The author published a revised edition in the next year, with two forewords. It is no part of my province or intention to discuss the merits of the work itself, but i may perhaps be permitted to observe that. The novel is about a beautiful, well educated lady of a nair tharavad. It is about a beautiful, well educated lady of a nair tharavadu by chandu menon. Indulekha, the nair protagonist in menon s novel, wants to marry madhavan, an educated nair man, but her father, in line with prevailing customs, wishes to betroth her to suri nambudiri, a much older and poorlyeducated but wealthy nambudiri man. Being the great granddaughter of the prolific writer o chandu menon, it was his novel.
Dr chaithanya unni, who is the fifth generation descendant of o chandu menon, is all set to pay a grand tribute to menon with a dance dedication modelled on the 1889 novel indulekha. Chandu menon 18471899 was a malayalam language novelist from kerala state, india. Published in 1889, it was the first major novel in malayalam language. He is the author of indlulekha, the first major novel in malayalam. It was a landmark in the history of malayalam literature and initiated novel as a new flourishing genre. Rao bahadur oyyarathu chandu menon also known as o. Indulekha malayalam edition kindle edition by o chandu menon author 4. Chandu menon 18471899 was a malayalam language novelist.
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