Coimbatore: For somebody who has more than 40 years of enjoy as a felony lawyer, senior advocate C Gnanabharathi's brief stories supply a contrasting image. His stories have an underlying humour even whilst speaking of tragic and hard topics.
Gnanabharathi says he were given this taste from Malayalam author Vaikom Muhammad Basheer. "He was one of the biggest influences on me," he says. The 69-year-old has written just 24 stories up to now 46 years. "I count quality more than quantity," he provides.
Still training, Gnanabharathi, who started his profession as a lawyer in 1974, says he used to be a author ahead of he become a lawyer. In 1969, he joined the day-to-day Theekkadhir as a sub-editor. He also labored in the editorial board of Semmalar, the Marxist party's literary magazine. "Once we had a shortfall of material for four pages. To fill that, I wrote a story. That was when I found I could write a story," he says.
While operating for the newsletter, the party asked him to study regulation to paintings for the student's wing. "That's how I became a lawyer," he says.
While in the party, he says, he learn voraciously. He learn Marxist theories and also literary works which made him a staunch Marxist, an ideological stance which he holds until day. But, he provides, his stories do not speak Marxist concepts openly. "I write only when I think I can write a story from the subconscious," he says. "Or else, it will be mechanical and a cerebral activity," he provides.
Though he meets several people from all walks of lifestyles in his profession, Gnanabharathi says he doesn't write about them at once. He says he takes time to process any incident or particular person he sees. Though he may well be an effortless author, he puts immense effort in the instances he deals with. He narrates how he disproved a bomb blast case through researching each and every element of explosives, their kind and where they're manufactured. "I proved that the explosives used in the incident did not match the case particulars. It was a novel defence," he says.
Apart from Basheer, Gnanabharathi cites Subramania Bharathi, Pudumaipithan and Anton Chekhov as his inspirations. Fourteen of his stories were published as a set titled 'Moongil Kazhi' in 2005. A reader has translated his stories into Malayalam, that have been lately launched as a set titled 'Perazhagi'.
Gnanabharathi says he's in the efforts to post 10 of his stories which he wrote from 2005.
Gnanabharathi says he were given this taste from Malayalam author Vaikom Muhammad Basheer. "He was one of the biggest influences on me," he says. The 69-year-old has written just 24 stories up to now 46 years. "I count quality more than quantity," he provides.
Still training, Gnanabharathi, who started his profession as a lawyer in 1974, says he used to be a author ahead of he become a lawyer. In 1969, he joined the day-to-day Theekkadhir as a sub-editor. He also labored in the editorial board of Semmalar, the Marxist party's literary magazine. "Once we had a shortfall of material for four pages. To fill that, I wrote a story. That was when I found I could write a story," he says.
While operating for the newsletter, the party asked him to study regulation to paintings for the student's wing. "That's how I became a lawyer," he says.
While in the party, he says, he learn voraciously. He learn Marxist theories and also literary works which made him a staunch Marxist, an ideological stance which he holds until day. But, he provides, his stories do not speak Marxist concepts openly. "I write only when I think I can write a story from the subconscious," he says. "Or else, it will be mechanical and a cerebral activity," he provides.
Though he meets several people from all walks of lifestyles in his profession, Gnanabharathi says he doesn't write about them at once. He says he takes time to process any incident or particular person he sees. Though he may well be an effortless author, he puts immense effort in the instances he deals with. He narrates how he disproved a bomb blast case through researching each and every element of explosives, their kind and where they're manufactured. "I proved that the explosives used in the incident did not match the case particulars. It was a novel defence," he says.
Apart from Basheer, Gnanabharathi cites Subramania Bharathi, Pudumaipithan and Anton Chekhov as his inspirations. Fourteen of his stories were published as a set titled 'Moongil Kazhi' in 2005. A reader has translated his stories into Malayalam, that have been lately launched as a set titled 'Perazhagi'.
Gnanabharathi says he's in the efforts to post 10 of his stories which he wrote from 2005.
This lawyer pens tragic tales peppered with humour
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January 01, 2018
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