aabathukidamaana apavaadham -or- kamalaambaal charithram is written by rajam iyer from vathalakundu in the later part of the 19th century is the first tamil novel depicting the life of living people. the author worked in tamil daily dinamani; he live just 26 years. considering the period in which he lived and wrote, he created waves in emancipation of women's life, incomparable to any social reformist. in this story he conducted marriage to a brahmin widow. had he lived further and wrote more, the style of modern tamil prose would have been different.