Author: O ChandumenonTranslator(s)/ Editors(s): Anitha DevasiaPublisher: Oxford University PressYear: 2013Language: EnglishPages: 288ISBN/UPC (if available): 9780195678772 DescriptionWidely held to be the first Malayalam novel, Indulekha (1889) stands out as a landmark in published for having been reprinted almost every year for over a hundred years. An Endearing love story woven around a feudal Nair taravad, the novel is replete with the particular and detailed of its times: the impact of English Education, the effects of British subjugation, and the Nair Matrilineal Society. With a perceptive foreword by Susie Tharu and useful appendices, the novel will appeal to general readers as well as provide rich mining for students of sociology, political and legal studies, gender enquiry, and other branches of trans-disciplinary research.COMMENTS: “The translation … Careful balances textual and contextual interpretation, and is radiant with clarity and nuance.”--- The Book Review “Anitha Devasia's translation is alive to the nuances … without eroding the narrative smoothness. [There is] helpful additional material in the form of appendices. … Susie Tharu, in the succinct foreword put[s] the reader "on the scent of the momentous issues that are at stake".”--- The HinduABOUT THE TRANSLATOR: Anitha Devasia is Lecturer, Department of English, St Teresa’s College, Ernakulam, Kochi.ContentsForeword/Susie TharuPrefaceAcknowledgements 1. Beginnings2. Indulckha3. An Angry Man's Oath4. A Separation5. Panchumenon's Anger6. Panchumenon's Anxiety7. Kannazhi Moorkillatha Manakkal Surinaimbuthiripad8. An Arrival from Madras9. The Coming of the Nambuthiripad and Other Things10. A Letter from Madras11. What People Said about the Nambuthiripad12. Conversation between Indulekha and the Nambuthiripad13. Second Conversation between Indnlekha and the Nambuthiripad14. The Nambuthiripad's Wedding15. A Calamity16. Madhavan's Tour of the Country17. How Madhavan was found18. A Conversation19. Things Winch Actually Happened at Home during the Period of Madhavan's Journey20. The End of the StoryAfterwordAppendix I. Preface to the first edition of IndulekhaII. Preface to the second edition of IndulekhaIII. Dumergue's PrefaceIV. Chandumenon’s Memorandum to the Malabar Marriage CommissionV. The President's Supplementary Memorandum to the Malabar Marriage CommissionBibliography Glossary
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