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Vairamuthu Ramasamy (born 13 July 1953)^[6] is an Indian poet, lyricist and novelist working in the Tamil film industry and a prominent figure in the Tamil literary world. A master's graduate from the Pachaiyappa's College in Chennai, he first worked as a translator, while also being a published poet. He entered the Tamil film industry in the year 1980, with the film Nizhalgal, directed by P. Bharathiraja. During the course of his 40-year film career, he has written over 7,500 songs and poems^[7] which have won him seven National Awards, the most for any Indian lyricist. He has also been honored with a Padma Shri, a Padma Bhushan and a Sahitya Akademi Award, for his abundant literary output.

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The Third World War is an apocalyptic novel, published in 2003 by the British journalist and author Humphrey Hawksley, portraying the modern world as it deals with the ever-worsening geopolitical situation. Attanampatti is the setting for Moondraam Ulagappor (Third World War), lyricist Vairamuthu’s latest work, and his most ambitious attempt to weave an epic around the travails of rural India. The Tamil Novel ‘Moondraam Ulga Por’ [‘The Third World War’] written by Poet Vairamuthu has been adjudged by Tansri K.R. Somasundaram Literature Foundation, based in Malaysia as the best.

The Third World War^[1][2] is an apocalyptic novel, published in 2003 by the British journalist and author Humphrey Hawksley, portraying the modern world as it deals with the ever-worsening geopolitical situation.

The book follows various world leaders from across the globe, as they try to act in their national and personal interests. Focusing mainly on the Indian, Pakistani, North Korean, American, Russian and Chinese leaderships, it also focuses on various military and civilian characters. Avast file server security license key.

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Plot[edit]

The Early Triggers[edit]

India's parliament is mostly destroyed in an apparent terrorist attack while in session waiting for an address by the Prime Minister. The casualties are significant and the suspicion immediately turns to Pakistan-based terrorists. Unknown individuals initiate a massacre of Hindu citizens triggering a Hindu back lash and triggering riots across India. The president of Pakistan who is on a visit to the Philippines is assassinated by a member of his security detail. An Islamic uprising quickly gains control of Philippines and Brunei. Coups in Pakistan by a fundamental military regime and North Korea where fundamentalist military regime and a former military commander and party strongman takes over from the current ruling disposition. At the same time there is a theft of a new Super Virus from an Australian laboratory and a weaponized Smallpox virus from Russia.

Escalation[edit]

The new regime in North Korea launches a unarmed missile targeting an American base in Japan killing many US troops and bringing United States into the crisis. At the same time United Kingdom liberates Brunei from the takeover by the Islamists. The new military regimes in Pakistan and North Korea with China looking the other way, collaborates and Pakistan transfers a few Nuclear weapons to North Korea in return for a long range missile which can reach anywhere in India and beyond. This is immediately followed by a mortar attack on the Indian Prime Minister's house which fails to kill him. An outraged India asks the United Nations especially US and China to neutralize Pakistan failing which it threatens war with Pakistan. The new North Korean regime prepares for an invasion of South Korea while also testing a new biological weapon created from the viruses stolen from Australia and Russia. Russia and China expresses their desire to stay out of the conflict while at the same time China warning United States that North Korea and Pakistan which they consider allies are not to be interfered with. Japan now headed by a nationalist leader and not happy with the US response to the missile attack on Japan threatens to withdraw from the mutual defense treaty with the US and develop nuclear weapons for itself. Threatened with an invasion from the North South Korea also toys with the idea of going nuclear. An Islamic cleric with his own agenda also conspires with North Korea and Pakistan to precipitate this crisis.

Countdown to Armageddon[edit]

In face of the rapidly escalating crisis of seemingly unconnected events confusion and indecision reigns supreme in the situation room of the US administration and in talks between the various major powers with no co-ordinated actions taken against the escalating threats. The connections between the various characters also becomes evident. The North Koreans successfully weaponize the new Virus obtained from Australia and as a demonstration of their capability launches a missile to the middle of the Ocean where the US detects the presence of the biological agent. Japan conducts an underground nuclear test and gate crashes the nuclear weapons club. In the seemingly monolithic Chinese leadership cracks becomes visible as differences surface between the pacifist president and the more militaristic party leadership and the Military Commission. United States also discovers presence of Chinese Nuclear missiles in Cuba.

Decent into the Abyss[edit]

For reasons not very clearly defined the Pakistani military leadership decides on a pre-emptive nuclear strike against India. The choice of delivery is a fighter bomber whose pilot drops the bomb on the Pakistani nuclear complex instead. Pakistan launches a nuclear attack against India which destroys New Delhi.^[3] India threatens nuclear retaliation against Pakistan, and to prevent a regional nuclear exchange Russia and China invades Pakistan to try to neutralize the rest of the countries nuclear weapons. The invasion is unsuccessful as Pakistan launches 6 nuclear missiles and India retaliates with a massive nuclear strike which completely destroys Pakistan. United Kingdom in collaboration with US strikes North Korea with the intend of destroying all the underground bunkers, but fails to neutralize the North Korean leadership. New York is hit by a suicide bomber who has infected himself with the new engineered virus and prior to detonating himself spreads the virus from aerosol containers. The first report of infected people starts to appear within 24 hrs of the attack.

Mutually Assured Destruction[edit]

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Once the initial shots have been fired the crisis quickly spins out of control with retaliatory nuclear strikes by North Korea and Japan, an unsuccessful intercept of Nuclear missiles launched at the US, a power shift in China and both China and Russia entering the war and resulting in a worldwide Armageddon. In the Epilogue it is suggested that all the formal governments in the countries has been destroyed and the leadership hunkered in underground bunkers with the world still officially at war.

Third World War Novel By Vairamuthu In English Language

References[edit]

1. ^'The Third World War'. Goodreads.com. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
2. ^'The Third World War: A Terrifying Novel of Global Conflict'. Amazon.com. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
3. ^Mayank Austen Soofi. 'Delhiwale: A 'dystopian' walk on Chelmsford Road'. Hindustan Times. Archived from the original on 15 January 2018. Retrieved 15 January 2018.