Elihu Yale—a name that reminds us of an Ivy League University in the US. A man who cameto Madras as vice-president of the East India Company, Yale was the one who established theCorporation of Madras. But there was a dark side to Yale, the so-called philanthropist. He profitedfrom the slave trade in Madras. He passed a rule that at least ten slaves should be on board everyship that set sail for Europe from Madras. Whipping, branding, families being torn apart, slavesbeing shipped off to foreign countries—people in South India were subjected to all the horrors ofthe slave trade, with Madras being the hub of the trade.

Ra.Ki. Rangarajan’s Adimaiyin Kaadal is about the life of a slave girl. She is the heroine of Ra Ki’s historical. Rescued by a daring hero, she runs from her former owner. But who is she? What is the mystery in her background? What is her connection with the little kingdom of Singavaram inTamil Nadu? Ra Ki takes the reader on a racy and exciting journey through Tamil Nadu’s littleprincipalities, even as romance blossoms between the slave and her rescuer. Do they marry? Is themystery in her life resolved?

Publisher: Rupa Publications India

Author: Ra. Ki. Rangarajan, Suganthy Krishnamachari

Pages: 296

ISBN: 9789357028103

Publication Date: 11 December 2023