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KiRa inscribed a new landscape on the literary map


KiRa inscribed a new landscape on the literary map
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Remembering Ki. Rajanarayanan, wordsmith and joyous chronicler of life
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Remembering Ki. Rajanarayanan, wordsmith and joyous chronicler of life
The transformation of Rayangala Srikrishna Rajanarayana Perumal Ramanujam Naicker into the writer Ki. Rajanarayanan (KiRa) followed a most unlikely path. A late bloomer, who did not write much until his late 30s, got the honour of a state funeral, denied even to R.K. Narayan and Jayakanthan and which the government of Tamil Nadu usually reserves for filmstars. Consumptive in his youth, the timely discovery of streptomycin saved him, and KiRa died shy of his centenary, alert in body and mind. He dropped out of school in Class VII, entering a school building only when caught in the rains in a twist to the Tamil saying, KiRa would add that even then he ended up watching the downpour but ended up as a university professor. In a notoriou ....

Andhra Pradesh , Tamil Nadu , Meeram Rajendran , Tk Chidambaranatha Mudaliar , Karisal Kattu Kadithasi , Karukurichi Arunachalam , Gopalla Gramam , Vilathikulam Swamigal , Rajanarayanan Kira , C Narayanaswamy Naidu , Gopallapurathu Makkal , Party Of India , Pondicherry University , Communist Party , New Century Book , Telugu Speaking Naicker , Junior Vikatan , Ananda Vikatan , Ki Rajanarayanan , ஆந்திரா பிரதேஷ் , தமிழ் நாடு , கருகுறிசி அருணாசலம் , கட்சி ஆஃப் இந்தியா , பொந்டிசேர்றிி பல்கலைக்கழகம் , கம்யூனிஸ்ட் கட்சி ,

Farewell to writer Ki. Ra., with State honours


MP Kanimozhi paying tribute at the funeral of the writer   | Photo Credit:
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People from various walks of life paid floral tributes; Ministers, MPs and officials were at the funeral in the writer’s home town of Idaiseval, near Kovilpatti
The mortal remains of Tamil writer Ki. Rajanarayanan, who passed away in Puducherry on Tuesday, were consigned to the flames with state honours, at his family farm in his birthplace, Idaiseval, near Kovilpatti on Wednesday afternoon.
After the body was brought to his home from Puducherry on Tuesday night, people from various walks of life paid floral tributes and tearful farewells to the writer. ....

Tamil Nadu , P Geetha Jeevan , K Senthil Raj , Thangam Thennarasu , Anitar Radhakrishnan , Superintendent Of Polices Jayakumar , Ministers Anita , Thoothukudi District Collector , தமிழ் நாடு , ப் கீத ஜீவன் , கே செந்தில் ராஜ் ,