Pudhusu Illai. naan silent spectator!!! (The last msg I posted was on tamil and I dont remember when it was) pi.ku: Definitely SS is not as "kalakkal" as PS... well this is just my opinion. So dont post replies attacking me.However I welcome arguments. 1. Its amazing that the whole main stream story of PS takes place within a small period of time but SS stretches over many years and this fails to captivate my attention. 2. SS is purely based on love and valor but PS has politics, love, valor, religion and many more mixed with that subtle (at times not subtle!) sense of humor. 3. SS's main characters both sivagami and mamallar are kinda fickle and sometimes in the novel I feel that they were too emotional. SS had a villain like many stories. But as someone had said earlier the fascinating fact about PS is that there is actually no villain (i.e., no one is bad. everyone performs their role due to some reason). 4. In fact in SS I have even thought at some points as to why she unnecessarily took such a vow.(I do admit that its ending is so beautiful... but still it doesn't entice me as much as PS which is evident from the fact that I must have read PS atleast a couple of dozen times but SS- only thrice!!!)
Prathiba Natesan "Two roads diverged in a wood and I- I took the one less travelled by, and that has made all the difference"- Robert Frost