Before the break of dawn / Devaki Nilayamgode secrets of the Namboodiri women

By:

Nilayamgode, devaki

Contributor(s):

Indira Menon

Language: English Publication details: Vitasta Publishing c2022 New DelhiEdition: 1st edDescription: xix, 107 p. 22 cmISBN:

9789390961252

Subject(s):

Brahmans Social life and customs; India Kerala; Nambudiris

DDC classification:

307.762 NIL

Summary: Before the Break of Dawn: Secrets of the Namboodiri Women is a celebration of life in a Kerala Brahmin household. Most of the narratives start before dawn. The ordinary business of having a bath, the almost compulsory visit to the temple, the task of caring for the unapologetically patriarchal male Namboodiris, the retiring ladies of the house and the Irikkanammas, all following a strict code of conduct. One can smell the lazy smoke of the kitchen fires, the clatter of vessels being cleaned as the household gradually comes awake, brass lamps burnished to look like gold, the chill of the sleeping waters of the pond.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Copy number	Status	Barcode
English Books	Anna Centenary Library 3RD FLOOR, B WING	307.762 NIL (Browse shelf(Opens below))		Available	668366
English Books	Anna Centenary Library 3RD FLOOR, B WING	307.762 NIL;1 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available	668367

2nd Reprint, 2023

Before the Break of Dawn: Secrets of the Namboodiri Women is a celebration of life in a Kerala Brahmin household. Most of the narratives start before dawn. The ordinary business of having a bath, the almost compulsory visit to the temple, the task of caring for the unapologetically patriarchal male Namboodiris, the retiring ladies of the house and the Irikkanammas, all following a strict code of conduct. One can smell the lazy smoke of the kitchen fires, the clatter of vessels being cleaned as the household gradually comes awake, brass lamps burnished to look like gold, the chill of the sleeping waters of the pond.

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