Sujatha (The writer) is dead !

http://www.hindu.com/2008/02/28/stories/2008022860921100.htm

I have this http://duffilled.blogspot.com/2008/02/writer-sujatha-is-dead.html to thank for bringing it to my attention - fucken strange - ive been holed up in TNagar - i dunno about 2-3kms from where he probably breathed his last - and some1 staying somewhere in the United States (i dunno kms, but u know, u can imagine) brought it to my notice.

It went like this:

My desktop RSS reader pops - 'Writer Sujatha is dead' { it is actually a feed from the abovementioned blog - pre detected by the feed reader } - Soon as i spot it i click on it and land on the blog and then find out the details.

I called my mom up - and end up getting scolded for not talking to her for 2 days and when i said " Sujatha thavari poittar " the response is "Paper, news koodae padikama nee ellam enna velai paakare. Kalaile dhaan appa poi bookshelf le sujatha books ellam pathundrundaar"

My mum and dad were big fans - i think his writing in the 70s / 80s was hip & happening - probably much the same as hordes of tamilians - not knowing one word of hindi - watching constant reruns of "Bobby" "love Story" -

More than that Sujatha was probably the only Tamil writer of his generation -our generation (people born in the 80s) can identify with - For all his age & gyaan - his writing was witty, modern & appealing.

From back in 1998/99 Until, what, like, 6 months before, his 'kattradum petradum' was the only feature in Anantha Vikatan i used to follow.

My dad owns all of Sujatha's novels - i remember vikram, Aaa and one recent account of his early life in srirangam - Srirangathu Devadaigal.

Did u know that he went to MIT (now part of Anna) and was in the same batch as APJ ? APJ was aeronautics - he was in Electronics

RIP Rangarajan Sir