மனடப பணபடடக கறகளம அதன சதவநல ஆககஙகளம / Elements of Human Culture and its Decaying Forms

Literature records the lives of people. Tamil Literature absorbs everything from the words of the people, the objects they use, their relationship with nature, the songs they sing, the dances they perform and the various artistic techniques they practice. Literary work makes historical documentation so that the cultural value of a group of people or a nation remains integral over time. Solai Sundaraperumal is a prolific Tamil writer. The works of Solai Sundaraperumal serve as an epitome of time and a literary treasury that reveals the customs, beliefs, culture, arts and lifestyles of the Tamil people living in the rural areas of Thanjavur district. It is a kind of strategy to remember and write about current events without preparing people for reading fiction. Writers should have the mindset to share the lives of the people without looking at themselves within their thoughts. Solai Sundaraperumal is one of the writers who used language in the right way to reach people. He portrays the politics of the people and land of Thanjavur district in his works. Keezhavenmani is located in the border area of Thanjavur district. Now, it is a part of Nagapattinam district. Most of the agricultural people who live in the Cauvery basin are agricultural workers. They were born in the soil, lived in the soil and toiled in the fields. In Keezhavenmani, forty-four people were locked in the huts and burned. It shows the higher caste discrimination over the lower caste people. It is an attack on the sons and daughters of the soil and a great injustice against the innocent people. They were made into ashes. Activists from all over the country raised their voices on this inhuman act. This article examines the decaying human values for pride and riches through the work of Solai Sundaraperumal focusing on such events.