tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5373863169962794573.post1151239793446142836..comments2024-03-01T19:42:53.914-05:00Comments on பசுபதிவுகள்: பி.ஜி. உட்ஹவுஸ்Pas S. Pasupathyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04294104218318213854noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5373863169962794573.post-48802876552373098322020-01-15T07:29:47.854-05:002020-01-15T07:29:47.854-05:00I was introduced to Wodehouse by my paternal ... I was introduced to Wodehouse by my paternal uncle in 1960. We used to get penguin editions very cheap and also from 'used books shop' just near the Luz Corner . And he continued to write well into the 1970's and it was my delight to follow all his publications closely. He wrote about 80 books ( novels, short story collections) and though the Jeeves-Wooster, Blandings Castle-Lord Emsworth-Uncle Fred, Mulliner, Ukridge, The Sage( Golf stories), are justly famous, he wrote around 40 novels which I have named 'Random Romances' without using any of these characters . and every one of them is a gem. beginning with Gentleman of Leisure. (Dr.Sally, Damsel in distress and many more ) Luckily, almost all of them are available in 'open source'.(archives and Gutenberg)<br /> Born in 1881, he wrote many early stories and novels on school topics, ( CRICKET! ), and found his niche in romantic comedies around 1910 ( he was 29 then). His girls are absolutely ravishing and charming angels . Not once in his long literary career ,he let any crudity enter his writing. <br /> An unfortunate internment and exploitation in Nazi camps (1940), led to his getting branded as a Nazi! . He did not write from 1940 to 1946. And he never set foot again in England that he loved so dearly as he describes so lovingly , be it the London or the country-side of castles. and lawns and lakes. He was a firm Socialist! ( PSmith in the city and PSmith the Journalist). He loved NewYork and the Hollywood. How much he loved the English Countryside! How much he should have longed to be in England! He was 'Exiled' . by his idiotic countrymen. The US understood him better. It is simply amazing that he continued to create right upto his 94th year! And the last novel was as breezy and jovial as his pre-war novels. He was 'knighted' just before he passed away. Small consolation. He cannot be 'translated' at all. and one needs to be Shakespearean to understand the loveliness of his language. <br /> I did not know of his 'Indian connections' through his wife , before reading this article. I must explore.<br />My humble offering in his memory at <br />https://sites.google.com/site/pgwodehousebooks <br />( in the process of being edited repeatedly) RSRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01588829033967121863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5373863169962794573.post-26725569218808284242019-02-15T09:07:07.258-05:002019-02-15T09:07:07.258-05:00நண்பர் ‘அரசி’ யின் பின்னூட்டம்;
பழம், நகைச்சுவையி...நண்பர் ‘அரசி’ யின் பின்னூட்டம்;<br /><br />பழம், நகைச்சுவையில் பழுத்த பழம்--<br />ஆழம் காண முடியா கற்பனையொடு<br />கிழங்கள் முதல் சிறார் வரைக்கும்<br />வாழையடி வாழை இனித்த பழம்--<br />நிழலாய் வரும் பாத்திரங்களும்<br />செழுமையுடன் திகழும் களம்--<br /><br />மர வீடு! வரையிலாதோர் உலகம் படைத்த <br />சிரஞ்சீவியவர், ஆம், பழம் பெரும் ப்ளம் :)<br /><br />And, Jaya jaya to JSRaghavan:)Pas S. Pasupathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04294104218318213854noreply@blogger.com