Kaval Kottam (Tamil Classic Series)  (Hardcover, Tamil, Su Venkatesan)

Kaval Kottam, authored by the award winning Tamil author S. Venkatesan, is a historical novel that fetched him the renowned Sahitya Akademi Award and the Fiction Award from The Tamil Literary Garden, Canada.

Summary of the Book

Kaval Kottam is a brilliant chronicle of the historical events from the times of Malik Kafur’s campaign to South India and his eventual conquest and victory against the Vijayanagara kingdom and from the times of British invasion. Before the British ruined the Madurai Fort, the author establishes that it had a very unique security system and details on it. The British took over it by conquering the security guards and pronouncing them as Notified Community, after housing them in a Gudalur – Cumbum Valley camp. The security guards were denotified only after India achieved independence. A lot of inspiring tales of valour of many women are also detailed in this book. This novel was first published in the year 2008. It was also adapted into a movie in Tamil, called Aravaan.

About S. Venkatesan

S. Venkatesan is one of the most esteemed Tamil writers of our times. He received the prestigious Sahitya Akademi Award for the historical novel Kaval Kottam, which also won the Fiction Award from The Tamil Literary Garden, Canada for him. Venkatesan is currently the General Secretary of the Tamil Nadu Progressive Writers and Artists Association. He is also known as an excellent orator, apart from being a writer. He lives with his wife Kamala and the two daughters Yazhini and Tamizhini.