Parthiban’s Dream

R Krishnamurthy, popularly known as Kalki, is considered a pioneer of the historical novel in Tamil literature. He has thirty five volumes of short stories, novels, essays, travelogues, and biographies to his credit. He is loved for his writings in the semi-historic genre, where he blended ancient tales, legends and historic facts to produce works of epic stature. With Kalki's appearance on the literary scene in the 20th century, the Tamil novel came of age.

Srisrividhiya K or Srivi is a designer, writer and a visualizer. She holds a masters degree with distinction in Fine Arts from Stella Maris College and is currently working in Amber Valley Residential School, Chikmaglur, Karnataka. Srivi loves children and likes teaching them drawing and story-book making. She has co-designed the interiors of the children's ward at Sankara Netralaya, Chennai. She has held several exhibitions of her paintings, and is also trained as a Bharatnatyam dancer.