My favorites are Dagny Taggart and John Galt from Atlas Shrugged and Scarlet O'hara from GOne With The Wind. Who are your favorites?

Many Indian authors have become famous worldwide...

How much importance do you give to referring a dictionary to improve yourself as a writer?

I think the Tamil people here would be able to answer this, I had read the story of Kovalam and Kannagi long back, can anyone name the author of this mythological story??