The first full-length memoirs of a Namboodiri woman, the work reveals little-known facets of a Namboodiri woman's life lived behind closed doors. Told without a trace of self-pity, the work throws interesting sidelights on the social history of a largely insular community.
The first full-length memoirs of a Namboodiri woman, the work reveals little-known facets of a Namboodiri woman's life lived behind closed doors. Told without a trace of self-pity, the work throws interesting sidelights on the social history of a largely insular community.
Devaki Nilayamgode was raised in an orthodox Namboodiri home. Not formally educated, her language skills were shaped by the training that an antharjanam traditionally received at home. Indira Menon retired as Reader in English, Kamala Nehru College, University of Delhi. Radhika P. Menon is Associate Professor, Department of English, Fatima Mata National College, Kollam.
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Author's Note Translators' Note Introduction Pakaravoor Illam Amma The Daily Routine The Ritual Bath Clothes Studies Visitors Journey A Group Dance Sheelavati Floods Waiting to Grow Up Thuppettan Attachment Widows I Know Lucy Betal Nuts Leavings Smallpox The Winds to Change Reach Mookkuthala Doctor Marriage Kuriyedathu Thaatri Fever Harvest Granary Social Activism No Regrets Glossary
Author's Note Translators' Note Introduction Pakaravoor Illam Amma The Daily Routine The Ritual Bath Clothes Studies Visitors Journey A Group Dance Sheelavati Floods Waiting to Grow Up Thuppettan Attachment Widows I Know Lucy Betal Nuts Leavings Smallpox The Winds to Change Reach Mookkuthala Doctor Marriage Kuriyedathu Thaatri Fever Harvest Granary Social Activism No Regrets Glossary
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