் வாசிப்பின்போது வைரமுத்துவின் கருவாச்சியை நினைவு வருவதை
உணரலாம். ஒரு பெண் தனித்து
வாழும்போது சமூகம் அவளுக்கு கொடுக்கும் இன்னல்கள், குறைந்தது மூன்று
ஆண் கதாபாத்திரங்கள் முதல் ஊரே அவளுக்கு எதிராகவும் பல இன்னல்களும்
கொடுக்கும். அதையெல்லாம் சமாளித்து பின் ஊர் உணரும் புண்ணியவதி ஆவாள்
கருவாச்சி.

You don't find any attractive greenery, fair women and soothing atmosphere in this book. Given these stipulations no one would dare to go about it as successfully as Mr. Vairamuthu. For, it needs guts for a person to make things happen even in this set up.

"Just imagine who would have the courage to name the heroine of the book as `Karuvachi' (woman with dark complexion) other than him."

Having lived through most of the experiences, the author was able to carry on with his work with remarkable alacrity.

Citing one specific situation, where the protagonist of the `Karuvachi Kaviyam' without the help of anyone passes through labour pain and delivers a baby, like the child he breathes life into the character..

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Pesuader by Lee Child

Persuader another thriller from the stable of lee child who has fast forwarded into my favorite

author list.Reacher the hero of authors creativity is a ultimate loner,drifter but possess a sense

of justice.we can always see he never turns away from the problem.no quitting.This time around he

accepts to penetrate a drug running gang where the DEA has already lost one of its member in off the

book operation.Reacher sees a character,from his past,who doesn deserve to live.he accepts to go

inside the gang this guy. only when he goes in evaluvates what he sees there,he understands its not

a drug running op but something different.the clues are liberally spilled where in

if you are familiar with authors writing you will try and guess.i wudn say its edge of the seat thriller

but a very neat one.

Eclipse by Stepyne Meyer

i love the book cover and bella as we share the same kind of luck and i am known as the

most accident prone person in my friend circle.the story picks up from where it was left

in new moon.the style is the same hypnotic prose,making you dreamy and vigorously perfectly

exploits the feelings of teenage people.no wonder the theatre is full of dewy eyed couples.

Story:Bella finds herself still aging and still being hunted by victoria and still in growing love

for edward the vampire and jacob the werewolf.i don call it a thriller cos i exactly know

what the next chapter holds but the the writings are just superb. hey and still bella has

not become a Vampire but has avoided victoria(who in this part creates so many new vampires) but has

come in the sight of volturi!!! the next book is nicely poised..

1.does bella become vampire?

2.r cullen takes on volturi clan?

3.will the temp truce between werewolf n vampire last?

For this i have to go to moore market to buy the next book in series BREAKING DAWN.

P.S. I still do not know the author name

The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown

The lost symbol is all about a lost soul who wants to become a demon through ancient mysteries. For this purpose he kidnaps the grand master of the grand lodge (the freemason group). As usual Robert Langdon is pulled in to the plot cos he specializes in solving symbols under time limit! As usual he endures all the beatings and thrashing given by the villain, this time he is made to undergo a session in sensory deprivation tank. All in all another Dan brown thriller. I was actually disappointed with Da vinci code. Comparing it to Angels and demons, the book was just racy. The book was written keeping current fast paced generation? This book again is sort of let down. I cant point out what is the exact thing but some sting is definitely missing.

The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga

Reading the 1st 10 pages i began to appreciate myself that i bought this for reading.the author gives a perfect description of world i live. this story i have heard from numerous ppl who once had been servants. the book shows the hungry anger and witty enough to tickle the furthest humour bone. the book is on darker side. pg after pg you are humorously attacked how we cope up in this world. many of my frens have been jumping job,as they are 1st gear ppl as described by the author. i wonder hw we can be in asingle job for 50 years. day in and day out doing the same routine. the pace is good. but i kept down the book after each chapter to chew on what the happened in that chapter. the author is very reasonable and persuasive abt each of his charcters in his book,abt how and why they react so a given situation, the story revolves around balram halwai a supposed to be sweet maker,but in time becomes a humble servant, murdere,enterprenur and a philosopher. the tale is journey of balram born in darkness of village life (read poor) to the life of amoral business man(read rich). want to know a bit of real india, this is one of the book.

