Month: December 2025

Eldorado (எல்டொரடோ) – A Short story by Sujatha

Eldorado refers to a mystical city of gold in South America, sought by 16th century Spanish explorers. The term originates from the Spanish phrase el dorado, meaning the gilded one. Eldorado is a metaphor for any place that promises wealth or great opportunity. This is something about writer Sujatha I liked a lot. I started reading Sujatha’s short stories, novellas, novels from my high school days. He introduced scientific and

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Knife in the gut series – Paarvai (பார்வை) – Sujatha

Writer himself is on a journey from Bangalore to Chennai in Brindavan express. Travel in first class. In Sujatha’s style of description of the environment we get to visualize the Bangalore city railway station. College age students wearing round spectacles with Hadley Chase novels in their hand surveying where young girls are seated. Bored passengers waking up and down the platform. Train needs to cross Cantonment before the coffee/tea/snacks/fast food/

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