Those Faulty Journeys - in Amazon

Glad to share with you all, Amazon link for my 8th Book 'Those Faulty Journeys' ...

https://www.amazon.in/dp/8179665003/ref=cm_sw_r_tw_dp_U_x_D8YRCbDSP3J72

Valkyrie - Movie

Valkyrie - Movie

Didn't expect Tom cruise in a very subjective profile.

Every country has an assassination story of one of its top political head. When and where are just variables. JFK for America, Gandhi for India and so on. Only a few leaders were filthy lucky to escape such grand plans. Valkyrie is all about the last assassination attempt on Adolf Hitler. Yet Hitler survived it only to kill himself (or to have gossiped so forever) 9 months later.

This movie plots around this vain attempt by a few rebellious German army men who loved their country more than their Fuhrer.

German fleets, aircraft, bikes, jeeps, bunkers, artilleries..... someone has done an extraordinary effort in recreating Germany in 1944 - 1945 period. More than that, I think, somebody must have enjoyed writing diaries in the mentioned period.

Hope what they showed in the movie was real. I mean, history can be manipulated. It is difficult to say which version is right. But what is quite evident is, irrespective of who is who, a group of people develop a common misunderstanding on grand propaganda, group together to take every step to bring down the propaganda and try their best to host what they believed in, which could again be a common misunderstanding.

But, Grouping, the one logical construct that aid in societal crimes is inevitable. That's a basic human activity. Even computers, when networked, talk to each other in a language quickly invented on the fly and exchange data meaningful only to them.

This film is available on Netflix.

Two Novels

Almost done with the two novel works that has been occupying my time in the last three months. Winter and its chillness were killing. Novel works were a good time pass. If these productive works were not there, I probably might have spent time idle. Idle minds are devil's workshop.  Aren't they?

The English one is at a whopping 30000 word count. Fear engulfs me on thinking about the editing work. Its going to be another pain but from the point of view of 'time pass', it is overwhelming. The title that I initially thought for it was, 'Do you see Alcor?'. I could not come up with any other title as attractive as 'Those Faulty Journeys', my second English work. This will be its title unless I or someone else come up with a better one.

It's Tamil version, I have titled as வதுவை - நாவல்.

I have injected as many perspectives of mine that are subjective, in these works. As long as you take it sportive and open for intellectual debates, this should be OK.

There is already a novel work in English that I am done with, a year back. Somehow didn't find time to place it anywhere. Planning to accommodate it in 2019. Have to start off with next novel. Have so many ideas to organize my thoughts against. Expect summer to be accommodative of it.

உயிர்மையில் என் சிறுகதை

உயிர்மையில் என் சிறுகதை வெளியாகியிருக்கிறது.

சிறுகதையை வாசிக்க பின்வரும் சுட்டியை சொடுக்கவும்.

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என் சிறுகதையை தேர்வு செய்து வெளியிட்ட ஆசிரியர், கவிஞர் மனுஷ்யப்புத்திரன் அவர்களுக்கு என் நன்றிகளை தெரிவித்துக்கொள்கிறேன்.

சிறுகதையை வாசித்துவிட்டு உங்கள் கருத்துகளை பகிர்ந்துகொள்ளுமாறு நண்பர்களை கேட்டுக்கொள்கிறேன்.

உயிர்மையில் என் சிறுகதை

உயிர்மை இணைய இதழில் எனது சிறுகதை வெளியாக இருக்கிறது என்பதை மகிழ்ச்சியுடன் தெரிவித்துக்கொள்கிறேன்.

என் சிறுகதையை தேர்வு செய்து வெளியிடும் உயிர்மை ஆசிரியர், கவிஞர் மனுஷ்யப்புத்திரன் அவர்களுக்கு என் நன்றிகள்.

"Those Faulty Journeys" in FlipKart

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Emerald Publishers Stall in 42nd book festival, Chennai

மாதக்கணக்கில் தகவல்களை சேகரித்து, அவற்றை வகைப்படுத்தி, ஆராய்ந்து ஒரு தியரியை உருவாக்கி அதை ஒவ்வொரு வார்த்தையாக மாதக்கணக்கில் அமர்ந்து கோர்த்து, பிழை திருத்தம் செய்து  நாவலாக எழுதினால் ஒரு கண்டம் வரும். ஒரு பதிப்பாளர் அதை ஏற்றுக்கொள்ள வேண்டும். பதிப்பாள அங்கீகாரம் கிடைக்காமல், நாமாக வெளியிட்டுக்கொள்ள என்ன வழி என்று தேடி வெளியிட்டுக்கொள்ள இது அமெசான் கிண்டில் வெளியீடு அல்ல.

