Pudhumaipithan

{{Short description|Tamil writer (1906–1948)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2024}} {{Use Indian English|date=June 2013}} {{infobox writer | name = Pudhumaipithan | image = | imagesize = | alt = | caption = | pseudonym = | birth_name = C. Viruthachalam | birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1906|4|25}} | birth_place = Thirupathiripuliyur,<br/>South Arcot District,<br/>Madras Presidency,<br/>British India<br/>(now in Cuddalore District, Tamil Nadu, India) | death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1948|6|30|1906|4|25}} | death_place = Trivandrum,<br/>Kingdom of Travancore, Dominion of India<br/>(now Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India) | occupation = Author, scriptwriter | language = Tamil | ethnicity = | citizenship = Indian | education = B.A | alma_mater = Hindu College, Tirunelveli | period = 1934–46 | genre = Short story, horror, social satire | subject = Social Satire, Politics | movement = ''Manikodi'' | notableworks = ''Kadavulum Kandasami Pillayum'', ''Ponnagaram'', ''Thunbakeni'' | spouse = Kamala | partner = | children = Dinakari | relatives = | awards = | signature = | signature_alt = | website = | portaldisp = }}

'''C. Viruthachalam''' (25 April 1906 – 30 June 1948),<ref name="B"/> better known by the pseudonym '''Pudhumaipithan''' (also spelt as '''Pudumaipithan''' or '''Puthumaippiththan'''), was one of the most influential and revolutionary writers of Tamil fiction.<ref name="C">{{cite book | title=In Those Days There was No Coffee: Writings in Cultural History| last=Vēṅkaṭācalapati|first=Ā. Irā | year=2006| publisher=Yoda Press|pages=17| isbn=81-902272-7-0|id={{ISBN|978-81-902272-7-8}} | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=tk-KZmcUEvAC | author-link=A R Venkatachalapathy}}</ref> His works were characterized by social satire, progressive thinking and outspoken criticism of accepted conventions. Contemporary writers and critics found it difficult to accept his views and his works were received with extreme hostility. He as an individual and his works have been extensively reviewed and debated for over sixty years since his death. His influence has been accepted and appreciated by the present day writers and critics of Tamil fiction.<ref name="Z">[https://web.archive.org/web/20070509042410/http://www.hindu.com/2007/05/07/stories/2007050705110600.htm Pudumaipithan's literary legacy remembered, The Hindu 7 May 2007]</ref><ref name="Y">[https://web.archive.org/web/20070104223720/http://www.hindu.com/2006/12/19/stories/2006121913050300.htm Tamil is not language of just a region, says President Kalam, The Hindu 19 Dec 2006]</ref><ref name="X">{{cite book | title=Jayakanthan's reflections| last=Jayakanthan | year=2007| publisher=East West Books|pages=134 | isbn=978-81-88661-59-6 |id={{ISBN|978-81-88661-59-6}}| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=PMhoAAAAMAAJ | author-link=Jayakanthan }}</ref> In 2002, the Government of Tamil Nadu nationalised the works of Pudumaippithan.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20040331011315/http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/mp/2003/09/25/stories/2003092500800300.htm A heart for Art, The Hindu 25 September 2003]</ref>

==Life and career== Pudhumaipithan was born in Thiruppadirippuliyur (Cuddalore district). His early education was obtained in places like Gingee, Kallakurichi and Tindivanam.<ref name="B"/> He completed his Bachelor of Arts degree from Tirunelveli Hindu college in 1931.<ref name="U"/> In the same year he married Kamala and moved to Madras.

