Problems in Women's Lives in Perumal Murugan's Short Stories

Abstract

Kongu regional-based literature types evolved because of R. Sanmmuga Sundaram. Further, another pioneer in this literature named Perumalmurugan has taken this to the next level. He has taken immense measures in order to bring down the socio-economically weaker women in the region. He is pointing out some of the reasons through his novels which act as a barrier to the growth of women is suppression from men, dowry, and child marriage. His novels reveal that even in the twentieth-century women leads sorrowful life. He described about how women is subjected to various unwanted situations such as poverty, dowry, suppression from men, and lack of responsible men. In Perumalmurugan’s novels, we could find that only a few women have undergone studies, otherwise, most women manage cattle and earn income through that. He also found that some older women resist the domination of men and live satisfactorily, and some women are accustomed to their men’s suppression. Women’s fiction points out modern-day women’s status. His distinction qualities are such as he exactly identified how socio-economic weaker women face various problems and how they affect their livelihoods. Hence this article is based on Perumalmurugan’s view on how women’s face problems in the konju region.