Perumal Murugan set the stage there and went backwards to explain the actual reason for Ponna visiting her parents and Kali visiting his in-law’s. The Novel starts with Kali visiting his in-law’s house along with his wife Ponna for a yearly famous 14 days festival and the 14th day of festival plays the pre-climax portion in the book. It is disheartening to see people who are still stuck with their casteist ideas and considering it above all. Well, that set a dramatic stage for Author, his supports and the opposers. Though I fail to see a reason for pushing a writer to Write his own obituary on a Newspaper. We don’t have any proofs of such event nor the author found any. Though the Author claims this work to be a faction, we are unsure of such event took place. Book Reviews / Tamil Books Maadhorubaagan (Tamil) – Book ReviewĪll the controversies surrounded this book made impossible for me to acquire it for a long time because it was banned in Tamilnadu for various reasons and the major one being caste.
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