Tamil language Novel Writer, Journalist, Poet & Critic late Ramaswamy Aiyer Krishnamurthy also known as 鈥楰alki鈥�. He derived his pen name from the suffixes of his wife name Kalyani and his name Krishnamurthy in Tamil form 喈曕喁嵿喈距喈� and 喈曕喈班瘉喈粪瘝喈`喁傕喁嵿喁嵿喈� as Kalki (喈曕喁嵿畷喈�). His name also represents 鈥淜alki avatar鈥�, the tenth and last avatar of the Hindu God Vishnu.
His writings includes over 120 short stories, 10 novelettes, 5 novels, 3 historical romances, editorial and political writings and hundreds of film and music reviews. Krishnamurthy鈥檚 witty, incisive comments on politics, literature, music and other forms of art were looked forward to with unceasing interest by readers. He wrote under the pen names of 鈥楰alki鈥�, 鈥楻a. Ki鈥�, 鈥楾amil Theni鈥�, 鈥楰arnatakam鈥� and so on.
The success that Krishnamurthy attained in the realm of historical fiction is phenomenal. Sixty years ago, at a time when the literacy level was low and when the English-educated Tamils looked down on writings in Tamil, Kalki鈥檚 circulation touched 71,000 copies 鈥� the largest for any weekly in the county then 鈥� when it serialised his historical novels. Kalki had also the genius to classify the historical and non-historical events, historical and non-historical characters and how much the novel owes to history.
After 15 mins, when I think back about the book, I gave 4 stars. You'll love the climax twist. I really liked Kalki's screenplay in this book a lot. A few lines explains the Dec 1940's Rangoon scenario.