Böcker av Krishna Prasad

To cease a man's independence, privacy and self-respect is a heinous crime. To commit him to slavery and use him to one's advantage with the motive of fulfilling their own desires is even more horrendous. Such heartless barbaric clans did exist in this world and were predominantly from the European countries. The beginning of the 16th century has a recorded history of human slavery which lasted through the 19th century. These European countries invaded other countries and established their colonies. They swindled the riches of these nations for their own personal gains. And they did not stop there, they subjugated the local population to enormous misery and hardship. They were ill-treated into submission by force and torture.One such classic character was Oroonoko. The colonizers extracted favours from him only to torture him and put him to death. The pathetic life of Oroonoko was seen by Aphra Behn, who recorded the happenings in the form of a novel. This poetry book rendered in the Tamil language, depicts the heartwrenching story of Oroonoko, which would stir readers and inspire them to rise up against injustice.

It is not quite common to find people with extraordinary talent or willpower in this world, who perform acts that are beyond the comprehension of normal human beings.Alexander Selkirk was one such unique being. He was born in a tiny fishing village by the seashore called Largo in Scotland. He was from a very poor family and was one among many siblings in his family. Driven by poverty, he left home at a very tender age and traveled far and wide to distant lands on the high seas to seek his fortune. Under virtue of his experience, he becomes a trained seafarer. During one such voyage, he has a fall-out with his ship's captain due to an argument. The consequences of this lead him to be dropped off on a strange island to defend himself. This island is called Juan Fernandez on the Pacific Ocean of South America, off the Peruvian coast. He survives on the island all by himself for four years and four months. The book describes and celebrates the adventures of Selkirk, while surviving the isolation and dangers of the island. He was the real hero and the inspiration for the creation of Robinson Crusoe by Alexander Dumas.

"Pulam Peyarnda Paravaigal" as the title of the book reads in tamil, translates to "Migratory Birds" in english.Thirty-nine selected english poems like gems strung together have been rendered in chaste tamil.This not Just a translation of the english poems, it is a rendering in tamil. The already beautiful poems gain immense beauty when they are rendered in a classical language, that is tamil.Read it, you Will not Just like it, you Will love it!