> ... I just finished reading three stories, yajnam, teerpu, and
> aarti. At the end of yajnam, I was left aghast. The extent of understanding
> the human nature displayed in these stories is exceptional. The characters
> are so natural, the situations all too familiar. Like the author says, it
> is very difficult for people in a certain stratum of society to comprehend
> the problems of people in other strata. The vastness of internal turmoil
> which is present in these stories is not easily grasped in a casual
> reading.
> Moreover, I am sure, these stories leave each reader to interpret them in
> his/her own way. They just have to read for themselves, and find out. Right
> now, I am going to read them once more.
>
Ahh, the pleasure and the anguish of discovering Sree kaaLeepaTnam
and his yaJnam....
A few minutes ago, I posted a note on yaJnam, and said that I
hardly knew anybody who read yaJnam only once and could let it go. (This
observation extends to almost all stories of Sree kaaLeepaTnam written
after 1960.) I did not then know that Nasy gaaru would validate that
statement so quickly. ;-)
Regards. --- V. Chowdary Jampala