Nandhu Sundaram pens a simple obituary to the famous Tamil writer S. Rangarajan, known by his pen name of “Sujatha”, who died on Wednesday night in Chennai.
His ability to explain science in simple terms to lay readers was unparalleled. He brought freshness to Tamil writing on diverse subjects like archaeology, astrophysics, biotechnology and ancient Tamil literature.
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Vinod Shankar
Feb 27th, 2008 at 10:48 pm | #
He was a gem of a writer who had this unique ability to simplify and sugar cote complex subjects for the consumption of the naive reader.
V.Senthamarai kannan
Feb 28th, 2008 at 12:45 am | #
Sujatatha was the person who attracted younger generation of seventies by his innovative way of story telling.His style continued from Nylon Kayiru/ Anitha Ilam Manaivi to Indian /Shivaji.Un forgettable writer even for generations to come.
CBS manian
Feb 28th, 2008 at 2:28 am | #
ஒரு உன்னதமான தமிழ் எழுத்தாளர். எளிய புதுமையான நடை தமிழில் புரட்சி செய்தவர்
K.Varadharajan
Feb 28th, 2008 at 6:13 am | #
Sujatha introduced readers to diverse opinion and perspectives on any topic he wrote and hence made the readers think and form their own opinion while helping them with a lot of information and subtly conveying his opinion as one of them. He treated readers above average and there is a demanding kind of joy when you read him.
Raja Senthil
Feb 29th, 2008 at 3:22 am | #
A good writer who has expressed the astronomy, technology updates in easy way to understand. he will live forever!!!!!
mohan
Feb 29th, 2008 at 6:12 am | #
He read widely and unstintingly shared his pleasure with others knowing that there are several who have no opportunity of doing so. Be it the Occam’s Razor or Arthur Koestler’s theory of art he relished sharing his experience and enjoyment with others in a lucid style. He acknowledged my father’s contribution to Tamil Cinema and I am grateful to him for that.
Asuri Sudharsanan
Feb 29th, 2008 at 10:24 am | #
Sujatha stands atop all Tamil literates of the last millennium — by his unique diction and style. His perceptions were sharper than any other writer of our time. He shall remain in the hearts of the Tamil-reading public for ever.
N. Raja
Feb 29th, 2008 at 12:14 pm | #
He is a Genius and Master of all subjects. He became the role model for the Youths and the younger generation. He initiated the reading habit to all the people. No words to explain his excellence. I am proud to be a reader of SUJATHA’s Books.
Balasubramanian
Mar 2nd, 2008 at 10:57 pm | #
Sujatha, a versatile personality who brought all the new things to tamil world. Be it is his BHEL days or the weekly magazine writings or managing the Pentamedia or serving Govt’s “Kural Peedam” or the screeplay writings for Maniratnam/Shankar/Kamal/Rajiv Menon, Sujatha given his best and made every thing rememberable. A great loss to tamil fraternity.
D.AMUDHAN
Mar 14th, 2008 at 2:21 am | #
life without sujathas articles is really boring
Srinivasa Bhat
Mar 19th, 2008 at 10:42 am | #
While writers of the olden age wrote for the Gods, Sujata wrote for the common man. He stood tall among all his peers. He made reading novels something u looked forward to, particularly his.
SN SUNDAR RAJAN
May 3rd, 2008 at 2:30 am | #
A GENIUS WRITER,HUMANE AND A MULTY FACETED REAL CELEBRITY WHOM SHOULD BE REMEMBERABLE TO ALL.ALSO CLASSMATE OF ANOTHER GENIUS NAMED SIR.A.P.J.ABDUL KALAM.MY SINCERE CONDOLENCE TO MR.SUJATHA.