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Naalukettu is a Malayalam novel written by M. T. Vasudevan Nair. Published in 1958, it was MT's first major novel. [1] The title attributes to Nālukettu, a traditional ancestral home (Taravad) of a Nair joint family.
Naalukettu, one could also say, is a highly sociological novel. It traces the events from when Kerala was a highly conservative society to when we see the first hint of modernism. It’s almost as if the changes taking place in Appunni’s life run parallel to the changes taking place in society.
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The decline of a Nair Hindu family and the ending of the cruel joint Hindu family way of life in the village of Kudalloor, Kerala are the main themes of Naalukettu. Told mostly through the eyes and ears of little Appunni Nair, the book is an account of his early penurious life with his mother who was thrown out of her Nair Hindu mansion because ...
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As the closing voice of M T Vasudevan Nair's Naalukettu, Appunni's laughter proclaims its moral and spiritual allegiance to the epical realisation after the impassionate battle of Kurukshetra: Victory is only apparent, passions are transient, and those who once seemed foes are one's fellows.
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The novels' plots, heavily influenced by the clash between tradition and modernity, show the conflict between personal desires and social expectations, the rigid gender roles that exist in society, and the idea of nostalgia and yearning for a more straightforward past.
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Naalukettu is a Malayalam novel written by M. T. Vasudevan Nair. Published in 1958, it was MT's first major novel. [1] The title attributes to Nālukettu, a traditional ancestral home (Taravad) of a Nair joint family.
