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| isbn = 978-81-8493-555-4<br />
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| genre = [[Science-fiction]]<br />
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| language = [[Tamil language|Tamil]]<br />
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| author = [[Sujatha Rangarajan|Sujatha]]<br />
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'''''En Iniya Iyanthira''''' ({{lang-en|My Dear Machine}}) is a [[Tamil language|Tamil]] [[science fiction]] novel written by Indian writer [[Sujatha Rangarajan|Sujatha]]. In the late 1980s Sujatha wrote this novel as a series in the popular Tamil magazine ''[[Ananda Vikatan]]''.<ref>{{cite web|title=En Iniya Iyanthira|url=http://www.writersujatha.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=89|url-status=live|website=writersujatha.com}}</ref> Following the success of ''En Iniya Enthira'', Sujatha wrote a follow-up/sequel to this novel, ''[[Meendum Jeano]]'' (English: The Return of Jeano).<ref>{{cite web|title=Meendum Jeano from author's website|url=http://www.writersujatha.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=91|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090204214706/http://www.writersujatha.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=91|archivedate=2009-02-04}}</ref> The novel was made into a [[Serial (radio and television)|serial]] and released on [[Doordarshan]] in 1991. The main antagonist Jeeva was played by veteran actor [[Charu Haasan]], Nila by Sivaranjini, Sibi by [[Shiva (actor)|Shiva]] and Ravi by [[Anand (actor)|Anand]].<br />
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The story of the ''En iniya Enthira'' revolves around a dictator who rules India and 3 rebels organising a coup against him including a girl named Nila and a robot dog named Jeeno. The film ''[[Enthiran]]'' starring [[Rajinikanth]] is slightly based on this novel.<ref>{{cite web|title=Who will be Rajini's heroine in Robot?|url=http://www.bharatwaves.com/news/Who-will-be-Rajinis-heroine-in-Robot--11189.html|url-status=live|website=bharatwaves.com}}</ref><br />
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==Plot==<br />
The plot opens up in the year 2021 where [[India]] is ruled by a [[dictator]] called Jeeva. In his rule, the population is kept under control by killing elderly people when they cross the prescribed age limit. Everyone is allotted a unique name with two letters by [[Government of India|Government]]. Every citizen of the country must strictly adhere to the rules of Jeeva and admire, adore him. The country is in total control of Jeeva's [[robot]]s. People are identified only with their [[Social security in India|social security numbers]] and all the details are fed and controlled by Master Computer at Capital City.<br />
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On a New Year's Eve, Nila, a homemaker is very delighted for having the Government's permission letter to have a boy baby from Population Control Board. She intimates the news to her husband Sibi. While Government, allots a home space of Nila's residence for a man named Ravi and his pet Jeano. Jeano is a Robotic pet which can speak. As per the government's rule, home space should not be allotted to more than three people. So Nila's husband leaves to verify about Ravi's allotment but does not return home. Nila, tries to find him but in vain, she uses his social security number but finds that such a person does not exist.<br />
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What happened to Sibi? What is the role of Ravi in Sibi's disappearance? How Nila finds her husband and a shocking truth about Jeeva and his dictatorship with the help of Jeano?<br />
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The rest of story moves with the answers to these questions.<br />
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==Characters==<br />
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! Name !! Characters<br />
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| Sibi || Nila's husband<br />
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| Nila || Sibi's wife<br />
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| Jiva || King<br />
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| Jino || The Robot Dog<br />
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| Ravi || Jino's owner<br />
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|Mano || Ravi's friend<br />
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== Themes ==<br />
Very [[high tech]] computer technology terms are used in the story. Jeano, a pet robot plays an important role throughout the story. As the story proceeds, it [[Artificial intelligence in fiction|behaves and starts to think]] on its own like a human and instructs Nila, a human being to proceed further. The writer's perspective of a [[Futures studies|future India]] interests readers and paves a new way to science fiction.<br />
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== See also ==<br />
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* [[Indian science-fiction films]]<br />
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== References ==<br />
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== External links ==<br />
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* ''[https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18105352-en-iniya-iyanthira En Iniya Iyanthira]'' at [[Goodreads]].<br />
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