Rya writes.....

Athichanallur Ancient human settlements were along river banks and in coastal region. Probably our ancestors were from Athichanallur settlements along side of river thamirabarani.  In earlier days korkai was one of the capital of Pandya Kingdom and a port city known for its overseas trading. When I searched for the present day korkai on map it is situated well within the land. wondering how it could be a port city during the Pandya Kingdom, surfing the internet I came to know that sea has receaded and due to the geological changes korkai has come well within the land. once it has been a coastal town and the river thamirabarani ended at a place near Thoothukudi into the bay of Bengal and not the present day punnakayal. To my knowledge our ancestors are from moolakarai a small village near Tiruchendur, not so far away from korkai! May be in ancient times Moolakarai and korkai were on either banks of river thamirabarani! This is the story of my forefathers who have migrated from moola...

  FACTUAL FICTION EPISODE 1     Prologue   The heading may sound like an oxymoron .This story is based on a real life incident with fictional characterization! Please rewind your mind to 1950s and read the story with then vision!   Fiction   27.09.1958 Saturday   Ramlal , the District collector, retiring from a week long work, after a brief family time with his wife Shanthidevi and seven children, went to bed and fell asleep in matter of seconds! Shanthidevi after making all her children  to bed including her four  and a half year old child went to bed at around 11:00 pm.   At 01:00 am, collector was wakened up by a moaning sound, to see his wife tossing in the bed as she had a severe lower abdominal pain. In no time he sent a messenger to bring Dr Srinivasan, a Civil Assistant Surgeon Grade-1, in-charge of the nearby 28 bedded Government Hospital, who has been trained in various hospitals of England, is also a distant relative...