Thi. Janakiraman is among the celebrated and acclaimed fiction writers of Tamil. Apart from novels, his contribution through short stories are diverse and illuminating. His fictional world is nuanced and detailed, Katcheri, a collection of his 28 stories adds to the expanse. These were published in Magazines and weren't part of any collections till now. Restored back with great effort, these offer the readers new scenes from Thi.Ja's world, and adds new colors to modern Tamil fiction.