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Sumeetha Manikandan is a freelance writer and an author who loves to write and base her plots on the tambrahm community of Mylapore, Chennai. She is the author of ‘The Perfect Groom’ that has been a bestselling ebook on the top 50 charts of Amazon India ever since publication.

An avid reader, she loves to read across different genres – romance, historical fiction, non-fiction, mystery, fantasy etc. A history buff to the core,
she is currently translating Ponniyin Selvan – the evergreen tamil classic epic history by Kalki Krishnamurthy into English.

Married to film maker K.S. Manikandan, Sumeetha lives in Chennai, along with her six year old daughter.

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	Ponni's Beloved Volume 1: New Floods by Kalki, Sumeetha Manikandan (Goodreads Author) 4.62 avg rating — 7,785 ratings — published 1954 — 43 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Storm (#2 Ponni's Beloved - An English Translation Of Kalki Krishnamurthy's Ponniyin Selvan) by Kalki, Sumeetha Manikandan (Goodreads Author) (Translator) 4.64 avg rating — 5,372 ratings — published 1954 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Sword - Ponni's Beloved Volume 3: An English Translation Of Kalki Krishnamurthy’s Ponniyin Selvan by Kalki, Sumeetha Manikandan (Goodreads Author) (Translator) 4.64 avg rating — 4,654 ratings — published 1950 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Crown (Ponni's Beloved, #4) by Kalki, Sumeetha Manikandan (Goodreads Author) (Translator) 4.63 avg rating — 3,801 ratings — published 1954 — 28 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Epitome of Sacrifice - Ponni's Beloved Volume 5: An English Translation of Kalki's Ponniyin Selvan by Kalki, Sumeetha Manikandan (Goodreads Author) (Translator) 4.72 avg rating — 3,147 ratings — published 1954 — 32 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Perfect Groom 3.47 avg rating — 427 ratings — published 2013	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Love, Again by Shrruti Patole Clarence (Goodreads Author), Sumeetha Manikandan (Goodreads Author) 3.75 avg rating — 365 ratings — published 2015 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	These Lines of Mehendi by Sumeetha Manikandan (Goodreads Author) 3.89 avg rating — 70 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Jar of Stories by Sumeetha Manikandan (Goodreads Author), Priya Dalvi, Tina Sequeira (Goodreads Author) 3.72 avg rating — 32 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Parthiban's Dream - An English Translation of Parthibanin Kanavu by Kalki Krishnamurthy

Parthiban’s Dream
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Chapter 1 – At Thonithurai

The banks of Kaveri were calm and serene. The early morning sun had turned the placid waters of the river into molten gold. It’s not surprising that they would name the river ‘Ponni’ (means gold). The spectrum of colours that were displayed on the swirling river currents lent an ethereal feel to the entire scene. It seemed as though hundreds a Read more of this blog post »

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“With the first line of Mehendi, she forgot her troubles and delved into the beautiful world of checkered patterns and intricate lines.”
― Sumeetha Manikandan, Love, Again

tags: love-again, marriage, mehendi-love, these-lines-of-mehendi, wedding

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“I thought that there is yet hope for someone who was caught in the river’s whirlpool, but none exists for those who are trapped in the vortex of a beautiful woman’s eyes.”
― Sumeetha Manikandan, Ponni's Beloved - Volume 1: New Floods, An English Translation Of Kalki Krishnamurthy's Ponniyin Selvan

tags: chola-kingdom, cholas, ponniyin-selvan, tamil, vandiya-devan

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“The mist wishes to have the sun but what does the sun do - it burns so fiercely that the mist disappears.”
― Sumeetha Manikandan, Ponni's Beloved - Volume 1: New Floods, An English Translation Of Kalki Krishnamurthy's Ponniyin Selvan

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“A book is really like a lover. It arranges itself in your life in a way that is beautiful.”
― Maurice Sendak

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“Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe.”
― Albert Einstein

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“The most expensive part of building is the mistakes.”
― Ken Follett, The Pillars of the Earth

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“My childhood in Corfu shaped my life. If I had the craft of Merlin, I would give every child the gift of my childhood.”
― Gerald Durrell, My Family and Other Animals

tags: childhood, corfu, magic, merlin

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“Children aren't happy with nothing to ignore,
And that's what parents were created for.”
― Ogden Nash

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