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FOUNDRY MAN WRITES TAMIL LITERARTURE ON 8064 PAGES

Posted on: 23/Jun/2010 4:39:51 AM

P.Sakthivel  has produced  8000-page Tamil literary work The 32 year old foundry man has  written important Tamil works on 8,064 pages to highlight the importance and richness of literature. He began writing on May 3 and finished it on June 20. I wrote for three to four hours a day continuously for 48 days. He used three pens with special nibs and five bottles of ink on map litho` paper.In the book titled Arunthamizh`, I have included Tamizh thaai vaazhthu, Thirukkural in full and excerpts from Kalaignar`s (Chief Minister M.Karunanidhi) Tholkappiya Poonga, Kambaraamayanam, Pathupaatu, Silapathikaaram, Manimegalai, Kalingathupparani, Muthukumarasamy Pillai Thamizh, Kutraala Kuravanji, Ainkurunooru, among others.The book also has illustrations. I took the help of my friend and studio owner B.Babu Charles, who has sketched 136 images. He further  says it was a way he found to participate in the great event.