What if Kunjali Marakkar had superhuman abilities? In his novel Knight of the Sea: The Saga of Kunjali Marakkar IV Mithun Murali reimagines the life of the naval chief who defended Kerala shores against Portuguese.
It is claimed that the Cholas were one of the longest recorded dynasties in world history. They were also the first empire with grand commercial and territorial ambitions outside of the Indian subcontinent. The reading of the Chola grandeur though, is also politically coloured.