His career as a writer began in 1933 with an essay "''Gulabjaan Kaadhal''" (Love for Gulab jamun) published in the magazine ''Gandhi''.<ref name="D"/> His first short story "''Aatrangarai Pillaiyaar''" (Pillaiyaar on the river bank) was published in 1934 in "''Manikodi''" and from then on his short stories appeared regularly in it. His short stories appeared in a number of magazines like ''Kalaimakal'', ''Jothi'', ''Sudantira Chanku'', ''Oozhiyan'' and ''Thamizh Mani'' and the annual issue of ''Dina Mani''. He worked briefly as a sub editor at ''Oozhiyan'' and later at ''Dina Mani''. In 1943, he left ''Dina Mani'' to join ''Dinasari''.<ref name="B">{{Cite web |url=http://www.frontlineonnet.com/fl2307/stories/20060421002308100.htm |title=Remembering Pudumaippithan – Frontline Magazine 08-21 April 2006 |access-date=9 November 2009 |archive-date=20 October 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091020120650/http://www.frontlineonnet.com/fl2307/stories/20060421002308100.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> In 1940, his book "''Pudhumaipithan Kadhaigal''"(The stories of Pudhumaipithan), an anthology of his short stories was published. He slowly ventured into the world of Tamil cinema and worked as a scriptwriter in the films ''Avvaiyaar'' and ''KaamaValli''.<ref name="B"/> In 1945, he started "Parvatha Kumari Productions" and made an abortive attempt at producing a film called "''Vasanthavalli''".<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://bsubra.wordpress.com/2007/10/23/ |title=Dinathanthi Film History Series by Ko.Vi. Manisekaran – Essay No.777 (in Tamil) |access-date=11 November 2009 |archive-date=18 July 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110718091147/http://bsubra.wordpress.com/2007/10/23/ |url-status=live }}</ref> While working for the movie "''Raja Mukthi''", in Pune he contracted tuberculosis. He died on 5 May 1948 in Thiruvananthapuram.<ref name="B"/>

==Works and themes== thumb|right|200px|Manikodi magazine Pudumaippithan's active writing period was less than 15 years (1934–46) in which he wrote nearly 100 short stories, an equal number of essays on a variety of subjects, 15 poems, a few plays and scores of book reviews.<ref name="B"/> His writings gave him a reputation as a maverick. His works were influenced by the French short story writer Guy de Maupassant among others. The subjects he wrote on and the characters he chose to portray were completely new to Tamil fiction. He felt that Tamil literature had been crippled by unspoken conventions and openly criticized those who adhered to them. In one of his essays he expressed his displeasure as:

{{ Cquote | We have been having a notion that there are certain things that can be said and certain things that cannot be said in (Tamil) literature; and we have lived with that philosophy. But that is not the truth. For nearly two hundred years we have lived a life of parasites. We don't even dare to see issues straight on the face and that is why we have been providing excuses for ourselves. If literature can give birth to the malicious Ravana, blood sheds and sinful allegories, why can't it give a place to the poor prostitute? The society doesn't rust because of that. Moreover, there is no way to preserve an antique that has already rusted.<ref>"....இலக்கியத்தில் இன்னதுதான் சொல்ல வேண்டும், இன்னது சொல்லக்கூடாது என ஒரு தத்துவம் இருப்பதாகவும், அதை ஆதரித்துப் பேசுவதாகவும் மனப்பால் குடித்துக்கொண்டிருக்கலாம். உண்மை அதுவல்ல; சுமார் இருநூறு வருஷங்களாக ஒருவிதமான சீலைப்பேன் வாழ்வு நடத்திவிட்டோம். சில விஷயங்களை நேர் நோக்கிக் பாக்கவும் கூசுகிறோம். அதனால் தான் இப்படிச் சக்கரவட்டமாகச் சுற்றி வளைத்துச் சப்பைக்கட்டு கட்டுகிறோம்.குரூரமே அவதாரமான ராவணனையும், ரத்தக்களறியையும், மனக் குரூபங்களையும், விகற்பங்களையும் உண்டாக்க இடம் இருக்குமேயானால், ஏழை விபசாரியின் ஜீவனோபாயத்தை வர்ணிப்பதாலா சமூகத்தின் தெம்பு இற்றுப்போய் விடப்போகிறது? இற்றுப்போனது எப்படிப் பாதுகாத்தாலும் நிற்கப்போகிறதா? மேலும் இலக்கியம் என்பது மன அவசத்தின் எழுச்சிதானே? நாலு திசையிலும் ஸ்டோர் குமாஸ்தா ராமன், ஸினிமா நடிகை சீத்தம்மாள், பேரம் பேசும் பிரமநாயகம் – இத்யாதி நபர்களை நாள் தவறாமல் பார்த்துக்கொண்டிருந்து விட்டு, இவர்களது வாழ்வுக்கு இடமளிக்காமல், காதல் கத்தரிக்காய் பண்ணிக்கொண்டிருப்பது போன்ற அனுபவத்துக்கு நேர் முரணான விவகாரம் வேறு ஒன்றும் இல்லை. நடைமுறை விவகாரங்களைப் பற்றி எழுதுவதில் கௌரவக் குறைச்சல் எதுவும் இல்லை"..''Essays of Pudumaipithan'', Meenakshi Publishers (1954)</ref>}}

