Tha
A Novel of Multi Dimensional Frames
by Konangi
Konangi's third novel Tha is a postcolonial tour de force. It is yet another hermetic book of subterranean tales branching out in poetic delineation of the Invisible Historical moments incorporating various artists’ writers’ decisions actors freedom fighters rulers and anarchists of the bygone times. It is an epic novel woven around with Tamil alphabet த, standing as a secret code resonating with Tanjore, Thanammal etc., It is also a meta-fiction teasing readers expecting their active participation in decoding the tales within the novel. Tha is made up of Konangi's subtle historiographic sense and celebrated Travels around India endowing him with a nostalgic and encyclopaedic vision followed by his encounter with various people, places, stories, events and records in the making of its Epic frame.