Jayakanthan kathalu, author Jayakanthan, translator Gillela Balaji \nThis is a selection of Jayakanthan’s stories collected over the decades.Most of them revolve around the lives of underclass people like rickshaw-pullers, prostitutes and rag-pickers. \nD. Jayakanthan (1934-2015) was a writer, journalist, orator, film-maker, critic and activist. Born in Cuddalore, he dropped out of school at the age of 9 and went to Madras, where he joined the Communist Party of India. In a career spanning six decades, he authored around 40 novels, 200 short stories, apart from two autobiographies. \nTranslator Gillela Balaji is a school teacher and short story writer in Telugu. \n \nhttps://play.google.com/store/books/details/Jayakanthan_Jayakanthan_Kathalu?id=VAAeEAAAQBAJ