Iphone, Mantras , KFC, Savya, Tonsuring, Old Monk, Vapana, F***Off, Yagnopaveetam, Asthi, Mosquito Bat...
What kind of Novel can be expected when these wide range of words are glimpsed. But if one can consciously glance, these words have an orientation in themselves. Whether this or that! Every word belong to one among the two sets. When one set with Mantra, Tonsuring etc... represents 'our' Vedic Culture and other set clearly stands out with its western alignment.
Many novels are plotted with this conflict. Some are successful and others are less successful. But Karnam Pavan Prasad tries to reinvent the stands clearly. He have distorted the pattern of alignment and have rearranged them. Hard-core Ritualist Bhat travelling to Italy to commence a ceremony and an avid village lady using Mosquito bat signifies the mix-up. Author tries to clearly convey the message “Age-old image of Village is no more relevant and Culture needs a reinvention before accepting it blindly”, Yet there is a conflict. The author don't single-out the protagonist even after all the characters are introduced as per their need. Once the story takes pace, it is the context which draws out the protagonist from the rest.
Last Word : Writer K.P.Prasad have done a bold attempt in choosing the non-commercial subject in his debut. Some characters seem to overlap in their views and an ardent reader may opine that the number of characters would have been kept still low. The post-death rituals and their details are the prime factors of the novel. Writer have not tried to add it as a part of the culture, but he have lived with them for every instance of those 15 days through the story. That shows his familiarity with what he is trying to tell. He has chosen to be a participator and have pushed the protagonist to be an outsider, for that period of time. He injects his skepticism on blind beliefs without trying to be a “Progressive Writer” or an “Intellectual”. As new comer he ventures the promise to be accepted by the readers of either views.
What kind of Novel can be expected when these wide range of words are glimpsed. But if one can consciously glance, these words have an orientation in themselves. Whether this or that! Every word belong to one among the two sets. When one set with Mantra, Tonsuring etc... represents 'our' Vedic Culture and other set clearly stands out with its western alignment.
Many novels are plotted with this conflict. Some are successful and others are less successful. But Karnam Pavan Prasad tries to reinvent the stands clearly. He have distorted the pattern of alignment and have rearranged them. Hard-core Ritualist Bhat travelling to Italy to commence a ceremony and an avid village lady using Mosquito bat signifies the mix-up. Author tries to clearly convey the message “Age-old image of Village is no more relevant and Culture needs a reinvention before accepting it blindly”, Yet there is a conflict. The author don't single-out the protagonist even after all the characters are introduced as per their need. Once the story takes pace, it is the context which draws out the protagonist from the rest.
“Those instances try to show that a man who is flimsy about his fundamentals cannot transform by burden.”The plot revolves around the estranged son of a cultured family who has been shouldered the responsibility of carrying out the post-death rituals of his father with emotional constraints. His wife, who was brought up under Page3 culture finds it difficult to withstand the thrust exerted by a ritual family. Day-to-Day happenings keep on influencing the volatile mind of the Surendra(the protagonist) and his thoughts yield between dilemmas. 'Hysteria' and inferiority being the greatest earnings of his corporate life-style, he is suspicious about his wife's loyalty about him. As story progress, his inferiority develops stronger and he starts questioning his own decision of once 'happened' marriage. Her 'questionable' behavior makes his mind to distract towards his once loved but now a married cousin 'Vaani'. The circumstances try to bring back his mind back to his family culture(which was always deficient in him) but it proves to be futile when his brother sees him taking drinks in village outskirts when doing so is a taboo. Those instances(and hence the whole plot) tries to show that a man who is flimsy about his fundamentals cannot transform by burden of family members or any other peripheral aids.
Last Word : Writer K.P.Prasad have done a bold attempt in choosing the non-commercial subject in his debut. Some characters seem to overlap in their views and an ardent reader may opine that the number of characters would have been kept still low. The post-death rituals and their details are the prime factors of the novel. Writer have not tried to add it as a part of the culture, but he have lived with them for every instance of those 15 days through the story. That shows his familiarity with what he is trying to tell. He has chosen to be a participator and have pushed the protagonist to be an outsider, for that period of time. He injects his skepticism on blind beliefs without trying to be a “Progressive Writer” or an “Intellectual”. As new comer he ventures the promise to be accepted by the readers of either views.
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