About the Book: The Greatest Tamil Stories Ever Told
The Greatest Tamil Stories Ever Told showcases some of the best short fiction to
emerge out of Tamil Nadu, dating from the last century to the present day. Two
of the earliest stories included here are Subramania Bharatis 'The Story of a
Crow Learning Prosody, a satirical tale about the exaltation of language, and
'Kalki Krishnamurthys 'The Governors Visit, about how bigwigs in little places
pandered to the British rulers during the time of the Raj. While some stories in
this volume wrestle with the idea of public justice, as in Father Mark Stephens
'Penance and Sa. Kandasamys