Visumbu by Jayamohan
The last Tamil novel that I recall reading was Sujata's Ganesh Vasanth series, and before that, the whole Ponniyin Selvan devoured in a mad reading spree spanning over a few weeks. Beyond that, I have never gravitated towards Tamil works, even the multitude of Rajesh Kumar crime novels which lay scattered around our home. My dad is a big fan of Rajesh Kumar. He says that Rajesh Kumar is the James Hadley Chase of Tamil writing, of whom we both are huge fans. So, after many many years, a colleague and a good friend of mine, gave me Jayamohan's collection of science fiction short stories called "Visumbu", which means sky. My friend, who is a die hard Jayamohan fan and an avid reader of Tamil literature, was appalled at my lack of exposure to so many wonderful works in Tamil. "How can you not read the brilliant works in our mother tongue? Some feelings, emotions and thoughts can be conveyed powerfully only in our own tongue.", he said and hunted up th