Even in older tamil movies quite often we can come across the dialog 'Aambalaigna kalyanathukku munnadi konjam appadi ippadi than iruppanga.'. This makes one to come to the conclusion that Men visiting such places has been a common, partially accepted activity in those times.

I have read such situations even in some of the stories of R.K.Narayan. Especially in those areas where he narrates his visit to prostitution houses along with his friend, both were budding entrants to politics at that time. In many places one call can get the feel of reading a third grade cheap books. I was surprised to know the background and early life of some of the political leaders who are top leaders now. Among these two, it was Vanavasam that I found more interesting. Manavasam start after that and it doesnt end. Vanavasam ends once he quits the DMK party. After reading this book only I came to know that Kannadasan had an active, but unstable and unsuccessful political career. Vanavasam talks about his early life and his political life in DMK party. Its a surprise to know that he has studied only upto 8th and with that he gained to manage such a mastery over Tamil and its grammer and vocabulary. But in this autobiography-Vanavasam he cliams that he got that skill through practice. To say for example 'Muttukal sirikkum nilathil thittikum ninaipai vidhaikkum.'ĭefinitely he is a gifted Genius. When I hear some of the old songs I wonder that we know all these words individually, but wonderfully he has joined them to bring out such a nice rhyming songs. I do listen to some of the old songs mainly for its lyrics. Both the books made an intresting read, Like many I am also a fan to some of his songs. These two books happen to be a chronological listing of the main events in his life.

Recently I happened to read the book Vanavasam and its sequel Manavasam, both written by Kannadasan.

Manavasam by kannadasan