Thousand splendid suns by khaled Hossieni

It truly is a gift to have a gift to weave tales. Khaled hosseini has that very gift that story tellers need. He really has splendid gift to weave a tale with few characters. He makes us you smile when the character smiles and makes you feel the pain when the character is in pain. A thousand splendid suns shines like a true star. Mariam a harami brought up by her mother alone from anyone eyes, is forced to marry a bitter elderly rasheed and move to Kabul away from herat. She carries with her the guilt that she was responsible for her death. After 20years she has to share her household with 15 year old laila. How the bond forms between them is told in a heart wrenching way. They struggle through occupation of Russia then the local miltia and then the talibans. They struggle through Rasheed, starvation, fear of taliban. The author bases his story on his strong point. He has his ears to the ground. He knows the life of his characters. Being a afghani himself he is successful in basing the timeline of the story on the war torn once upon a time beautiful country. There is couple of things that caught my attention. Aziza, the daughter of laila also a harami develops a heart for mariam when she is just a month old. The second child of laila, which she had to give birth by caesarian without anesthesia. It always is woman who gets the wrong end of stick always. The endurance they have is astonishing, will we ever realize it? The author says about the bamiyan Buddha and how it was destroyed. The destruction, the unforgiving time made me think why we call ourselves human and why we ability to think.

True Evil By Greg Iles

A face you see daily, a soul you trust and when they can watch you die slowly but steadily knowing they are the one who condemned you to die is a true evil …

Alex morse ex hotshot hostage negotiator who has lost her father in a robbery attempt, her mother on death bed cos of ovarian cancer, rushes to see her sister admitted in hospital. Grace morse dies revealing (intuition) that her husband murdered her or he is the reason behind and asks her to save her son. The story is set in natchez and Mississippi. Alex then begins one woman army fight against the villain. She has to work alone as this doesn come under federal crime, nor she is in good book of the fbi head shot Dodson. Alex discovers that grace husband bill saw a divorce lawyer bill. She finds others who have seen this lawyer, lost their spouse to natural illness. This is where the plot is too muddy to grasp. Except here plot is neat and everything falls neatly in place at the climax. All the characters are well defined, each of them being given separate chapter and introduced early in the novel, the genius but mad scientist, greedy lawyer, faithful dad’s friend, even the children. Alex finds that the next target is Dr. chris shepard and confronts him with the truth, who goes into denial mode till he gets objective evidence! The spouse all die due to induced illness, in many cases its cancer. Its difficult to believe that cancer can be induced in people. Being a biology student myself, I found it little more difficult to believe. But author presents some good facts that make the science and medicine, a chilling villain than the villain who uses it. The pace of the book is fast and relentless. How Alex overcomes and saves her sisters son (not the final victim, ofcourse he lives) is the story you got to read.

Is he the next Sidney Shelton? Of the two books I read, both has female as the central character

The Kite Runner By Khaled Hossieni

Khaled Hosseini's emotionally powerful debut novel The Kite Runner fulfills the promise of fiction. Friendship, loyalty, history of a nation (Afghanistan) is the theme and the author is brutally honest. Betrayal is a very strong guilt that most of us suffer at one point of time. As the author says we are not man if we can’t stand up for ourselves. Does forgiveness ends the guilt? No. But grace of acceptance does, in turn leads to redemption. But not many get chance for redemption. Once a coward, always he is. The narration is through Amir an upper class pastun who enjoys the luxury of education, material comfort and a constant playmate, the son of his father's longtime Hazara servant, Ali. Hassan is his name. Hassan’s sacrificial love is the highlight of the story. I will never forget the dialogue when he replies to Amir “ a thousand times and over for you”. Why in my life don’t I have someone who can love as I am, with my faults? Neither boy has a mother and they had a same woman who gave they milk which makes them brother. They spend their boyhoods roaming the streets of Kabul together, hitting rear of all animals with sling stone, climbing trees, seeing western movies multiple times, just lying on the ground , silence as companion as each understands other without a word. Amir, though, continually uses his superior position to taunt hassan and then gives toys to forget his guilt. Author has captured this childhood friendship beautifully. Hassan has a doting father who shows affection openly, but Amir has to openly do something to get his father’s attraction, cause he is so unlike his father. Yearning for love of the one we love is the worst thing that can happen to a human. He gets a chance during the famous kite festival and wins it. But tragedy strikes. Hassan once stood up to pastun when they tried to abuse Amir. The person who runs down the last kite is called Kite Runner. Hassan was the best. On that fateful day, Amir did nothing to help his hassan when he was being physically abused by fellow pastun. He dared not, as he might get hurt too. Self-preservation! From then he moves in the world of guilt. As the war descends on afganistan, Amir jan and his dad move to America. Both father and son are having internal struggle of the betrayal they have committed. Do they get redemption? Read the book to know.

