Even as a college student, I had been writing short stories and essays. After retirement, I wrote 24 books. One of them was published in Malaysia by Anuragam @ Kalaignan Publications.
The script of that book on Turn adversities into opportunities in Tamil was ready by 2006. Due to many reasons, the publication of the book was deferred. It was God’s providence that the timing of submission of the script and the publisher’s search for 60 scripts for publication on the occasion of their 60th anniversary coincided exactly.
My script was chosen for publication. But the icing on the cake was my selection for a Kuala Lumpur tour with free ticket, food and stay for four days. I got butterflies in my stomach.
Kuala Lumpur—Chennai Tamil Writers’ Conference
Fifty Tamil writers from all over Tamil Nadu were accommodated in the “International Youth Centre” at Kuala Lumpur....