Kurinji Malar

by Na. Parthasarathy, Malini Seshadri (Translator)

Overview

On a rock on the road to a hill temple are carved the names 'Aravindan' and 'Poorani'.

Barely out of her teens, Poorani is plunged into crisis with the sudden passing of her father. As she brings her life back on course, fate arranges a meeting with Aravindan. Gentle and idealistic, Aravindan makes it his goal to right the wrongs in society. Spirited and refined, Poorani blazes a trail to recognition and renown with her public-speaking knowhow. Their friendship soon blossoms into love. But can a world riddled with opportunism and deceit ever hold their dreams and ideals?

Written more than six decades ago and set in Madurai and the surrounding areas of the Tamil land, this classic romance - peopled by an array of compelling characters - was first serialized in a magazine in the 1960s, and later attained further popularity on-screen. Believed to be Na. Parthasarathy's magnum opus, Kurinji Malar is a sweeping saga that conjures an unforgettable landscape of hope and heartbreak - a delicate balance only a master storyteller can offer.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9789357315470
Publisher:	Hachette India
Publication date:	09/20/2024
Sold by:	Hachette Digital, Inc.
Format:	eBook
Pages:	480
File size:	9 MB

About the Author

Na. Parthasarathy was born in 1932 in a small village in Ramanathapuram district of southern Tamil Nadu. After a brilliant academic career leading to an MA in Tamil Literature from the University of Madras, his first job was as a teacher of Tamil in Sethupathy High School in Madurai. This was the same school where the celebrated poet Subramania Bharati had once taught. Parthasarathy, a prolific writer, then moved into the area of magazine editing. He was Assistant Editor at Kalki before taking up the reins of chief editorship of the respected Tamil monthly Deepam, and later of Dinamani Kadir of the Indian Express group of publications.

His style of writing, meshing the literary with the popular, won him a large reader base and multiple awards. He was honoured with the Sahitya Akademi Award for his novel Samudhaya Veedhi. Many of his works have been translated into English and several Indian regional languages. He passed away in 1987 with his autobiography still incomplete. At the time, his Ph.D thesis submitted to the University of Madras was still under evaluation but was later adjudged to be 'brilliant'.

Malini Seshadri is a freelance writer, editor and translator. She has co-authored the textbook series Living in Harmony (2004) for schools, as well as Reading and Reality and A Window to Your World for undergraduate courses. Her translations from Tamil to English include Vanmam and Just One Word by Bama and contributions to short story anthologies: The Oxford India Anthology of Tamil Dalit Writing (2012), Katha Vilasam (2022), In Defiance (2022), and The Greatest Tamil Stories Ever Told (2021).