The Catcher in the Rye by J.D>Salinger

Holden Caulfield, a teenager growing up in 1950s in New York, has been expelled school for poor achievement once again. Here begins the story of Holden, who narrates in a monologue about the 3 days before claiming insanity. The narration is about Holden talking loudly in his mind (something what we all do) about his nervous breakdown, unexplained depression, impulsive spending, and erratic behavior, to eventual nervous collapse. Holden's tale begins at Pencey (school), which he despises for its prevailing phoniness. Holden finds a lot of people and attitudes unbearably phony. He leaves the hostel after getting into fistfight with Mr. Ladiesman Stradler, as he could not bear that this guy is taking his friend (a girl) out for a date. He comes to New York, but doesn’t go home, he checks in a derelict hotel called edmont. He spends two days here in drunkenness, loneliness, getting beaten by pimp for not engaging hooker, getting to be petted by his ex teacher! All things leave him so depressed, and he sees the world as most cruel place to grow up. Holden begins to envision (more delusion) himself as a guardian of children, someone who will protect their innocence (which is rarity nowadays). This hope is crystallized in a vision of himself as the catcher in the rye--a sort of guard at the edges of a field where children can run free and play, a guardian who can keep these kids from falling, in their exuberance, over the field's edges. Holden decides not to mention much about the present day, finding it inconsequential. He alludes to "getting sick" and living in a mental hospital, and mentions that he'll be attending another school in September. Holden says that he has found himself missing Stradlater, Ackley, and the others, warning the reader that the same thing could happen to them. Its very tough at least for me to weave a structure of the story with only one main element, but the author has succeeded wonderfully. is Holden actually the one who is going insane, or is it society which has lost it's mind for failing to see the hopelessness of their own lives? I found multiple interpretation of same event which I like, cos I do the very thing. Holden is disgruntled, alienated, isolated, directionless, and sarcastic. To him becoming a adult is to lose innocence and struggles to change and grow up. The novel still courts controversy that actually has increased its popularity.

Paths of glory by Jeffery Archer

Paths of glory is an unconventional biography on George mallory. Archer is the last person i would have thought about to write a biography. hero ( from archer's view) george mallory was fearless climber. he uses his talent to climb over a college wall so he could attend an interview,to escape from american millionairess whose bent upon taking mallory's virtue,climb a tower to impress his lady love.our author skirts along the edge of truth and fictionalising a biography. but as a story its a page turner. the story happens in early 20th century. the british nation is at the loss of losing the race to south pole. they can redeem if they happen to be the 1st on the everest. even in this story there is archer's touch. mallory has a stiff competition from George Finch. he is exactly opposite to what mallory is. an australian born, highly against the establishment and their decision's, uses unfair aids to acheive goal and womaniser. a true british gentleman is sportive,comes from a respected family,educated in eton and college either in oxford or cambridge. any establishment has internal politics which has been said in a not so subtle way. Asking other people to risk their life ,when they are not aware what the situation is going to be is most foolish by any standards. mallory was last seen on his fatal last climb near the summit. whether he reached it or not is still under debate even after his body was found decades later. may his soul rest in peace. he eternally lives in the heart of mountaineers. but not the book!

The Godfather by Mario Puzo

THE GODFATHER

My most favorite book. So before going in I warn you, my review of the book might not be neutral. “We will manage our world for ourselves because it is our world, Cosa Nostra.”

One of American culture's most resilient narratives is that of the Mafia and its lovable bad guy (anti hero) gangsters, and one of this genre's most popular and pioneering products is Mario puzo’s The Godfather in 1969. The Godfather instantly fixed its place in the American cultural psyche, establishing itself as the de facto gangster novel to which all other subsequent booked in the genre would be compared. It shattered sales record of its time and created trend in novels on organized crime. Its was popular and successful. I would not say it as literature as popular and literature are not mutually exclusive. Mario Puzo has said that he wrote The Godfather as of tales about criminals that he heard while growing up in Hell's Kitchen, an Italian section of New York City, along with imagination. I often try to guess which(or who) might be real-life incidents that served as Puzo's inspirations. Omerta.! In 1972, Coppola adapted Mario Puzo's popular novel for the screen. No guesses, it was a huge hit. Comes up in top 3 in anytime everyone’s list. Coppola said in an interview: "I feel that the Mafia is an incredible metaphor for this country. Both America and the Mafia have roots in Europe … both the Mafia and America feel they are benevolent organizations. Both the Mafia and America have their hands stained with blood from what it is necessary to do to protect their power and interests. Both are totally capitalistic phenomena and basically have a profit motive." He was too honest wasn’t he? Mario Puzo introduces us to gallery of men and women and re-creates the feudal world of the Mafiosi. Every elements of this world sets in place slowly (puzo reveals villan only after 2/3^rd of the story) and then explode electrically to life in this violent and impassioned story.

The Godfather is essentially the story of a man and his power.

Normally I will go into structure and the elements of the story. But as a tribute I am going to write about only one character. The book has made its bones(it has earned its reputation).

