Pa.Raghavan

Pa.Raghavan

Pa. Raghavan, a well known Tamil writer – journalist, winner of the prestigious ‘Bharathiya Basha Parishad Award’ in 2004, is an editor by profession. Raghavan is more popular for his political histories rather than his fiction works. "Dollor Desam" (Political History of America) and "Nilamellam Raththam" (History of the Israel – Palestine Conflict) [ [http://nilamellam.blogspot.com Nileamellam Blogspot] ] are considered to be the milestones in Tamil non-fiction writing.

Biography

Raghavan was born in Adyar, Chennai and spent his early years in many villages of Chengalpet District because of the frequent transfers of his father in his job. In the mid-1980s, his family shifted and settled in Chennai where Raghavanfinished his school and college studies in 1988. Even though he has completed a course in Mechanical Engineering, he did not want to take a job in a factory because of the interest in writing. Raghavan started his career as a sub-editor in "Amudhasurabi Monthly" Magazine. The famous weekly magazine [http://www.kalkionline.com kalki] offered him the post Assistant Editor in 1992 after he showed his talent in humorous articles and stories.

Raghavan served in Kalki for about 8 years and joined in [http://www.kumudam.com kumudam] the No.1. Tamil weekly magazine in 2000. After completing a full year in "Kumudam" as Assistant Editor, he was appointed as the Editor in Charge for then newly started by monthly "Kumudam Junction".

Raghavan left the magazine industry and became involved in publishing in 2003 and presently leading the Tamil Division (‘'Kizhakku Pathippagam'’) of New Horizon Media Private Limited. [ [http://www.newhorizonmedia.co.in New Horizon Media website] ]

Writings

Political

#"Pak: Oru Pudhirin Saridham" (political history of Pakistan)
#"Dollor Desam" (political history of America)
#"9/11: soozhchi veezhchi meetchi"
#"Nilamellam Raththam" (A history of Israel – Palestine Conflict)
#"Al qaeda: Bayangarathin mugavari"
#"Hezbollah: Bayangarathin mugavari"

Biographies

#"Iraq plus saddam minus saddam"
#"Hitler"

Novels

#"Alai Urangum kadal"
#"Puviyiloridam"
#"Mellinam"
#"Alagilaa Vilayaattu"
#"Thoonilum Iruppaan"
#"Rendu"

hort Story Collections

#"Nilaa Vaettai"
#"Moovar"
#"Paravai Yuddham"
#"Gudhiraigalin Kadhai"

Essay Collections

#"154 Kilo Bites"
#"24 Karot"
#"Open Ticket"

Awards

* [http://www.geotamil.com/pathivukal/paragavan_award.html "Bharathiya Basha Parishad Award"] (2004)
*"Ilakkiyapeetam" Award (For the novel "Alagila Vilayaattu")
*"Thiruppur Tamil Sangam" Award (For the novel "Mellinam")
*"Lilli Deivasikamani" Memorial award (For the collection "Paravai yuddham")

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