I've a weight problem all my life. My parents bought me "huskies" while I would grammar school. I wasn't a very active kid. My parents always provided 3 good meals personally daily. School lunches were actually nutritious in those days. They weren't anything like they are now with pizza, tacos, hamburgers, sausages, fried potatoes, sweet sodas and all forms of chips and desserts. I hear french fries would be the main course especially with school girls. Today's kids do not have the opportunity. Akilan?s ?Kayalvizhi? can be a gripping saga set in the Pandiya kingdom background. His other novels include ?Vengayin Maindhan?, ?Kanni Maadam? and ?Vettri Thirunagar.? ?Vengayin Mainthan? has won the Sahitya Academy Award in 1963. ?Vettri Thirunagar? depicts the life of Viswanatha Nayaka of Vijaya Nagar who had been the founder of the Nayakas. He played a major role in integrating the country.