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**Drugmachine** · 10-31-2005, 12:04 AM

Both the interview with Kumudham and the Hub exclusive speech throw very interesting light on su raa the person and his outlook on life and literature. I can personally relate to the way he contrasts himself from JK. I have finished half my life -assuming I will live the other half

- without reading or knowing su raa because I did not seek him. I did not have to seek JK. He came to me and became part of my growing up experience.

This is not to diminish su raa's greatness. I am already seeing that in oru puLiyamaraththin ... that I am currently reading( my first su raa). How that junction town unfolds itself reflecting social and economic changes is amazing!

I am unable to participate in the discussions here on JJ etc, not having read any of them.

One place in su raa's interview that appealed to me was his approach to ideologies- He says a writer should not hold on to any firm outlook on life and should instead constantly review and renew it.

With my limited exposure to su raa, a question lingers in my mind:

Why should a writer of this caliber spend his time criticising his literary contemporaries? Was he atleast objective or did he go after personalities? This my genuine question, not a comment.

10-31-2005, 12:04 AM	#27
Drugmachine Join Date Apr 2006 Posts 4,490 Senior Member	Both the interview with Kumudham and the Hub exclusive speech throw very interesting light on su raa the person and his outlook on life and literature. I can personally relate to the way he contrasts himself from JK. I have finished half my life -assuming I will live the other half- without reading or knowing su raa because I did not seek him. I did not have to seek JK. He came to me and became part of my growing up experience. This is not to diminish su raa's greatness. I am already seeing that in oru puLiyamaraththin ... that I am currently reading( my first su raa). How that junction town unfolds itself reflecting social and economic changes is amazing! I am unable to participate in the discussions here on JJ etc, not having read any of them. One place in su raa's interview that appealed to me was his approach to ideologies- He says a writer should not hold on to any firm outlook on life and should instead constantly review and renew it. With my limited exposure to su raa, a question lingers in my mind: Why should a writer of this caliber spend his time criticising his literary contemporaries? Was he atleast objective or did he go after personalities? This my genuine question, not a comment.
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