Yuvan Chandrasekhar's collection of short fictions titled 'Manarkeni' was released in 2008. Manarkeni
can be categorized as a book that gave literary quality to the short fiction form used as page fillers in
popular magazines. Thirteen years later, his second collection in the same genre 'Thalaippillaathavai'
(Untitled) is seen as a continuation and evolution of the previous book. While the previous collection
had stories with the focus in single-character, this one has multi-faceted, multi-voiced narratives. Both
collections have in common that they are interesting to read and thought-provoking. Yuvan
Chandrasekhar's short fictions are a serious attempt to provide the reading experience that a short story
provides today.