Pulayathara
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ISBN:
9780199491438
Publication date:
06/05/2019
Paperback
212 pages
216.0x140.0mm
Price: 595.00 INR
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ISBN:
9780199491438
Publication date:
06/05/2019
Paperback
212 pages
216.0x140.0mm
Paul Chirakkarode & Translated by Catherine Thankamma and Edited by Mini Krishnan
The idea of a home is at the heart of Pulayathara. It opens with a near vision of Thevan Pulayan’s intense attachment to land; it then leads on to his displacement after decades of devoted service to his upper-caste landlord who, overnight, deprives him of both home and livelihood.
The theme that runs through all of Chirakkarode’s works is casteism in Christianity. Without a doubt, the Dalit converts for physical and emotional security as well as survival. However, inevitably, disenchantment follows and the search for ‘home’ continues.
Is the Dalit Christian any better off than he was before conversion?
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Paul Chirakkarode & Translated by Catherine Thankamma and Edited by Mini Krishnan
Description
The idea of a home is at the heart of Pulayathara, which is not only the first Dalit novel on record (1963) but also one of the founding texts of the Dalit Christian movement in Kerala. It opens with a near vision of Thevan Pulayan’s intense attachment to land; it then leads on to his displacement after decades of devoted service to his upper-caste landlord who, overnight, deprives him of both home and livelihood.
Beginning with Pulayathara, the theme that runs through all of Chirakkarode’s works is casteism in Christianity: the role of the Church in the continued enslavement of the Pulayar and the psychological effect it has on a people who abandon their ancestral gods to embrace the new faith. Without a doubt, the Dalit converts for physical and emotional security as well as survival. However, inevitably, disenchantment follows and the search for ‘home’ continues.
Is the Dalit Christian any better off than he was before conversion?
About the Author
Paul Chirakkarode was a Malayalam author, educator and human rights activist, known for his pioneering work in the Dalit literary movement in India.
The novel has been translated by Catherine Thankamma translates short stories and novels from Malayalam to English.
The editor is Mini Krishnan who edits books from many Indian languages.
Paul Chirakkarode & Translated by Catherine Thankamma and Edited by Mini Krishnan
Table of contents
Introduction by Catherine Thankamma
- The Field of a Thousand Measures of Paddy
- Cracks Appear
- Impasse
- The Break
- Asylum
- For a Spiritual Awakening
- Preacher Stephen Arrives
- Temptation
- Look at the Birds in the Air …
- Outha Pulayan’s Warning
- In the Name of the Living God
- Heartbreak
- Harvest
- Conversion
- The Desire to Marry
- Thoma’s Petition for a Home
- Pathros Agrees to the Wedding
- Changes
- Life
- Being a New Christian
- A Storm
- Paulos and Outha Pulayan
- Paulos Addresses His People
- A Child Is Born
- Life Unfurls
- Yearning
- Towards a New Tomorrow
About the Author
Paul Chirakkarode & Translated by Catherine Thankamma and Edited by Mini Krishnan
Paul Chirakkarode & Translated by Catherine Thankamma and Edited by Mini Krishnan
Description
The idea of a home is at the heart of Pulayathara, which is not only the first Dalit novel on record (1963) but also one of the founding texts of the Dalit Christian movement in Kerala. It opens with a near vision of Thevan Pulayan’s intense attachment to land; it then leads on to his displacement after decades of devoted service to his upper-caste landlord who, overnight, deprives him of both home and livelihood.
Beginning with Pulayathara, the theme that runs through all of Chirakkarode’s works is casteism in Christianity: the role of the Church in the continued enslavement of the Pulayar and the psychological effect it has on a people who abandon their ancestral gods to embrace the new faith. Without a doubt, the Dalit converts for physical and emotional security as well as survival. However, inevitably, disenchantment follows and the search for ‘home’ continues.
Is the Dalit Christian any better off than he was before conversion?
About the Author
Paul Chirakkarode was a Malayalam author, educator and human rights activist, known for his pioneering work in the Dalit literary movement in India.
The novel has been translated by Catherine Thankamma translates short stories and novels from Malayalam to English.
The editor is Mini Krishnan who edits books from many Indian languages.
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Introduction by Catherine Thankamma
- The Field of a Thousand Measures of Paddy
- Cracks Appear
- Impasse
- The Break
- Asylum
- For a Spiritual Awakening
- Preacher Stephen Arrives
- Temptation
- Look at the Birds in the Air …
- Outha Pulayan’s Warning
- In the Name of the Living God
- Heartbreak
- Harvest
- Conversion
- The Desire to Marry
- Thoma’s Petition for a Home
- Pathros Agrees to the Wedding
- Changes
- Life
- Being a New Christian
- A Storm
- Paulos and Outha Pulayan
- Paulos Addresses His People
- A Child Is Born
- Life Unfurls
- Yearning
- Towards a New Tomorrow
About the Author
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