Vol. 4 No. S-4 (2022): Volume 4, Issue S-4, Year 2022
Articles

K. Rajanarayanan's Short Stories are a Way Out of the Habits of the Karisal People

Dhanuja V
Department of Tamil, Sri S Ramasamy Naidu Memorial College, Sattur-626203, Tamil Nadu, India

Published 2022-07-10

Keywords

  • Marriage Tradition of Nayaks,
  • Ritual,
  • Trust,
  • Samsari

How to Cite

V, D. (2022). K. Rajanarayanan’s Short Stories are a Way Out of the Habits of the Karisal People. International Research Journal of Tamil, 4(S-4), 77-80. https://doi.org/10.34256/irjt22s413

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Abstract

Karisal Region is a rainfed land with black soil. The name Karisal region has emerged on the basis of the nature of the soil. The sky-facing landscape of Kovilpatti block of Nellai district is known as Karisal Seema and Karisal Forest. The writers of this soil are karisal writers. One of them was K.R. The people of this soil are hard working people who live in the earth dry, wet in mind, dirty, tongue clean(trust), hip dhoti black, and pale. K.R. has recorded their lives in karisal language in their dialects, as they are with faith and rituals. This article represents them.

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