We say it is the situation that makes us to choose where we have no choice. Michael Corleone, is a prime example of tragedy in a hero. The changes he goes throughout the book change him from one extreme to another. When we first meet him he is a very honest looking, war hero type,ideal guy who is very distant from the business of his father and the family. He is shown missing in the family pictures, but still loved by the family, especially his father. Attempted murder on his father Vito Corleone's us a new side to Michael. He goes to visit his father in the hospital only to realize that the police were no longer there to protect him. Later after complaints, the police come as well and hit him. The disloyalty of police captain outrage Michael and he volunteers to murder police and sollozo. He does it and escapes to sicilly. This all goes to plan and Michael must hide in Sicily for safety. This is the turning point in the life of Michael. He falls for a thunder bolt(love), just after marriage she dies in a car blast aimed at Michael. Meantime don vito corleone recovers but his elder son santino is murdered. Don makes peace with all newyork families so Michael can come back to America. Michael comes back and inherits the family business. Don guides and teaches him all nuances of the game. They plan for the future. When don dies Michael and corleone family is ready to avenge. How he does read the book to know…..

Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson

’’Reality continues to ruin my life.’’ I have often day dreamed in my class, that too period after lunch. I enter my virtual world, where I am the space hero, who saves the world from imminent destruction. There wont be a single person who did not do this during his lifetime. Authors used this to write cinemas, novels, but the best was reserved for cartoons and comics!! The comic strip that made it look like an art was Calvin and Hobbes by bill Watterson. C&H comic strip ran, as a weekly column in Washington post feature from 1985-1995 was a mix of emotions, imagination, vent on issues, relationship, could rival a novel for range and depth. Universal Press Syndicate picked up the strip in 1985. The cartoon was quickly picked up by dozens of papers, and eventually ran in more

than 2,500. Success was instant.

Principle element in the strip was Calvin (named after 16th-century Protestant theologian), 6year old boy, with a vivid imagination: one minute he is fearless intergalactic traveler Spaceman Spiff, crash-landing on a hostile planet, the next he is a fearsome T-Rex stalking his victim through the Jurassic jungle. He is in thrall to consumerism, hates school, loves making gruesome snowmen, the vocabulary of a Yale lit major and plays Calvinball, A game of ever-changing rules. Calvin battled blobs of oatmeal and the bathtub bath, foam monster. He and Hobbes hurtled downhill in their wagon. He turned himself into a Tyrannosaurus rex, Calvin the Human Insect, Calvin the Bug, Captain Napalm, Stupendous Man and Spaceman Spiff. In the middle of class, Calvin's teacher suddenly turns into a monster! The drooling blob demands attention and homework!! He was known to wear little rocket ship underpants. He feared only the dreaded the babysitter and monsters under his bet, who come alive when it is dark. He likes glooby boogy for snacks and bedtime story. He likes to draw cartoon, so you will come across cartoon within a cartoon. Probably the first one to get spiked hair cut.

The stuffed tiger named Hobbes (named after the philosopher Thomas Hobbes). A tiger that walks on two feet, makes cheesecake grins at girls and appears to be more mature than Calvin by a day. Calvin’s parents see Hobbes as a nondescript plush toy and by Calvin and me as a pouncing and lovable (cute for girls) "real" tiger—Calvin's slightly- more sensible better half, an alter ego. The cross exchange between private and shared reality gives the strip its vitality, flavour and life. Hobbes comes alive only when he and Calvin are alone.

Watterson now 47year old was born in the Ohio District and grew up in Chagrin Falls. Introvert and reclusive. His mom was on the city council and his dad a patent attorney. He would use the family house as the model for Calvin's home, his dad as the model for Calvin's dad. Calvin’s parents have no name in the strip. Watterson, in the book's introduction: "Hobbes got all my better qualities (with a few quirks from our cats), and Calvin my ranting, escapist side. Together, they're pretty much a transcript of my mental diary . . . it's pretty startling to reread these strips ands see my personality exposed so plainly right there on paper. I meant to disguise that better. His syndicate, wanted to cash in by marketing all kinds of Calvin and Hobbes products, but backed off when he threatened to stop drawing the strip. He said no to movie offer from Stephen Spielberg. Stopped writing the strip when he felt it was becoming stale, but the cartoon was at its peak popularity. Nothing budged him from his decision.

http://rapidshare.com/files/152936963/Calvin___Hobbes.part1.rar

http://rapidshare.com/files/152923650/Calvin___Hobbes.part2.rar

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Here are the links for the strip in pdf format. Provided by free ebook download.

Read and enjoy.

Mom I want a rocket launcher. When is Christmas?

Hobbes: news says by the age of 6, most children have seen million murders on tv.

Calvin: oh no I have been watching all wrong channels.

Test paper: 2+7=?

Calvin’s reply: I cannot answer this question, as it is against my religious principle.