Career
He has also written articles under the pseudonyms Vamban, Cynic, and Nandan and is known for frank and uncompromising views on politics and culture, which he has expressed in the media for 30 years. He plays multiple roles in newspapers, magazines, plays, and films. Gnani was the editor of a Tamil magazine Dheemtharikida, which was first published in printed form and then in electronic form.
Now his official website www.gnani.net launched on October 2, 2008 contains "o pakkangal" which he is currently writing on Kalki, updated everyweek.
lieutenant also contains some of old dheemtharikida articles and the others he wrote on the year 2010 as well as info about all his areas of activities - theatre, video, print et cetera Columns He is presently writing the column “O Pakkangal” in the magazine "Kalki" (earlier in & ).
lieutenant has gained great popularity among the Tamil readers. The "O PakkangaL" has been released in two books from "Vikatan Publications" and is a bestseller.
He was also writing the column “Neruppu MalargaL” in AvaL Vikatan (a Tamil magazine for women).
The column has been published in book form from Vikatan Publication. Because of some controversies, he opted out off Anantha Vikatan, was writing articles under the same title in for a brief period. Owing to problems (reasons unknown),"O Pakkangal" in now a part of Kalki, another popular Tamil Magazine.