ஒரு பதிப்பாளர் இது நாவல் தான் என்று அங்கீகரிக்க வேண்டும். அந்த நூல் மேல் நம்பிக்கை வைக்க வேண்டும். அதை நூலாக வெளியிட முன்வர வேண்டும். இத்தனை மைல்கற்களுக்கும் பிறகு நம் 'கிறுக்கல்கள்' நூலாகி புத்தக திருவிழாவில் ஸ்டாலில் இடம்பெறுவதை காண கண் கோடி வேண்டும்.

கடைசியாக 2017 புத்தக கண்காட்சியில் பங்கேற்றது. 'உங்கள் எண் என்ன?' என்ற எனது இரண்டாவது நூலை வெளியிட்டிருந்தேன்.  புத்தக கண்காட்சியில் பங்குபெறுவதே ஒரு ஆனந்தம் தான். காலை பத்து பதினோறு மணிக்கு புத்தக கண்காட்சிக்குள் நுழைந்தால், மைதானத்தில் அண்டுகையிலேயே அச்சடித்த புத்தகங்களின் வாசம் வீசத்துவங்கிவிடும். எழுத்தை, புத்தகங்களை நேசிப்பவர்களுக்கு மட்டுமே கிக்கேற்றும் ஒரு வாசம் அது. புதிதாக வாங்கிய நூலையே பிரித்து வாசம் பார்க்கும் நமக்கு நம் பெயர் தாங்கிய நூலென்றால் கேட்கவா வேண்டும்? அதெல்லாம் ஒரு பரவசம். வார்த்தையில் விவரிக்க இயலா பரவசம். 

புத்தக கண்காட்சிக்கு இந்தியா வர முடியாத சூழல் இந்த முறையும். 

இந்த புத்தாண்டில் நடந்து கொண்டிருக்கும் புத்தக கண்காட்சியில் அந்த பரவசம் கிடைக்காதோ என்றிருந்த ஏக்கத்தை ஓரளவுக்கேனும் குறைக்கிறது இந்த புகைப்படங்கள். புகைப்படங்களை பகிர்ந்த தோழி அருணாவுக்கு எனது நன்றிகளை தெரிவித்துக்கொள்கிறேன்.

Those Faulty Journeys - 8th Book

Those Faulty Journeys - Emerald Publishers

With immense pleasure, I am sharing with you all the release of my 8th book, "Those Faulty Journeys" by Emerald Publishers. The book is now available on sales in the on-going 42nd book-fair in YMCA ground, Nandanam, Chennai.

Ideally, this should have been my 3rd book since it was developed in parallel along with my 2nd book work titled "Ungal En Enna" but that is what fate is all about right?

Ever since the release of the original version in 2017 in Tamil, the book has undergone considerable updates. I have deleted a few unwanted portions and have added a few pieces of stuff that are relevant. So this book is not just a translated work.

This is my 2nd book in English. A Mathematical Fiction.

Emerald publishers have hosted a wonderful stall in the on-going book festival. My books 'Inexhaustible' and 'Those Faulty Journeys' are both available for purchase from the stall. Guess you can expect up to 25% off on each book in the book-fair. Requesting my friends to make the best use of the opportunity.

Story: Trek @ Literary Yard Magazine

Story: Trek

BY AUTHOR ON DECEMBER 14, 2018 • ( LEAVE A COMMENT )

By: Ramprasath

I never go alone anywhere.

But this one didn’t go as planned. Me and my friend were planning to go for a trek in Cherokee National Forest. But he turned down at the last moment. That left me to go on my own.

By noon I reached the top of the Cherokee mountains. Up at the top, it was a bit cold. On the way, I enjoyed every moment with the greens of the mountains. Of the many greens, American Basswood and Silverbell are my favorites. They are quite opposite. Have you seen American Basswood? It is the most favorite of bees. The bees extract nectar from its flowers. The wood is very lightweight and odorless. Pests like Japanese beetle are fond of these trees. Carolina Silverbell is another small one that is usually either rounded or pyramidal or vase-shaped. No pest show interest on this one.

A forest could have a lot of secrets. Have you heard of Cicadas? They are a kind of insects that appear once in either 13 or 17 years. Until that time they stay beneath the soil and wait for the right time. Researchers relate this phenomenon to Darwin’s survival. Pay attention to these numbers, 13 or 17. Do they ring a bell in you? Nah? They are prime numbers. It means a predator that might want to feed these Cicadas would have to appear in the exact same 13 or 17 years gap. Imagine what would happen to a predator if these insects were not available for 12 years? Food cycle of these predators would have to wait for 13 long years which is against nature’s design which allows the insect species to survive without a predator. Cool!!

Coming back to the story, by the time I touched the top, I had bothered my ankles a little too much. To my disappointment, I had already lost my phone signal. So I was thought to take some rest and continue my descent from the top. But moments later, I found the small lamps that were there to help the trekkers find way back to the foot of the mountains lost their breath. Suddenly clouds appeared from nowhere and the light from the sky dimmed.