He was unfazed by the hostile reception that his works received from contemporary writers and critics alike. Dismissing his critics, he wrote :

{{Cquote | Just like God is not bound by theologians, my creations are not bound by your conventional standards. I am not responsible for that and neither are my creations. I would like to point out it is YOUR standards you are using to judge my creations.<ref name="S">வேதாந்திகள் கைக்குள் சிக்காத கடவுள் மாதிரிதான் நான் பிறப்பித்துவிட்டவைகளும். அவை உங்கள் அளவுகோல்களுக் குள் அடைபடாதிருந்தால் நானும் பொறுப்பாளியல்ல, நான் பிறப்பித்து விளையாடவிட்ட ஜீவராசிகளும் பொறுப்பாளிகளல்ல; உங்கள் அளவுகோல்களைத்தான் என் கதைகளின் அருகில் வைத்து அளந்து பார்த்துக்கொள்கிறீர்கள் என்று உங்களுக்குச் சொல்லிவிட விரும்புகிறேன்.[http://www.thinnai.com/?module=displaystory&story_id=60207226&edition_id=20020722&format=html A Foreword to Pudhumaipithan katturaigal by M.A. Nuhman – Part 1 (in Tamil)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717051253/http://www.thinnai.com/?module=displaystory&story_id=60207226&edition_id=20020722&format=html |date=17 July 2011 }}</ref>}}

To voice his views he used a wide range of characters, both common – husbands wives, students, children, rickshaw pullers, villagers, beggars, whores, oppressed people, saints, revolutionaries; and uncommon – God, ghosts, monsters, hospital beds. Some of his favourite themes were – conflicts between emotion and reason, Hindu religion – its rules, rituals and laws, caste system, struggles for survival and oppression of women in the Indian society.<ref name="A">[http://www.tamilnation.org/literature/modernwriters/puthumaipithan/index.htm Puthumaipithan – His Contribution to Modern Tamil Literature]</ref>

===Short stories=== right|thumb|Palvannam Pillai – Shortstory Pudumaipithan is primarily known for his short stories. Of the 108 stories that have been identified as works of Pudumaipithan, only 48 had been published in book form during his lifetime. Most of his works were published in magazines like ''Manikodi'', ''Kalaimagal'', ''Jothi'', ''Sudantira Chanku'', ''Oozhiyan'', ''Thamizh Mani'', ''Dina mani'', ''Dina Sari'' and ''Nandan''. The rest have been published posthumously in various anthologies, the latest one being in 2000.<ref name="D"/> He belonged to the ''Manikodi'' movement (named for the magazine) which flourished in 1930s. Ku. Paa Rajakoopaalan, B. S. Ramaiya and Va. Ramasamy were his contemporaries in the ''Manikodi'' movement.<ref name ="D"/><ref name ="E"/>

===Translations=== He was also a prolific translator of literary works from other languages into Tamil. He translated around 50 short stories, including the works of Molière, Kay Boyle, Maxim Gorky, Sinclair Lewis, Ernst Toller, William Shakespeare, E. M. Delafield, William Saroyan, E. V. Lucas, Moshe Smilansky, Robert Louis Stevenson, Bret Harte, John Galsworthy, Aleksandr Kuprin, Anton Chekhov, Franz Kafka, Ilya Ehrenburg, Guy de Maupassant, Valery Bryusov, Anatole France, Leonid Andreyev, Henrik Ibsen, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Edgar Allan Poe, Robert Murray Gilchrist, Frances Bellerby, Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson, Leonard Strong, Jack London, Peter Egge, Mikhail Aleksandrovich Sholokhov, Thomas Wolfe and James Hanley.<ref name="W"/><ref name="V"/> He had strong views on doing translations and adaptations. He equated adaptations to literary theft and held the view that translation was the proper way to bring literary works of other languages to Tamil. In 1937, he was involved in a literary feud with Kalki Krishnamurthy on the issue of translations vs adaptations<ref name="V"/><ref name ="T"/>

