![]() Through short story appreciation sessions, it has introduced an entire generation to the world of the short story. Ilakkiya Chinthanai has conducted programmes to appreciate short stories as movie connoisseurs do with film appreciation. Of those 100 years, Ilakkiya Chinthanai too has contributed its mite to the origin and growth of the short story format over the last five decades. ![]() However, by that account, the Tamil short story format is then celebrating its 106 th anniversary this year. It has almost been a kind of responsibility the organisation has shouldered for all these years.Īccording to many Tamil scholars, the first short story published in Tamil was Kulathangarai Arasamaram penned by Va Ve Subramaniya Iyer or Va Ve Su Iyer in the year 1915. For the last 50 years, Ilakkiya Chinthanai, a Tamil literary organisation in Chennai has been actively and passionately devoted to cultivate readership for the short story format. The organisation's 12 best short stories of that year was also released on April 14 Tamil writer S Ramakrishnan (second from left), who was awarded 'Ilakkiya Chinthanai' award for 2019.
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