( பெங்களூர் வாசகர் சந்திப்பு : ஆகஸ்டு 2, 2008 )

Hi,

Read your article on Subramanyapuram.

The feeling I got once I was done with the reading can be described by very few in the world who has exemplary authority over the language. Anyways, I will try to put it in my limited skills.

It can be compared to waking up and sitting in bed early morning after a perfectly uninterrupted sleep. You have no complaints about that moment and you recollect the sleep you had and give yourself a satisfying smile.

I felt the same way because I got a chance to read it without having to switch to other tasks.

It was flowing like an utterly unperturbed stream that has just melted down from an icy mountain top.

I am amazed at the range (I guess we call this as Veechu?) that you could write.

When I read ZD, I felt I was rafting in the white waters with great turbulence. At times it made me scary, nauseating and helpless while reading it. While reading ZD, I was not very sure whether I would be able to read it once again and I am still not sure about it.

But, this time, I felt like I was rowing a boat all by myself in a crystal clear Himalayan lake. And this sweep from turbulence to trance just amazes me. (See I told you I had limited words to describe!!) :-) It was as good as or better than watching that movie itself and I guess this feeling itself is sufficient even if I miss to watch the movie.

Thanks for giving me that experience. This will remain one of my favorite works of yours, though I am sure there will be lot more to come.

The other one is the travelogue of Ibn Battuta. I felt I was also traveling along with him all through the narration. We hardly get to read such travelogues and I once again thank for that too. I could see the Mogul dynasty in India in an entirely different perspective. Most importantly, a neutral version of it because, the history is, and has always been biased since it is always written by those who had succeeded.

Continue the great work Charu.

Regards,
Sriram.