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Tanglish Kadhaigal
A Collection of Tamil and English Short Stories
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Tanglish Kadhaigal
A Collection of Tamil and English Short Stories
Compiled By
Adithya Balaji
EDUCREATION PUBLISHING (Since 2011)
www.educreation.in
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To My Parents, God Parents, Siblings
And
To all who have made this possible
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Introduction
It has been proven time and time again that
those who have a reading habit often show
signs of advanced Intelligence levels. With an
abundant amount of genres, books open the
mind to use new words and embark upon a
whole new world of word usage.
The importance of having a reading habit is
because reading is good for you. Reading a
good book is the perfect way to reduce
stress and have a quiet, peaceful time without
leaving the comfort of your home
Reading exposes you to a world of
imagination, showing you nothing is impossible
in this world. By reading, you are exploring a
different angle to see a thing you‘ve known, on
how different action leads to different results.
Books are beyond imagination. It‘s like a huge
spider web, where you keep linking to more and
more to things you knew, and things you just
learn, structuring new solutions and answers.
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Over the years, the reading habit is slowly
dying and This causes a serious lack of
motivation for the young people to write. Short
stories are the life line of a language. As an
initiative to revive the reading and writing habit,
I have compiled a total of 15 short stories in
Both Tamil and English from young and
prolific writers in this book. Each of the stories
have been from brilliant authors who put their
ideas from different genres to make this book
possible.
Short stories are ―the rap of literature‖.
There is a lot to short stories than it appears.
Short stories with their right-to-the-point plot
and concise form are a convenient way to learn
about the style and characteristics of the literary
work you are about to discover. You can read
one short story and make one short and
intensive step aside. Or you can read a short
story collection and dive into unexplored lands
for just a bit longer.
Anyone can write a short story with their
experience and can highlight the problems we
face today in just three pages. The beauty of it
is the readers will be able to relate it to their
daily life and connect easily with the story.
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Sujatha‘s short stories have played a mightier
role in influencing the young generations of
1990s and 2000s
S.Ramakrishnan was once asked, ―What is
the key to write the best short story ever?‖, by a
reporter to which he replied, ―Just write a story
about the experiences of a poor old man
wanting to get a treatment at the Government
hospital, That would do‖. It is as simple as that.
Take a look around. Having a minute of
spare time, people take out their smartphones
and check out their Facebook, Twitter, and
Instagram. It‘s an example of a highly effective
use of time. Why not give books a try? And it
doesn‘t mean you have to keep the book in your
purse or backpack. You can download a free
book reading app and place its icon next to
Facebook‘s.
Now, it‘s all about what you expect. When
you open Facebook, scrolling through a couple
of latest status messages makes it already a
finished activity, no matter when you decide to
stop.
When you open a book or a reading app,
you imagine the time you spend reading – five
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minutes or half an hour – is a tiny little percent
of what is left. Short stories are suitable to be
read in short chunks. A single chunk may be a
substantial part of the entire story. Reading one
story might take less time than going back
home from work on a metro bus.
You can‘t write extraordinary short stories
without reading extraordinary shory short
stories. These authors may not be Shakespheres
or Pudhumai pithans yet. But those legends
once started at the same place these people are
now. So With your support, They can turn into
one. So it is our social responsibility to revive
this dying art and keep the legacy going.
Thanks to the readers for your support.
Further volumes of the book are yet follow. I
am looking forward to your support to keep this
momentum alive.
Anbudan,
Adithya Balaji
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சதணத கடு
டட சபச
―அடியத டஞசயசறு! வடி சுணண
டய இயகக! டபது யபத
சசததககூது? ய டடலுண
சுணணயப இயககியத! உதட திடி
திடி ககுடட சபறிதகுது‖,
கதவிழிபே அணண.
அபதக கூறியுண குண இத.
கதவிழி சறிபேத டிபு படிடது
இஞடு ஆஞடுகந ஆகிது. ஆ,
இபண சத யபத
அதணதவித. பபநவு பதசி
சசதடலுண, துவுண புவித.
இஞடு டத றுபஙகந
யபத கிதடடது. ஆலுண, அதப
சதக எடது யகவித று
அட யபதகதந உடறிவிடு
பதுவிந.
―இஙயக எயடதி இடி சடஞதட
டஞஞ பறுண அநவிகு கடடயய!
டபது தி சசந ய!
ஆஞக பிது இயடபது
ஙகபது கடிக சகடுடது ணது
கதண படிடது று இயககண.
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சஞஞக பிதுவியந!
யபதககு சதடய ஆக
யபஞடுண‖, று குபறிஞந.
இட சபெகடதி ஆணுககு ணடுண
அடி எய த. ஆஞகந
சதுபக கு டிபகந. டட
யடபக இயடலுண ஆஞகயந பட
இஙகந பயபது பனககண. ஆ,
ஆஞகநது கவிபே சடது அதி
இதனககடுகிது. யணடிபுகளுககு
சஞகளுககு இயககுண பனுதண
ஆஞகளுககு இதயத! இயதுண
சஞகந சதக டிதித. ஊ
சுறுபதிலுண, ண னகக
பனககஙகநலுயண சஞகந டஙகநது
கபடதட சிட விடுவிடுகிகந.
ஆஞகந ட டிடடலுண,
அபகந வடு யபத சசததயப
உயதகண. ஆணந பிநதநககு துககு
டிபு? பதசுககு பது
சஞஞ, யபதபே இயகக
சஞஞ டது கதஞண சசதது
தபடதுவிடுபயட கட 50 ஆஞடுகநக
துபயண பனககுண. யப, எய
சஞணுககுட தியணஞண
சசததணுண, அட சஞ
டிசசு, யபதபே,
பயணடது இயககணுணனு
பிநதநதத சபகந
திககிகந.
எய 50 ஆஞடுகளுககு ப
ததணயத யபறு! அடக கஙகந
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