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Serpent- நச்சரவம்

Translation of Writer Jeyamohan's Short Story - Serpent ( நச்சரவம் ) Serpent I A kind of subtle complexity observed in History, can never be soundly debated with majority of our  historians. They presume history as a well constructed firm structure with substantial facts. These historians always tend to discuss history like their dinner party debates.  Being a theorist of History, I do not agree with them. I  imagine history like a stage backdrop screens.  We change that frequently in flash depending upon the subject at the “center of stage” of that moment.  Houses, Foothills, Sea shore, Royal court. Whenever i claim this with any historian, he scowls and flushes hotly at once. They misconceive that i accuse them as a fictitious fabricator, instead of consenting as an intellectual who formulates permanent truths. Once i wittingly cited a historian as a  fabricator who fictionalizes the truths. He loudly squalled at me till eyes glistened with tears. Le...

Serpent- நச்சரவம்

Translation of Writer Jeyamohan's Short Story - Serpent ( நச்சரவம் ) Serpent I A kind of subtle complexity observed in History, can never be soundly debated with majority of our historians. They presume history as a well constructed firm structure with substantial facts. These historians always tend to discuss history like their dinner party debates. Being a theorist of History, I do not agree with them. I imagine history like a stage backdrop screens. We change that frequently in flash depending upon the subject at the “center of stage” of that moment. Houses, Foothills, Sea shore, Royal court. Whenever i claim this with any historian, he scowls and flushes hotly at once. They misconceive that i accuse them as a fictitious fabricator, instead of consenting as an intellectual who formulates permanent truths. Once i wittingly cited a historian as a fabricator who fictionalizes the truths. He loudly squalled at me till eyes glistened with tears. Let me s...