> If you want to read somebody like Irving Wallace you should go with
> somebdy like Yandamoori Veerendranath.
[snip]
> If you are of the type who would say I would rather read classics
> like Chekhov than popular trash like Irving Wallace
I certainly don't want to start a discussion on YanDamoori Veerendranaath
on this forum, but I do want to say that I didn't like your equating
Yandamoori to Inving Wallace and then calling Irving Wallace as (popular)trash.
I know yandamoori falls short on various accounts to qualify him as a class
writer -- I know he plagiarised some themes; I know he plays gimmicks for
commercialization; I know that some of his stories are too incredible to
be realistic; I know he takes the gullibility of readers for granted (Did I
miss anything else ?:))
But what I found in him to be different than any other telugu writers
is the common theme in majority of his novels -- the exaltation of will.
Heros in most of his novels, starting from extreme unfavorable circumstances
attain the levels of excellence by merely showing a dogged determination.
[Leave his two cynical(yes!) novels Rushi and antarmukham aside!] I did
not know any other telugu writer who wrote so much on the glorification of
individual achievement. (Of course, one quick exception is RaamaayaNa ;-))
Ah, I liked reading "ataDu aDavini jayincaaDu" of Dr. kESava reDDi too.
Besides, I would say that Yandamoori is the one of the most engaging
telugu prose writers. If I have to equate him to any English popular
fiction writers, I would go with Jeffrey Archer. Equating him to Irving
Wallace can give wrong impressions, to the uninitiated, that he uses
alota sex to sell his novels, which Yandamoori never did.
Books can build people. Books can destoy people. Lack of inspiring
books in one's own mother tongue can play a devastating role on those
youth who knowingly or unknowingly look for some guidance from these
books !! Does anyone concur with me here ?
By the way, Ramana, did you get the ISCII documentation ? If needed, I can
try contacting a friend working in C-DAC; he may be able to get the document
for you.
Regards,
Suresh.