Discover Chola secrets in this Ponniyin Selvan-inspired walk at Chennai’s Government Museum

Discover Chola secrets in this Ponniyin Selvan-inspired walk at Chennai’s Government Museum

Chola craftsmen are masters in bronze, says Vijay Prabhat Kamalakara, the founder and CEO of Storytrails at the Egmore museum, Chennai during the Ponniyin Selvan-walk | Photo Credit: Akhila Easwaran Who killed Aditha Karikalan, the crown prince of the Chola empire? History is elusive and author Kalki leaves us hanging with no answers in his […]

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Ponniyin Selvan: Author Nandini Krishnan on translating Kalki’s epic, and Mani Ratnam’s two-part film

Ponniyin Selvan: Author Nandini Krishnan on translating Kalki’s epic, and Mani Ratnam’s two-part film

Author Nandini Krishnan’s tryst with the Ponniyin Selvan (PS) series began at birth. “I was named after Nandini from the books, you know,” she remarks. With the first of her 10-part translation of author Kalki’s serialised magnum opus — First Flood (Eka by Westland)— making its way into bookstores across India, Nandini says that she […]

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Ponniyin Selvan | A book, a movie, and the mighty Cholas

Ponniyin Selvan | A book, a movie, and the mighty Cholas

Tamil writer Kalki Krishnamurthy’s trailblazing historic novel Ponniyin Selvan, written in the fifties, has been adapted into a two-part movie by filmmaker Maniratnam. Ponniyin Selvan 1 or PS-1 has rekindled interest on the Chola dynasty, the ancient Tamil rulers, their contribution in South Indian history, the famous Thanjavur Big Temple, and Tamil culture. It was […]

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20 years of Trisha: How life comes full circle with Kundavai and ‘Ponniyin Selvan’

20 years of Trisha: How life comes full circle with Kundavai and ‘Ponniyin Selvan’

Trisha looks back at completing two decades in films, some of her iconic characters, and on Kundavai in Mani Ratnam’s magnum opus being a ‘woman of today set in the 10th century’ Trisha looks back at completing two decades in films, some of her iconic characters, and on Kundavai in Mani Ratnam’s magnum opus being a […]

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