![]() ![]() There could be thousands and I would have read a few hundred books while I was working in Tamil Nadu. There were Rajesh Kumar, Pattukottai Prabhakar, Indra Soundarrajan, Sujatha, Rajendrakumar etc were most popular. Then in Tamil a number of modern writers became popular with their short novels published every week or fortnight by different publishers. After getting job it became light reading for time pass. ![]() Interestingly there was a Malaylam movie titled CID Nazeer, and a Tamil movie named CID Shankar in which Prem Nazeer and Jaishankar were the heroes respectively.Īfter reaching college I started reading James Hadley Chase and Erle Stanley Gardner (Perry Mason) books. Prem Nazeer in Malayalam, Jaishankar in Tamil was the main actors in such movies. Many detective story movies also came in those times. Most of them were written by Kottayam Pushpanath. There were lot of detective stories in Malayalam then. Of the two books I was eligible to hire at a time, I always chose one detective book. While in High School, I joined the local Public Library. ![]() Later I also started reading Phantom and Mandrake the Magician, the illustrated Comic books. My interest and habit started from reading the Enid Blyton series "Secret Seven",'Famous Five' etc. Did you like detective stories During my time we youngsters liked to read detective stories or thrillers.
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