Aagol

Kabilan Vairamuthu and Meera Ravishankar

ISBN 10: 9357028315 / ISBN 13: 9789357028318

Published by Rupa Publications India, 2024

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In the bustling streets of Bharat, 2032, Nithilan, a brilliant vulnerability analyst, is entangled in intrigue as he creates the Adayal a digital identity with the power to reshape the nation. Meanwhile, nearly a century earlier, in Perumanallur, India, Chinna Mayan and his people face the oppression of the Criminal Tribes Act. A threat of the Jelly virus holds the digitised globe to ransom. Nithilan encounters geopolitical power struggles, data theft and an impending digital apocalypse as he navigates a landscape where the future hangs in the balance. Will Chinna Mayan and his people survive the tyranny of the British? Can Nithilan save the precious data from falling into the wrong hands? Will the looming digital catastrophe be averted? As the echoes of history reverberate through time, the past may hold the key to shaping the future but at what cost?

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Aagol
• Publisher: Rupa Publications India
• Publication Date: 2024
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9357028315
• ISBN 13: 9789357028318
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

In the bustling streets of Bharat, 2032, Nithilan, a brilliant vulnerability analyst, is entangled in intrigue as he creates the Adayal— a digital identity with the power to reshape the nation. Meanwhile, nearly a century earlier, in Perumanallur, India, Chinna Mayan and his people face the oppression of the Criminal Tribes Act. A threat of the Jelly virus holds the digitised globe to ransom. Nithilan encounters geopolitical power struggles, data theft and an impending digital apocalypse as he navigates a landscape where the future hangs in the balance. Will Chinna Mayan and his people survive the tyranny of the British? Can Nithilan save the precious data from falling into the wrong hands? Will the looming digital catastrophe be averted? As the echoes of history reverberate through time, the past may hold the key to shaping the future— but at what cost?

About the Author

Kabilan Vairamuthu is a multi-faceted Tamil writer known for his work as a novelist, screenwriter, poet, and lyricist. Kabilan published his first book at the age of 18. He has donned many hats in the Tamil film industry too. He has penned screenplays, dialogues, and lyrics to numerous films. His poetry collections include Ulagam Yaavaiyum, Endraan Kavingan, Manithanukku Aduthavan, Kadavulodu Pechuvaarthai, and Mazhaiku Othungum Manbommai. His novels Boomerang Bhoomi, Uyirchol, Meinigari, and Aagol, and his short story collection Ambarathooni are intriguing efforts delving into the past, prese