JAYAKANTHAN VS SUJATHA

I have made it a continuing and a compulsive habit to read atleast for an hour before retiring to bed.I have always enjoyed reading books , but of late i ahve realised i am not giving the desired attention to the books and i am simply hurrying thru the reading instead of enjoying the reading.

And when i have consciously put brakes on the reading speed i ahve come to appreciate very many new dimensions which possibly i was not able to appreciate when i have given the first time reading.

Fortunately for me i have got two books of two great and favourite authors of mine ..One by Jayakanthan(HIS KURU NAVALGAL) and the other by Sujatha (His collection of short stories.The fact that they belong to two different styles each of which is great in its own way added to the reading comfort and taste.

As some one remarked if good books were by your side, your time passes off in a grand manner and the books stand as friends to offer you solutions to your problems too.(Please do not misunderstand that one should read books for the purpose of finding solutions to their problems, it may be an incidental benefit, the main benefit is that you are able to talk to those characters and imbibe their vibrations and to that extent your focus gets sharpened and your way of reacting becomes balanced).

Jayakanthan since my child hood had been my favorite and when i reached my teenage, Sujatha's writings attracted me with equal force.If JAYAKANTHAN'S novels portray the
hidden side of human mind and life and also attempts to go for its solutions , Sujatha's stories invariably are fast paced, touch any thing and every thing that you can imagine to happen in a day to day life and ends with some unexpected twist.While JAYAKANTHAN'S narrations are meant to make you sit and do a self analysis, Sujatha's stories are more factual, do not make you feel guilty , but make you understand that there are two sides to the same coin.Jayakanthan's narration invariably have the slight tone of communism as its thread while Sujatha's stories keep the coomon mand and his weaknesses / strengths as its core .While JAYA KANTHAN;S writings make you feel dazed and shaken up for a while, Sujatha's stories are a way of satirical commentary and leaves its imprints with out feeling disturbed.

Now come to some of their classics..Jaya AKANTHAN'S Yarukkaga Azhudhan, Sila nerangalil sila manithrgal, Kokila enna seithu vittal, Agni pravesam, Adum narkaligal adugindrana, Kagitham ottappatta jannalgal are some of the stories which keep giving you diffrent meanings at each poit of time you read them. In other words your appreciation enlarges with each passing year.

For Sujatha, KARAI ELLAM SENBAGAPPOO, Oru thuli raththam,VASANT Ganesh DETECTIVE SERIALS, umpteen number of short stories including some unforgettable ones like
Sujatha ezhudum kathai, thedal, koonthal,oru latcham puththagangal, iru kadithangal,juno, Kuthirai etc portray the variety and ease with which he has touched subjects and made an impact on the readers.

With hardly a couple of days remaining for Pongal festival to bring cheers , enthusiasm and vasantham in every one's life, my best wishes for an wonderf ul and happy pongal

And make it a point to make books as your best friends for they wstay with you thru thick and thin.

HAPPY READING TIMES AHEAD TO EVERY ONE OF YOU.