===Poems=== Pudumaipithan wrote about fifteen poems in total. His first published poem was ''Thiru Angila arasanga thondaradipodi azhwar vaibhavam'', which appeared in 1934.<ref name ="D"/> Most of his poems were written as letters to his friend T. M. Chidambara Ragunathan in the form of ''Venpas''. The fifteen poems were published posthumously in 1954. Like his short stories, his poems are full of wit and satire. The most famous of his poems is the abusive limerick ''Moonavarunasalamae'' written in review of a book on Tamil prose, which failed to mention the ''Manikodi'' movement.<ref name ="T"/>

===Political books=== Pudumaipithan's political orientation was socialist. Among his political essays and books, four are considered important – ''Fascist Jatamuni'' (a biography of Benito Mussolini), ''Gapchip Durbar'' (a biography of Adolf Hitler), ''Stalinukku Theriyum'' and ''Adhikaram yarukku'' (both endorsing communism and policies of Joseph Stalin). All the four books contain scathing indictments of fascism and a general agreement with Stalinist policies.<ref name="B"/>

==Writing style== right|thumb|Ponnagaram – Shortstory Pudhumaipithan was the first Tamil writer to successfully use a dialect of Tamil other than that of Chennai or Tanjore. Most of his characters spoke the Tirunelveli dialect. His stories were set either in Madras or in Tirunelveli, the two places where he spent considerable portions of his life. His writing style had a mixture of colloquial and classical words. Gentle satire even while handling complicated and serious situations was his hallmark.<ref name="B"/><ref name="A"/> He used harsh language while arguing with his literary opponents like Kalki Krishnamoorthy<ref name ="T">{{Cite web |url=http://www.thinnai.com/?module=displaystory&story_id=60207283&format=print&edition_id=20020728 |title=A Foreword to ''Pudhumaipithan katturaigal'' by M.A. Nuhman – Part 2 (in Tamil) |access-date=11 November 2009 |archive-date=17 July 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717050936/http://www.thinnai.com/?module=displaystory&story_id=60207283&format=print&edition_id=20020728 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20100207202454/http://andhimazhai.com/news/printnews.php?id=2320 Ilakkiyathil Sandai, An essay on literary feuds by Sa. Kandasamy (in Tamil)]</ref> and wrote insulting limericks in his book reviews.<ref name="U">{{cite book | title=andha kalathil kaapi illai| last=Vēṅkaṭācalapati|first=Ā. Irā | year=2000| publisher=Kalachuvadu|pages=132–142|isbn=81-87477-05-9| language= ta | author-link=A R Venkatachalapathy}}</ref>

==Plagiarism and other criticisms== Pudumaippithan has been accused by some of his contemporaries and later critics of having plagiarized from the works of Maupassant.<ref name="B"/><ref name="E"/><ref name ="F">{{Cite web |url=http://www.thinnai.com/?module=displaystory&story_id=60110012&format=html |title=A.R. Venkatachalapathy, Foreword to ''Annai itta thee'' (in Tamil) |access-date=11 November 2009 |archive-date=17 July 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717050910/http://www.thinnai.com/?module=displaystory&story_id=60110012&format=html |url-status=live }}</ref> Chief among the accusers were his contemporaries Pe. Ko. Sundararajan (Chitty) and So. Sivapathasundaram<ref>[http://www.kalachuvadu.com/issue-80/anjali01.htm P.K. Sundararajan obituary, Kalachuvadu Magazine (in Tamil)] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100308071659/http://www.kalachuvadu.com/issue-80/anjali01.htm |date=8 March 2010 }}</ref> and literary critic Kaarai Krishnamoorthy. Pudumaipitthan himself published the short story "''Tamil Paditha Pondaati''" (The wife who knew Tamil) with the foreword that it was based on Maupassant's work.<ref name="C"/> Pudumaipithan's biographer T.M. Chidambara Ragunathan has identified the stories ''samadhi'', ''Nondi'', ''Bayam'', ''Kolaikaran kai'', ''Nalla velaikaran'' and ''Andha muttal venu'' as adaptations of Maupassant's works and the story ''Pithukuli'' as the adaptation of a Robert Browning poem. A few more stories like ''Doctor Sampath'', ''Naane Kondren'', ''Yaar Kurravali'' and ''Thekkangandrugal'' have also been tentatively identified as possible adaptations. His defenders (including Ragunathan and historian A R Venkatachalapathy) have argued that those were adaptations and not plagiarizations. Pudumaipithan did not publish the short stories which have been identified (except ''Tamil Paditha Pondaati'') as adaptations when he was alive. They were published posthumously only after 1953. Thus, the defenders infer he would have acknowledged them as adaptations if he had published them himself (as he did in the case of ''Tamil Paditha Pondaati''). Further they contend Pudhumaipithan did not know French and during his lifetime the other Maupassant stories he has been accused of plagiarizing had not been translated into English. In their view, Pudumaipithan has had to suffer the accusation of plagiarism due to the callousness of his posthumous publishers. All of Pudhumaipithan's adaptations were written before 1937, when he became involved in a literary feud with Kalki Krishnamurthy about adapting works from other languages. During the feud he wrote biting essays equating adaptations with literary theft.<ref name="B"/><ref name="A"/><ref name="E"/><ref name="V">[http://www.kalachuvadu.com/issue-92/page56.asp Review of ''Pudhumaipithan Mozhipeyarppukal'', Kalachuvadu Magazine (in Tamil)] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100312202647/http://www.kalachuvadu.com/issue-92/page56.asp |date=12 March 2010 }}</ref><ref name ="T"/>

