Ponniyin Selvan Varalaatru Peravai

Sundar,

I never read this book.
Check this site:
http://jackofall.blogspot.com/2007/06/puyalile-oru-thoni.html

Also, there is a discussion on:
http://www.mixcloud.com/4ebtamil/20120624-radio-4eb-tamil-oli/
Start at 9:00 minutes of the recording

This seems to be a novel with World War II historical background, written at about 1950s, released after 1970s after much hardship, describing a life of Tamilians living in South East Asia during world war