Besides my textbook on porous media (see Essentials of Heat and Fluid Flow in Porous Media), I write fiction and popular science in Tamil. The books are published by Tamizhini. Each title below links to its page on arunn.in, my Tamil website, where you can read more and find where to buy it.
Novels and short stories | நாவல்கள், சிறுகதைகள்
Enlightened in Eight-Annas (short stories, English, 2025). The English version of my first collection of short stories, Ettanavil Ulaga Gnanam.
எட்டணாவில் உலக ஞானம் (Ettanavil Ulaga Gnanam, short stories, 2024). My first collection of Tamil short stories.
இல்புறம் (Ilpuram, novel, 2023). My third Tamil novel.
அச்சுவை பெறினும்… (Achchuvai Perinum, novel, 2016). My second Tamil novel.
அமெரிக்க தேசி (Amerikka Desi, novel, 2015). My first Tamil novel: three years in the life of a student from Srirangam who goes to an American university for a PhD.
Popular science | அறிவியல் நூல்கள்
நிறமற்ற வானவில் (Niramatra Vaanavil, 2023). Fifteen science essays, written with a little humour, for readers who want science without the pressure of a syllabus.
உலகே உன் உருவம் என்ன? (Ulage Un Uruvam Enna?, 2015; new edition 2023). Fifteen science essays, serious in substance and light in tone.
ஏலியன்கள் இருக்கிறார்களா? (Are There Aliens?, 2013; new edition 2023). Popular science essays on life beyond the Earth and related questions.
நேனோ: ஓர் அறிமுகம் (Nano: An Introduction, 2013; new edition 2023). An introduction to nanoscience and nanotechnology in twelve chapters.
டூக்கன் பறவைகளுக்கு ஏன் அலகு பெரிதாக உள்ளது? (Why Do Toucans Have Big Beaks?, science essays, 2013, Amrutha Publishers). This title links to Goodreads.
Buying the books | வாங்க
The printed books are sold by the publisher, Tamizhini (phone +91 866 7255103 or +91 98842 25576; email tamilinibooks AT gmail DOT com), at Tamizhini stalls in book fairs, and online at Udumalai and Panuval. Several of the Tamil books are also available as Amazon Kindle e-books. Readers in the USA and Canada can write to me through arunn.in for a copy.