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Waves Of Memory (Chronicles Series)

by Rajan, Tss
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Book cover type: Paperback
  • ISBN13: 9789377305581
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Subject: N/A
  • Publisher: PRH India Local Print
  • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Vintage
  • Publication Date:
  • Pages: 400
  • Original Price: INR 499.0
  • Language: English
  • Edition: N/A
  • Item Weight: 400 grams
  • BISAC Subject(s): N/A

T.S.S. Rajan (1880–1953) was many things―an acclaimed surgeon, a selfless patriot, a perceptive traveler, a shrewd politician and a conscientious minister. Rising from a poverty-stricken childhood shaped by religious orthodoxy, he emerged as a fearless freedom fighter under the leadership of Mahatma Gandhi and C. Rajagopalachari.

Waves of Memory gathers Rajan’ reflections on the people, incidents and turning points that defined his remarkable life. From Srirangam and Madras to Rangoon and England, from Tiruchi to the many crossroads of British India, Rajan’s journey unfolds across landscapes both physical and ideological, marked by encounters with orthodoxy and ritual, the harsh inequities of colonial rule and the demands of governance alongside the suffering of the poor.

This is more than a personal story. It is an unflinching account of a life spent pushing against the combined weight of society and politics in pursuit of true freedom. So rich and far-reaching is this struggle that
Waves of Memory captures, in essence, the history of two generations. At its heart lies the most compelling subject of all: Rajan himself―courageous, compassionate and relentlessly curious, a man who scrutinized both the world and his own beliefs with a rare clarity, and whose public-spirited modernism continues to resonate today.

Tiruvengimalai Sesha Sundara Rajan (1880–1953) was born in Nagapattinam and brought up in Srirangam in Tiruchirappalli district of Madras Presidency. He had his early education in St. Joseph’s college in Tiruchi town and graduated in medicine from Royapuram Medical School, Madras. Rajan held several party posts in the Indian National Congress over the years. He served as General Secretary of the Congress and as President, and later, Secretary of the Tamil Nadu Congress Committee. He also served as the President of the Civil, Social and Welfare League of Tiruchirappalli.He was appointed Minister of Food and Public Health and served as minister till 1951.

N. Kalyan Raman is a translator of contemporary Tamil fiction and poetry into English. Over the past twenty-five years, he has published translations of fifteen works of Tamil fiction by important writers such as Ashokamitran, Poomani, Devibharathi, Perumal Murugan, Vaasanthi and Salma. His translations of contemporary Tamil poets have been published widely in journals and anthologies in India and abroad. Kalyan Raman also writes on cinema, politics and literature for leading journals and magazines in India. A collection of poems by Perundevi will be published in his translation in early 2026.

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