Beasts of Burden /Imayam,

By:

Imayam

Contributor(s):

Translated From Tamil By Lakshmi Holmstrom

Language: English Publication details: Niyogi Books, 2019. New delhi:Edition: 1st edDescription: 338 p. : 22cmISBN:

9789386906625

Subject(s):

Translation fiction

DDC classification:

894.811372 IMA

Summary: The first novel of one of the best writers today, koveru kazhuthaigal is located in the early 1970s when ritual status and payment in kind were giving way to cash wages. It is a tapestry of despair, courage and a journey both outward and inward and a story of decline and change in a village seen through the eyes of a washerwoman (vannati) arokkyam, who serves a Dalit community of agricultural labourers. The ‘mules’ of the title refers ironically to the vannaan and vannaatti themselves who traditionally carried their washing on donkeys. Although they play an important role in all Hindu rites of passage, it is striking that arokkyam and savuri are Catholics.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
English Books	Anna Centenary Library 4TH FLOOR, B WING	894.811372 IMA (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Checked out	22.06.2026	669549
English Books	Anna Centenary Library 4TH FLOOR, B WING	894.811372 IMA (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		669550

The first novel of one of the best writers today, koveru kazhuthaigal is located in the early 1970s when ritual status and payment in kind were giving way to cash wages. It is a tapestry of despair, courage and a journey both outward and inward and a story of decline and change in a village seen through the eyes of a washerwoman (vannati) arokkyam, who serves a Dalit community of agricultural labourers. The ‘mules’ of the title refers ironically to the vannaan and vannaatti themselves who traditionally carried their washing on donkeys. Although they play an important role in all Hindu rites of passage, it is striking that arokkyam and savuri are Catholics.

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