Fear engulfed me instantly. With no light and no signal, I wondered what I could do if I was stuck on the way back. After resting a while, pain in my ankles didn’t seem to fall. I thought I made a mistake by resting a while. Had I continued to walk, I probably might have been halfway through on the way back to the bottom.

I realized I would not be able to walk immediately and that I might need long rest. I recalled my engineering classes in electricals and electronics. I thought if I worked on the lamp, it could buy me time till next morning so that I can walk down to the bottom in bright daylight. I worked on the lamp patiently. They at first flickered a lot. With more and more work, at one point, the filament gave up and the bulbs bursted.

There was only an hour left for me to run back to the foot of the trails. I took the map of the trails. There was a river that ended up into a falls that touched the foot of the trails. I got an idea instantly. I could yield myself to the stream of water and I could be easily taken to the foot of the mountain by the flowing water.

According to the map, an entry point to the river was not very far. I just had to leave the trail and climb down through the bushes for some 15 minutes. I wondered what kind of insects I might run over on the way. It was at first difficult with paining ankles but I was soon through. I saw the river and I could not hold. I immediately jumped into the water and with joy I let myself carried away with the stream. WIth one hell of a throw, the waterfall threw me at the foot of the mountain. I recollected myself from the water. At the shore, I saw a home. I badly wanted to get my clothes dried. I stood up from the water and approached the home. There seemed no one in the hall but the TV was running.

In the local channel, a lady in her mid-thirties was reading a local news.

“In a bizarre observation this noon, the lamps that guided trekkers at Cherokee mountain trail were seen flickering and eventually bursted. Some trekkers reported that they heard footsteps of some evil spirit through the bushes……..”

I no longer cared ever since this local channel ignored to telecast the murders of the two of us in Palestine war.

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Lost: LiteraryYard Magazine

Lost

By: Ramprasath

“Walter!”

Suzi almost yelled.

Walter who was digging soil using a shovel now turned to Suzi.

“What!”

“It is going to be night soon” Suzi said.

Walter looked up at the sky. The night was indeed falling. It was a wonderful sight to see the bright star EH2020 hiding behind the mountains.

“What would ‘good-night’ mean here in this new-found planet?” Walter asked.

Suzi thought for a second with one of her eye-brow shrunk a bit.

“A hostile planet showing its back to its host star!!” Suzi said.

“Poetic!!” Walter responded immediately.

The sun was seen slowly disappearing at the horizon. It was time for them to return to the habitation module and allow it to hibernate till next day morning.

In a few minutes the shovels were locked at its holders and astronauts Suzi and Walter were swallowed into the Habitation module. The Hab cleared any possible contamination and stabilized pressure before they could get themselves freed from the suits that they wore.

Walter turned the solar cells module on just so that the cells began to harness power from EH2020.

“I am tired” Suzi said.

“Me too. But do not forget to update your journals” Walter said before leaving to the cafeteria.

Suzi and Walter emptied another set of canned beef tongue, Riga bread and beet soup for dinner before going to bed.

“Do we have a plan for tomorrow?” Suzi asked.

“Well, I think we can kick off the soil test. We already have enough samples” Walter said.

“Poor planet”

“What!!”

“I am wondering what awaits for this planet in the future?”

That left Walter thinking for a few seconds.

“Considering the fact that there is no birth without a death, I think our encroachment on this big floating rock will be justified”

Suzi stared at Walter wondering what to make out of it.

“Good night Suzi”

“Good night Walter”

And the Hab’s light dimmed.

When the alarm woke up Suzi, she had a severe headache. The first thing that she noticed was the temperature of the Hab. The clock showed 6AM but through the window, she could make out that it was still dark outside.

Walter woke up being bothered by the unusual drop in temperature.

“What is it?” Suzi asked.

Walter looked around and checked the computer on the Hab metrics.

“We are losing power” Walter shouted.

“It should be morning by this time. Why is it still night?” Suzi asked thoroughly confused.

Walter looked at the computer and through the window alternatively.

As per the metrics, the temperature was constantly dropping. The Hab was struggling to maintain the temperature and pressure inside without much power left in the batteries. The solar cells were not deriving agitation as it was dark outside.

“It must be morning as per the clock and the cells must have begun to energize themselves by now but there is no sun out there?”

Walter nodded his head in agreement.

“What is happening? Where is EH2020? Have we lost the sun? Or Are our clocks wrong?” she asked.

“There can be only one possible explanation to this” Walter said.

“And that is?” Suzi asked impatiently.

Walter took a deep breath.

“The planet has been compromised. That’s all” Walter said as he looked out at the dark sky through the window.

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