He has been criticized for just raising uncomfortable issues and not proposing any solutions for them. He had responded by pointing out that his job was only raising the issue and leaving the reader to figure out the solution.<ref name="B"/> There have also been minor criticisms regarding his writing style like his digressing from the plot due to elaborate descriptions of environment and characters.<ref name="A"/> Recently, Tamil critic A. Marx has criticised Pudumaipithan's portrayal of Dalits, Christians, Maravars and meat eaters as derogatory.<ref name ="S"/><ref>{{cite book | title=Pudumaippithanin pirathigalil Dalithugal, Maravargal, Kristhavargal Marrum Idhara Maamisa Pathcanigal (Pudumaippithanin Ilakkiya Thadam)| last=Marx|first=A | year=1995| publisher=Kaaviya| language =ta | location=Bangalore}}</ref>

==Pseudonyms== Pudhumaipithan wrote under different pseudonyms, but the name "Pudhumaipithan" was the one that became famous. He himself preferred the name as he felt that this name was partially responsible for the appeal of his stories. Some of his other pseudonyms were ''So.Vi'', ''Rasamattam'', ''Mathru'', ''Koothan'', ''Nandhan'', ''Oozhiyan'', ''Kabhali'', ''Sukraachari'' and ''Iraval visirimadippu''. For publishing poems he used the pseudonym ''Velur Ve. Kandasamy Pillai''. Due to the accusation of plagiarism his pseudonyms have been extensively researched. T.M. Chidambara Ragunathan in his pudhumaipithan biography ''Pudumaippithan kathaigal: sila vimarsanangalum vishamangalum'', has advanced the theory that all the works published under the name of "''Nandhan''" are adaptive works rather than original ones.<ref name="D">{{Cite web |url=http://www.thinnai.com/?module=displaystory&story_id=60107291&format=html |title=A.R. Venkatachalapathy – Pudumaippithan Stories in the eyes of the publisher (in Tamil) |access-date=11 November 2009 |archive-date=17 July 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717050902/http://www.thinnai.com/?module=displaystory&story_id=60107291&format=html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name ="E">{{Cite web |url=http://www.hindu.com/fline/fl1903/19031010.htm |title=A trailblazer – Frontline Magazine 02-15 February 2002 |access-date=4 August 2010 |archive-date=7 November 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121107040555/http://www.hindu.com/fline/fl1903/19031010.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref>

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===Political books=== {{refbegin|30em}} * Fascist Jatamuni * Kapchip Darbar * Stalinukku Theriyum * Athikaram Yaarukku<ref name ="B"/> {{refend}}

