PANJUM PASIYUM (Novel) / பஞ்சும் பசியும்

“A realist is one who understands the rules of social movement and the future development of the society and realistically portrays significant characters with that sense. In this sense, Raghunath's hunger and hunger in the South are one and the same. ” It is also the first contemporary Tamil novel to be translated and published in a foreign language. Dr. Kamil Svelebil, Head of the Department of Dravidian Studies at the Academy of Czechoslovakia Translated this book into Czech. The first edition of this translation was published in 1957 by Brass Publishing in the country's capital, Prague; It is noteworthy that half a million copies of this first edition were sold out in the country within a few days.