Uba Pandavam
இந்தப் பக்கத்தை தமிழில் வாசிக்க: உப பாண்டவம் (நாவல்)
Uba Pandavam (2000) is a modern retelling of Mahabharatham. It was written by writer S. Ramakrishnan. It consists of eighteen chapters. It critiques the main characters who caused the turn of events in the Mahabharatham.
Publication
Uba Pandavam novel was released as a printed publication by Aksharam Publications, in July 2000. Following this, Vijaya Pathippagam published four editions. Subsequently, Desanthiri Pathippagam published an edition.
Author
S. Ramakrishnan is the author of Uba Pandavam. He writes short stories, novels, essays, plays, children's literature and translations in Tamil. In 2018, he won the Sahitya Akademi Award for his novel Sancharam.
Synopsis
A person from a distant land roams across India by walk. The paths in which he travels takes him to lands associated with Mahabharatham. The people, other species, and the landscapes remind him of Mahabharatham. While he thinks of going towards Hastinapur, a sailor offers to help him cross the river. However, the sailor never helps him reach the shore until the end of the novel. Their journey is rather entirely in the river. Nonetheless, they row across Hastinapur several times. He seems to have covered the entire regions where Mahabharatham had occurred, including rivers, dense forests, valleys, and mountain peaks.
Characters
Mayan, Sanjayan, and Andhanar (brahmin) who asks for a white cow, all three of them have two common threads, they are all betrayed and are all aloof. Their characters are weaved into the entire storyline of the novel. The novel features a few of the main characters and many of the supporting characters from Mahabharatham. Along with them, a man from a distant land and the sailor (Krishna Dvaipayana Vyasar) are also featured.
Literary Significance
The novel critiques the main characters’ actions which cause the turn of events in the Mahabharatham. That is the novel’s most distinct feature. The writer takes the reader into the realm of imagination and sends them back with great awe, explaining the Mahabharatam with eloquence, with a critical perspective. The amalgamation of characters, storytelling, the writer's in-depth, sharp critique of the narrative, the writer's flair to articulate the emotions of the characters into words, and the fictional structure of the novel make it a remarkable work.
"Uba Pandavam can be compared in many facets to Italo Calvino’s modern literary work 'Invisible Cities’", says writer Jeyamohan.
Reference
Critiques of Uba Pandavam novel.
- தூரதேசவாதியின் நெடும்பயணக் குறிப்பு, முனைவர் ப. சரவணன் – எஸ். ராமகிருஷ்ணன் (sramakrishnan.com)
- Uba Pandavam- novel critique (keetru.com)
- பிச்சைக்காரன்: எஸ் ராவின் உப பாண்டவம் - என் பார்வையில்.... (pichaikaaran.com)
- இதிகாச நவீனத்துவம், எஸ்.ராமகிருஷ்ணனின் உபபாண்டவம் | எழுத்தாளர் ஜெயமோகன் (jeyamohan.in)
- உபபாண்டவம் எனும் பிரம்மாண்டம், மா. ஹரிஹரன், கோவை – எஸ். ராமகிருஷ்ணன் (sramakrishnan.com)
Links
- Creation of Uba Pandavam- உப பாண்டவத்திற்குப் பின்னால் – எஸ். ராமகிருஷ்ணன் (sramakrishnan.com)
- "உப பாண்டவம்" – எஸ். ராமகிருஷ்ணன் (sramakrishnan.com)
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