STUDY OF CULTURAL PERSPECTIVE OF PERUMAL MURUGAN’S NOVEL: ONE PART WOMAN (2020)
Mamta Abrol
JCR. 2020: 13214-13216
Abstract
Cultural and religious believes are the main part of this novel. Murugan was inspired to write the novel after seeing couples around him struggle owing to their inability to conceive. The storey is set in Murugan's hometown of Tiruchengode in Tamil Nadu, and the novel's major protagonists are members of the Kongu Vellalar Gounder caste, which Murugan himself is a member of. The novel's original title is derived from the Tamil term Madhorubaagan, which refers to Lord Shiva's androgynous aspect in Hindu mythology. Murugan received a grant from the India Foundation for the Arts in 2005 to do background research for the novel. During his study, he stumbled across a historical social practise for dealing with childlessness, which he chose to incorporate in the book. The practice's existence has been contested.
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Caste, Religious Conflict, Love, Violence