Growing up with Tamil magazines, Writers, and Sujata

I would love to say I was born with a book in right hand and a DVD in left hand, but that was not the case. Initial years were similar to any other kid growing up in remote villages. My reading started with comics and periodicals (Vikatan, Kumudham, Ambuli Mama). Devoured various comics (thanks to my father’s colleague who had a good collection), got introduced to colorful pages of Phantom,

 

Knife in the gut – Renuka – Sujata

In this story, Sujata takes us through a day in life of Renuka, the housewife. As the story progresses, we learn that Renuka’s husband, who works as a purchase clerk, is under suspension for forging receipts and signature, may lose his job post enquiry. Without going in to details of the story, Renuka pleads with GM’s wife and requests her help to put in a word with her husband so

 

My introduction to cowboys, horses, and western

Read the full article here: https://baradwajrangan.wordpress.com/2018/10/03/readers-write-in-51-my-introduction-to-cowboys-horses-and-westerns/ Born in 60s and growing up in Kanyakumari district from 4th to 12th grade, most of the movies I watched were Tamil movies, few English movies (once we moved to Nagercoil from Cheruppalur) and occasional Malayalam movies. I use the term English movies since I didn’t know the term Hollywood that time!! Exposure to terms like Hollywood, Western, genres, happened late 80s and early