“Short story is the seed from which all other literary forms germinated,” said DMK President Kalaignar adding poet Vairamuthu’s writings would survive the test of time for generations.
Releasing a short story collection of the poet at a function in Chennai on Oct 10, he said that he had the opportunity to release all the poetry, prose poems, epic poems and novels and he was putting forward the collection of the poet’s 40 short stories, rightfully as the lyricist called him the ‘teacher’ and he called him as his younger brother.
Short story was a linguistic form used since humanity started speaking. Short story was used as a bridge between one who listened and the other who explained something that struck in his thinking or a situation or incident that he witnesses with his eyes with the condition and development of wisdom of each. Small story was a form of all literary works. Short story is the form from which all other literary forms germinated. A creative writer, irrespective of the genre, conceived ideas in the form of characters or situations or incidents in short stories. Short stories found their expression in all other literary forms.
In world literature, American writers Edgar Allan Poe and O. Henri are said to the starting points of short stories. But Anton Chekhov is said to be the pioneer for short stories in best forms. Of course there were short stories prior to them. There is lot of short stories in the Bible, considered to be the great literary work. Prophet Mohamed preached people through short stories.
“Arignar Anna had written lot of short stories and I have also written. Brother Vairamuthu has vent his anger in the preface of this book telling ‘I condemn as fraud of criticism in rejecting very good short stories written by Arignar Anna and Kalaignar in the literary space of the Dravidian movement’” Kalaignar said.
Kalaignar recalled what he had stated in his prologue to the book ‘Vairamuthu Poems’,
(wondering “so many infernos inside this black man; so many icebergs inside his imagination spring; how many fetuses inside his heart; how many seeds for so many thousand trees inside his brain”).
About this collection of short stories, Kalaignar cited some portions of a few stories to point out the fineness of description and the force of emotions of the characters. Kalaignar cited an evidence for the imagination and writing of Vairamuthu.
When the DMK government was dismissed in 1991, the poet wrote in ‘Kungumam’ then published by him (Kalaignar) “Aye, Anarkali! After you the one who was buried alive was democracy”. After reading this Kalaignar said he rang up to the poet and said that he was profited by the dismissal of his government because he could get such a nice verse.
Kalaignar said that Vairamuthu has followed the pattern of O. Henri in some of these stories by giving a gist of the story in the last sentence. In these short stories many including from Buddha to King Rajarajan, Maha Dharma to differently abled, Poet Abdullah to mentally ill Ibrahim, lawyer Tiger Ramanujam to Eelam Tamil Kadirgaman are frequenting Paramachary shows his head, different kinds of women, different localities and different sites are narrated in the weaving of the stories.
Epics are combined effects of hundreds of stories and short stories. There are short stories in Sangam literature also. Though the lyrics of Sangam literature were not written for short stories it could not be denied that the situations narrated in them were short stories that appeal even now. For example was the Purananooru lyric in nine lines authored by Kaakkaipaadiniyar Nachchellayar, which he adopted for a poetic text seventy years back in 1945, Kalaignar said and recalled the verse.
Referring to the author’s preface that he wished like Pudumaipithan that his creative writings should remain forever, Kalaignar told him that all his writings would stand the test of times for generations. Vairamuthu’s short stories, like his other writings, would survive the test of time, he added. Though his writings did not bother about results, Kalaignar said he wished that Vairamuthu’s writings should produce good results.
Actor Kamal Hassan, who received the first copy, said short story could not be confined to a particular form and it would gradually take shape depending on the creativity of the writer.
To Vairamuthu’s reaction to those who had complained that his short stories had the elements of poetry, Kamal Hassan said opinion could differ on the form of short stories.
Vairamuthu advocated holding of literary reading classes in schools and colleges. Prof Parveen Sultana also spoke.
Releasing a short story collection of the poet at a function in Chennai on Oct 10, he said that he had the opportunity to release all the poetry, prose poems, epic poems and novels and he was putting forward the collection of the poet’s 40 short stories, rightfully as the lyricist called him the ‘teacher’ and he called him as his younger brother.
Short story was a linguistic form used since humanity started speaking. Short story was used as a bridge between one who listened and the other who explained something that struck in his thinking or a situation or incident that he witnesses with his eyes with the condition and development of wisdom of each. Small story was a form of all literary works. Short story is the form from which all other literary forms germinated. A creative writer, irrespective of the genre, conceived ideas in the form of characters or situations or incidents in short stories. Short stories found their expression in all other literary forms.
In world literature, American writers Edgar Allan Poe and O. Henri are said to the starting points of short stories. But Anton Chekhov is said to be the pioneer for short stories in best forms. Of course there were short stories prior to them. There is lot of short stories in the Bible, considered to be the great literary work. Prophet Mohamed preached people through short stories.
“Arignar Anna had written lot of short stories and I have also written. Brother Vairamuthu has vent his anger in the preface of this book telling ‘I condemn as fraud of criticism in rejecting very good short stories written by Arignar Anna and Kalaignar in the literary space of the Dravidian movement’” Kalaignar said.
Kalaignar recalled what he had stated in his prologue to the book ‘Vairamuthu Poems’,
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Ït‹ f‰gid C‰W¡FŸns Ϥjid gå kiyfsh?
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_is¡FŸns jh‹ v¤jid Mæu« éU£r§fS¡fhd éijfŸ?” (wondering “so many infernos inside this black man; so many icebergs inside his imagination spring; how many fetuses inside his heart; how many seeds for so many thousand trees inside his brain”).
About this collection of short stories, Kalaignar cited some portions of a few stories to point out the fineness of description and the force of emotions of the characters. Kalaignar cited an evidence for the imagination and writing of Vairamuthu.
When the DMK government was dismissed in 1991, the poet wrote in ‘Kungumam’ then published by him (Kalaignar) “Aye, Anarkali! After you the one who was buried alive was democracy”. After reading this Kalaignar said he rang up to the poet and said that he was profited by the dismissal of his government because he could get such a nice verse.
Kalaignar said that Vairamuthu has followed the pattern of O. Henri in some of these stories by giving a gist of the story in the last sentence. In these short stories many including from Buddha to King Rajarajan, Maha Dharma to differently abled, Poet Abdullah to mentally ill Ibrahim, lawyer Tiger Ramanujam to Eelam Tamil Kadirgaman are frequenting Paramachary shows his head, different kinds of women, different localities and different sites are narrated in the weaving of the stories.
Epics are combined effects of hundreds of stories and short stories. There are short stories in Sangam literature also. Though the lyrics of Sangam literature were not written for short stories it could not be denied that the situations narrated in them were short stories that appeal even now. For example was the Purananooru lyric in nine lines authored by Kaakkaipaadiniyar Nachchellayar, which he adopted for a poetic text seventy years back in 1945, Kalaignar said and recalled the verse.
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“So I started competing with brother Vairamuthu even then”, Kalaignar said amidst applause and laugher.Referring to the author’s preface that he wished like Pudumaipithan that his creative writings should remain forever, Kalaignar told him that all his writings would stand the test of times for generations. Vairamuthu’s short stories, like his other writings, would survive the test of time, he added. Though his writings did not bother about results, Kalaignar said he wished that Vairamuthu’s writings should produce good results.
Actor Kamal Hassan, who received the first copy, said short story could not be confined to a particular form and it would gradually take shape depending on the creativity of the writer.
To Vairamuthu’s reaction to those who had complained that his short stories had the elements of poetry, Kamal Hassan said opinion could differ on the form of short stories.
Vairamuthu advocated holding of literary reading classes in schools and colleges. Prof Parveen Sultana also spoke.
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