ಹೆತ್ತಳಾ ತಾಯಿ | Hetthalaa Thaayi

by Kota Shivarama Karanth

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About the author

Kota Shivaram Karanth was a Kannada writer, social activist, environmentalist, Yakshagana artist, film maker and thinker. He was described as the "Rabindranath Tagore of Modern India who has been one of the finest novelists-activists since independence"by Ramachandra Guha. He was the third person among eight recipients of Jnanpith Award for Kannada the highest literary honour conferred by the Govt. of India.

Shivaram Karanth was born on 10 October 1902, in Kota near Udupi in the Udupi district of Karnataka to a Kannada family.He was influenced by Gandhi's principles and took part in Indian Independence movement while he was in college. He did not complete his education and went to participate in the Non-cooperation movement and canvassed for khadi and swadeshi for five years up to 1927. By that time Karanth had already started writing fiction-detective novels, to begin with as well as plays.

Karanth was an intellectual and environmentalist who tremendously contributed to art and culture of Karnataka. He is considered one of the greatest novelist in Kannada. Apart from his 47 novels, he also wrote 31 plays, four short stories, six books of essays and sketches, thirteen books on art, 2 volumes of poems, 9 encyclopedias, and 100+ of articles on various issues and subjects, including a history of world art in Kannada and a work on Chalukyan sculpture and architecture, a standard treatise on the Yakshagana (with which dramatic form, his name is identified), a three volume book of knowledge for children, a four volume encyclopedia on science for grown ups, 240 children's books, six books on travel, two books on birds, three Travelogues, an autobiography.

He has received several literary awards,.Namely, Jnanpith Award, Padma Bhushan, Sahitya Academy award and Pampa Award.

He passed away on 9th December 1997 in Manipal, Karnataka.

Reviews

[Prashant Mujagond · Rating 5 out of 5]

ಹಳ್ಳಿಯ ಗಿರಿಜೆ, ಪಟ್ಟಣಕ್ಕೆ ಬಂದು ಕುಸುಮೆಯಾಗಿ ಬದಲಾದ ಕತೆ. ಸುಬ್ಬಯ್ಯ, ವೆಂಕಪ್ಪ, ಮತ್ತು ಅವರ ಸಂಸಾರ. ಎರಡು ಬಾರಿ ಬಸುರಿಯಾಗಿ ಮಕ್ಕಳನ್ನು ಕಳೆದುಕೊಂಡಾಗ ಕುಸುಮೆ ಹುಡುಕಿದ ಬೇರೆ ದಾರಿ. ಪುಸ್ತಕದ ಕೊನೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಸುಬ್ಬಯ್ಯನಿಂದ ಹೊರಬರುವ ಜೀವನ ಸಂದೇಶ ಅದ್ಭುತ.

[Abhiram's Book Olavu · Rating 5 out of 5]

ಕೇವಲ ಇನ್ನೂರು ಚಿಲ್ಲರೆ ಪುಟಗಳಲ್ಲಿಯೇ ಇಷ್ಟು ಚೆಂದದ, ಚೊಕ್ಕದಾದ ಹಾಗೂ ಒಂದು ಆಳವಾದ ತತ್ವವಿರುವ ಕಥೆಯನ್ನು ಹೇಳಲು ಕಾರಂತರಿಂದಲೇ ಸಾಧ್ಯ, ಅಲ್ಲವೇ? ಕಳೆದ ಪೋಸ್ಟಿನಲ್ಲಿ ಸುಧಾ ಮೂರ್ತಿಯವರ ಕಾದಂಬರಿಯಾದ 'ಅತಿರಿಕ್ತೆ' ಬಗೆಗೆ ಬರೆದಿದ್ದೆ. ಅಂತಹದ್ದೇ ಒಂದು ಕಥೆ ಈ ಕಾದಂಬರಿಯು ಕೂಡ; ಒಂದು ವ್ಯತ್ಯಾಸ ಅಂದರೆ ಅಲ್ಲಿ ಕಾಣುವ ಕಥಾನಾಯಕಿಗೆ ಈ ಕಥಾನಾಯಕಿ ತದ್ವಿರುದ್ಧಳು ಅಷ್ಟೆ! ಲೋಭ, ಮತ್ಸರ ಹಾಗೂ ದುರಹಂಕಾರಗಳನ್ನು ಮೈಗೂಡಿಸಿಕೊಂಡ ಹೆಣ್ಣಿನಿಂದ ಸಂಸಾರದ ಹಾಗೂ ಪುರುಷನ ಅವನತಿ ಹೇಗೆ ಆಗುವುದು ಎನ್ನುವುದರ ಬಗೆಗೆ ಇಲ್ಲಿ ಕಾರಂತರು ಒಂದು ನವಿರಾದ ವ್ಯಂಗ್ಯದೊಂದಿಗೆ ಈ ಪುಸ್ತಕ ರಚಿಸಿದ್ದಾರೆ. ಸಂಸಾರಗಳಲ್ಲಿ individuality, fidelity, martial adjustment ಮತ್ತು prioritizing one's own needs, desires & feelings above those of one's spouse ಗಳ ನಡುವಿನ ತೊಳಳಾಟ ಇಂದಿನದಲ್ಲ ಅದು ಸಾರ್ವಕಾಲಿಕ ಎನ್ನುವುದು ಕೂಡ ಇಲ್ಲಿ ಅಡಕವಾಗಿದೆ. ಇಂತಿರುವ ಈ ಸಂಸಾರ ನೌಕೆಯನ್ನು ಮುಂದೆ ಸಾಗಿಸಲು ಪರಸ್ಪರ ಸುವಾಸನೆ, ಪರಸ್ಪರ ಗ್ರಹಿಕೆ, ಪರಸ್ಪರ ಗೌರವ ಹಾಗೂ ಪ್ರೀತಿ ಎನ್ನುವ ಹಾಯಿ ಇರದಿದ್ದರೆ ಹೇಗೆ?!

[Kishor Kumar · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very Good book. Narrates the story of a woman, how she changed with the circumstances when she moved to city from a remote village after the marriage.