===Short stories=== {{refbegin|20em}} * Ahalyai * Sellammal * Gopalayyangarin Manaivi * Idhu machine yugam * Kadavulin Pradhinidhi * Kadavulum kandasami pillayaum * Padapadappu * Oru naal kalindadhu * Theruvilakku * Kalanum Kizhaviyum * Ponnagaram * Irandu ulagangal * Aanmai * Athangarai Pillayar * Abinav snap * Andru iravu * Andha muttal venu * Avadharam * Brammarakshas * Bayam * Doctor Sampath * Eppodum mudivilae inbam * Gnanagugai * Gopalapuram * Ilakkiya mamma nayanar puranam * Indha paavi * Kaali kovil * Kapatakuram * Kalyani * Kanavu penn * Kaanchanai * Kannan kuzhal * Karuchidaivu * Kattilai vittu iranga kadhai * Kattil pesugiradhu * Kavandanum Kamamum * Kayirravu * Kodukkapuli maram * Kolaikaran kai * Konra sirippu * Kuppanin kanavu * Kurravaki yaar * Maayavalai * Magamasaanam * Manakugai oviyangal * Mana nizhal * Motcham * Naane kondren * Nalla velaikaran * Nambikkai * Nanmai bayakkumenin * Naasakara kumgal * Nigumbalai * Ninaivu padhai * Nirvigarpa samadhi * Nisamum ninaippum * Nyayam * Nyayamthan * Nondi * Oppandam * Oru kolai anubavam * Paal vannam pillai * Parimudhal * Paattiyin deepavali * Pithukuli * Poikaal kudhirai * Poosanikkai ambi * Puratchi manappanmai * Pudhiya koondu * Pudhiya kandapuranam * Pudhiya nandhan * Pudhiya oli * Ramanathanin kaditham * Saba vimosanam * Salaram * Samaavin thavaru * Sayangala mayakkam * Samaadhi * Samiyarum kuzhandhaiyum seedaiyum * Sanappan kozhi * Sangu tharmam * Selvam * Sevvai dhosham * Sirpiyin naragam * Sithan pokku * Sithi * Sivasidambara sevugam * Sonna sol * Subbaya pillayin kadhalgal * Thani oruvanukku * Thega kandrugal * Thirandha jannal * Thirukkural kumaresa pillai * Thirukkural seidha thirukoothu * Thyaga moorthi * Thunba keni * Unarchiyin adimaigal * Ubadesam * Vaada malli * Vaazhkai * Vazhi * Velipoochu * Vedhalam sonna kadhai * Vibareedha aasai * Vinayaga Chathurthi<ref name ="W">[http://www.chennailibrary.com/ppn/ppn.html 108 short stories and 57 translated stories of Pudhumaipithan (in Tamil)]</ref> {{refend}}

===Translations=== {{refbegin|20em}} *Ashatapoorthi *Aattukuttithani *Amma *Andha paiyan *Ashtamasithi *Asisriyar Araichi *Adhikaalai *Bali *Sithravadhai *Daimon kanda unmai *Ini *Indha pal vivakaram *Ishtasithi *Kadhal kadhai *Kanavu *Kalappumanam *Karaiyil kanda mugam *Kizhavi *Latheefa *Magalukku manam seidhu vaithargal *Manimandhira theevu *Maniosai *Markheem *Milees *Mudhalum mudivum *Nadakakaari *Natchathira ilavarasi *Om santhi santhi *Kattukathai *Oruvanum oruthiyum *Paithiyakaari *Palingusilai *Balthazar *Poi *Poochandiyin magal *Rajya ubadhai *Roger melvinin eemachadangu *Saaraya peepai *Sagothararkal *Samathuvam *Scheherazade kadhai solli *Siritha mugakaaran *Sooniyakaari *Suvaril vazhi *Thayilla kuzhandaikal *Thayal machine *Thanthai mugarkarrum udavi *Deivam kudutha varam *Desiya geetham *Deivathukku marru *Thuravi *Uyir Aasai *Veedu thirumbal *Aei padagukaara *Yaathirai *Emanai emaarra *Yutha devadhaiyin thirumuga mandalam<ref name ="W"/> {{refend}}

==See also== * List of Indian writers

==References== {{Reflist |2}}

==External links== {{wikisourcelang|ta|ஆசிரியர்:புதுமைப்பித்தன்|Pudhumaipithan}} * {{OL author|105439A|Putumaippittan̲}} {{Portal bar|Biography|India|Literature}}

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