i read, ponniyin selvan several times... i remember the first day, when i heard abt ponniyin selvan... while, i am studying in college first year. one of my friend introduced ponniyin selvan.. he always talks abt ponniyin selvan and the characters arul mozhi, vandhiya devan, kundhavai, nandhini, pazhuvetaraiyar, thirumalai appan etc... whenever, i heard abt the characters and the scene, i starts to love ponniyin selvan novel and the characters very much.... once, i got the novel and starts to read that.... uhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!! wonderfull... still i remember those days... i can’t able to stop the novel in middle... (my mom scolded me, but I didn’t heard anything) after, I finished the novel only I felt relax… really, such a nice novel… enna, azhuva vacha novel um kooda…(manimegalai, en manadhai migavum paadhitha paathiram…) when I closed the book, all the characters strongly captured my mind… every year I read the novel… idhu varaikum konjam kooda alukala… 6 times padichi iruken… hmmm.. innum kooda padipen.. again and again…
ponniyin selvan padicha paadhipu, ennai kalki-in ezhuthulaika padika adhigamaga thoondiyadhu… sivagami sabadham, parthiban kanavu, mogini theevu, solaimalai ilavarasi, magudapathy, sirukadhai kadhaigal (ellam) padithu vitten… ellam arumaiyana ezhuthukal… sivagami sabadham mudivum migavum baadhithadhu… matravargalai vida thalapathi paranjothi en manadhil aazhamaga pathindhar… poruku piragu avar edukum mudivu magathanadhu… (thiruvilaiyadal puranathil, 63 naayanmargalil oruvaraga vilangum siru thondarin vazhaikaiyai ariyum bozhudhu mei silirthadhu)
parthiban kanavu is also a good writing and also the short stories… all are very nice… amara vazhvu, pirabala natchathiram, punnaivanathu puli, idindha kotai, mayil vizhi maan, kaandhimadhiyin kaadhalan, paazhadaindha bungalow, vaira modhiram, veenai bavani, devagiyin kanavan, kaadharaak kallan – indha siru kadhaigal ellam arpudhamanavaigal…
hi short stories describe that he know to write abt all type of stories (sentimental, historical, patriotic & also humorous)