Though PS was the last historic novel by Kalki, we remember only PS as soon as we hear the name 'Kalki'. Recently I heard a news which I am not sure whether true or not. Its being said that Kalki died before completing the masterpiece and his daughter completed the novel based on the hints and outline, kalki had already written. Is this true? If yes, how many episodes did his daughter write? Can anyone throw light on this.
Also, I came across this link which we discussed this at length earlier.
Dear Satish I would agree with Pavithra that Kalki completed PS infact I have two versions of PS the original and the third or fourth edition in the later it states amarara kalki
Second Gokul if I am right earlier pointed out that Kalki's son recalling the days when his father penned Ps and said That his father said oneeday...Senrthanai Raja Akiduvoma??This is one of the last few chapters if you recall
Thank you all for the clarifications. I too thought the same. Last week I bought 'Sivagamiyin sabatham' in the book fair and yet to start reading it. its a new edition and when I just browsed the initial pages, there was a page with the major events of Kalkis life in which it was stated that PS started in 1950 and continued for 3 years. The last point was Kalki died in oct(or nov i forgot) of 1953. the time period when calculated logically shows that Kalki died after PS ended.
But what made me to ask this question is, yesterday while I was travelling from Dindigul to Chennai, I overheard the next seat people talking about this and one was saying it was kalki's daughter who completed PS. So when I heard the same news from two three different sources I was confused. Moreover, wikipedia encyclopedia says Kalki died in 1954 and PS went on for five years. That confused me again.
I forgot one more thing which I remembered only after sending my mail yesterday. I have PS from Vardhamanan pathippagam.In the last volume, in the last two pages, Kalki himself has answered a few of the readers questions like, what happened to vd and kunthavai after the story ends, what happened to Arul Mozhi varama, did he ascend the thrown etc. So this clearly shows that Kalki has answered his readers questions after PS was completed in Kalki magazine.
One more thing I noticed while reading PS for the second time now. In the thrid volume, when Madhuranthakan is reintroduced and eloborated, Kalki says, he is the person who in future will be known as the great 'Uttama chozhan'. But towards the end he makes senthan amuthan as UC. Since it was a thodar kathai which spanned three years, such twists and inconsistencies are acceptable. Can anyone state any other such incidents in PS where Kalki himself has contradicted his earlier statements...Just curious to know.
Satish
> Dear Satish > > If you follow the link and scroll to the last bit the mudivurai speaks for itself...Moonrarai aandukaalam was the length of PS > > Sri