Böcker av Thi. Janakiraman

The conflict between desire and reality is beautifully described in this much appreciated novel.

Thi. Janakiraman is one of the pioneers of Tamil novel. Anbe Aaramuthe can be considered as the most mainstream of his novels. Not just because it was written as a series in a magazine, but as it has dramatic turn of events. Anandasami, runs away right on his marriage day. After three decades wandering around as a monk, he returns to the same groom. Two people turned away from a marriage, reunite as parents to a daughter not born to them. Though written before half a century, the story is as contemporary as any.

Uyirthen is an idealistic novel. It strongly expresses the women situation. Anusuya and Sengamma represent the two different qualities of a woman's mind. Anusuya is frank and expressive. She is an exterior nature of women. Sengamma is made of secrets and her life is made of intense emotions and she is the interior nature of Women. However different they are, they have no difference in showing their humanity and love towards men. That love makes men be friendly with them, respect them, become crazy about them, kill them and even commit suicide.

Thi.Janakiraman wrote this novel as a series on the magazine 'Kanaiyazhi'. It was published as a book posthumously. Poet Sukumaran the editor Thi.Janakiraman's collected short stories says Thi.ja was never tired of celebrating humanity in his works. Humans are the central themes of his works, bound in their situations and filled with emotions. It's an unique novel among his other novels. The theme is abstract and the abstractness makes it more intriguing for the reader. The novel is about an dangerous attempt by Rangamani, who is determined to continue her family heritage by a blood related scion instead of adopted children. Tricks, Prayers, Intimacy all are entwined in a story told in the enchanting writing style of Thi.Ja. The novel speaks of pity, lust and spirituality all in an intimate language.

Thi.Janakiraman's Marapasu has created discussions, controversies since the 1970s. Marapasu was a direct reflection of his he narrates his life experience and that experience strengthens the idea of the novel further. When feminism talks were becoming popular in all over world, Marapasu was the first creation in Tamil which discussed about it. The main character of this novel Ammini is trying to hold each and every creation of world with love. She is an unforgettable character of modern Tamil literature. She is as fresh as a rain drop and as ancient as a river. She as free as the wind and she wants to take shelter inside feathers of a nest. She yearns for relationships and at the same time she needs extreme loneliness. She is the ideal imaginary character as well as the imperfect real character. This contradiction makes this novel very interesting.

Malar Manjam was the second novel of Thi. Janakiraman, who has been praised as one of the greatest Tamil writers. Like his debut, this novel was also published as a series in Sudesamithran weekly magazine. This novel brought him to the attention of many readers, with his fascination with human drama and relentless discourse on male-female relationships. With themes like polygamy and unorthodox love, it was much talked about following its publication, and is still relevant today. A man searches for solace in spirituality, burdened by his four marriages. A woman, born out of one of those relationships, calmly establishes her rights, a beautiful novel is woven out of this narrative threads. The novel's contemporariness lies with the character of Pali, who struggles and chooses between a person of her choice and an arranged marriage. In a way, breaking the traditions of her time, Pali paved the way for Thi. Janakiraman's much-beloved women characters to come.

Amirtham is the first novel of Thi. Janakiraman, a pioneer celebrated for taking the literary form to new heights. It was published in 'Giraama Oozhiyan' magazine as a series in 1944, and was published as a book for the first time in 1948. The novel announces the arrival of a great writer, and bears resemblance to some of his great works that followed. The language of this novel may have aged, but the context remains relevant. Equal gender relations, mutual admiration, the Thanjavur dialect and all the unique features of Thi.Ja's exemplary works are present in this too.