| 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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