வாசவேஸ்வரம்

by Kiruthika

நவீனதமிழ்ப்புனைவுகளில் பெண்ணின் பால்விழைவு குறித்துக் கலாபூர்வமாக எழுதிய முதல் பெண்படைப்பாளி கிருத்திகா. இவரது நான்காவது நாவல் ‘வாஸவேச்வரம்.’கதாகாலட்சேபத்தில் தொடங்கி, கதாகாலட்சேபத்துடன் முடிவதாகக் கட்டமைக்கப்பட்டுள்ள இந்தநாவல், தமிழகத்தின் தென்பகுதியிலுள்ள ஒரு கற்பனைக் கிராமத்தை – கதாபாத்திரங்களை மையமாகக் கொண்டு, கனவுகளாலும் கதைகளாலும் புனையப்பட்டுள்ள வாழ்வியல் சம்பிரதாயங்களின் திரைநீக்கி, அவற்றின் யதார்த்தத்தை உணர்த்துகிறது. எழுதப்பட்டு நாற்பதாண்டுகள் கடந்தபின்னும் புத்துணர்ச்சியுடன் படிக்கமுடிவதே இந்தநாவலின் சிறப்பு.This unique novel begins and ends in the Harikatha style.

Unknown Binding

First published January 1, 1966

About the author

Mathuram Bhoothalingam (pen name Krithika) was a Tamil writer who wrote plays and short stories in Tamil and English.

started writing under the pen name "Krithika" from an early age. Making her debut with the Tamil-language novel Puhai Naduvil, an acid look at the bureaucracy, she went on to write a number of children's stories, novels, and plays based on the puranas.

Her play Manathile Oru Maru was directed by another famous writer of her time, Chitti (P. G. Sundararajan), with whom she shared a strong bond of friendship. Chitti even authored a book titled An Introduction: Krithika and Mathuram Bhoothalingam. Midway through her career, Krithika also started to write in English.

As Krithika started to write children's books apart from adult-centric stories, she began using her given name. Krithika was one of the first Indian authors to regularly publish children's books in English. Some of her important works in English are Movement in Stone, which looks at early Chola temples and the influence of Pallava art prior to the 9th and 10th centuries; and, Yoga for Living (1996), a contemporary look at the direction of India.

Vasaveswaram is one of her works which focused on women and dealt with issues faced by them in the society. Krithika has also authored books on Hindu Epics such as Ramayana.

Her written correspondence with Chitti which spanned over 30 years have been brought together and published in the form of a book titled Lettered Dialogue by K. R. A. Narasaiah, a relative of Chitti.

Reviews

[Jayaprakash Jayakumar · Rating 4 out of 5]

only sensible writers can handle customs of rural society and their marital relationship without obscenity .

[Smitha Murthy · Rating 3 out of 5]

A book that started slowly, and then grew on me. This was my first reading of a work written originally in Tamil. If you ever wondered about rural life, well here you can stop wondering. This is a nuanced book, filled with the caprices of ordinary souls with an extraordinary end.

[SHANMUGA]

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