Iswaran the Storyteller

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The main character is Mahendra, a junior supervisor in a firm that provides supervisors for various construction sites like factories, bridges, dams, etc. He moves from place to place as ordered by hi…

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Iswaran is Mahendra's cook who is very attached to him and follows him wherever he is posted. He cooks, washes clothes, chats with Mahendra at night, and tells endless stories. He can miraculously pro…

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Iswaran read popular Tamil thrillers running to hundreds of pages. These books had imaginative descriptions and narrative flourishes that greatly influenced his own storytelling style, making him add …

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Instead of simply saying he found a fallen tree, Iswaran dramatically says: 'The road was deserted and I was all alone. Suddenly I spotted something that looked like an enormous bushy beast lying spra…

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Iswaran tells how a tusker escaped from a timber yard, went mad, destroyed the town's stalls and entered a school ground. While everyone fled, young Iswaran claims he single-handedly brought down the …

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Iswaran claims he used a Japanese martial art - either karate or ju-jitsu - which he had read about somewhere. He says it temporarily paralyzes the nervous system, which is how he brought down the mad…

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Iswaran prepares special delicacies because it is an auspicious day according to tradition when people prepare various foods to feed the spirits of their ancestors. This sets the stage for his ghost s…

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Iswaran reveals that the entire factory area they are occupying was once a burial ground. He claims he knew this from the first day when he saw a human skull on the path, and he still comes across sku…