Hi Friends, When in Chennai can I buy a set of the 5 volumes of the Kalki version of Ponniyin Selvan with all drawings etc..? The ones that is available in the market are without the drawings.
He wants the old bounded version of Ponniyin Selvan which is available only in lending libraries or used book stores. The recent publishing my big publishers are without any paintings.
On Tue, Jun 17, 2008 at 5:44 AM, Subramaniam Sankaran
> He wants the old bounded version of Ponniyin Selvan which is available > only in lending libraries or used book stores. The recent publishing > my big publishers are without any paintings. > > Hi there are about 5 different sets of ponniyin selvan which came in kalki during different ages. the advertisements are so revealing about the periods. we should do a tabulation of the years and the artists, one of these days. the original which ran till 1954 april or so is the most valuable. we all chanced to see one set with an active member of our tours in kumbakonam. in fact some members like swetha didnt even want to leave kumbakonam wanting to spend some time with those bound books though it was time to leave. i am lucky to have a original set of 'sivakamiyin sabatham'. i am told its very valuable. to me its priceless. and invaluable. venketesh
I have only one part of Sivakamiyin Sabatham, which im treasuring. I had the original of 'Sriman Sudharsanam'. But someone took it frm my house and im unable to track it down now. Same goes with 'mannan magal'. But i do have some good old novels published in Vikatan in 1950's such as 'Prema Haram','Anbin Ellai'. Some in kalki like 'kallukul Eeram'. also i have 'ChitraValli', 'ChozhaNila' and 'Central(by PVR).
Venkat, consider scanning your copy before it is too late and paper begins to crumble. Scanning is not illegal, only distribution and marketing is copyrighted.
I have some of Lakshmi's novels bound from AV - Pen Manam, Kanjanayin Kanavu and Latsiyavaadhi. Also Tennattu selvangal, and Rajaji' Chakaravarthi Thirumagan.
I would very much like to purchase any bound book of that time, provided it is in good condition.
HI almost a year back i had an access to a treasure trove. a cupboard which was unlocked nearly after 40 50 years in a remote village in chettinaad. a trove of books, some of them a century old were given to me. a lot of our friends received their shares. the most benefitted was plastics chandra who directly made a visit to devakottai itself. his life long mission of collecting books by his grand uncle suddananada barathi was helped as he got some very rare books of his in the cupboard. it helped that suddananda barathi had worked as a teacher in devakottai itself.
Nowadays, atleast to the best of my knowledge, nowhere one could find the Ponnyin Selvan Book volumes with those beautiful painting available in any book stores. So, this e-group, which unites all the lovers of this splendid work of Kalki, could post an e-copy of all its volume (those with panitings) for the benefits of many. I would like to suggest those who own such a copy of the book could scan it and post it on the internetas a free downloadable one.
thats natural progression..isnt it player to umpire..and third umpire I am recollecting the days you fondly called Gokul asTendulkar and me as cannot remember Sobers for the posting spree so we have moved on if you have Gokuls number can you please text it to me
You are absolutely right .it has been very hectic not as busy as you are
Deadlines courses meetings .more importantly moving to Birmingham .my wife is not coping with the 180 miles round trip everyday yes we get three hours of quality time everyday on the motorway
A lot of discussions a bit personal at times will catch up surely