Decayed Status of Caste Colonialism Sinkhole in the Novel ‘Pookkzhi’

Abstract

This research paper on the phenomenon of 'Pookkukhi' is a symbol of the manner in which the violent operational politics of caste ideologies, which have become archetypes in the collective consciousness of the Indian social mind, are manifested through fabrications and the manner in which they operate in the social space. In this way, the study seeks to identify with the colonial dominance of caste that can govern the creator's creative mind. The creation of an author who is influenced by caste colonialism describes a philosophy of creation that does not seek to achieve decolonization. In the social set up, the novel sheds light on the dynamics of caste, which plays an important role, and the rejection of inter-caste marriages and the arrogance of caste slave bodies who dare to do anything to preserve their own caste. In accordance with the temporal and spatial contexts, casteism symbolises the sluggishness in the urban areas and the vitality in the rural areas. In such a caste-based society, the conceptualisation of woman as woman against woman (female characters Sirayi, Velayi) structured throughout the work is indicative of the space for woman in social dialectics. Sexual transgressions reflect the common sense of a patriarchal society where a woman's body is identified as a male object, portrayed as a sexual commodity, and denied her rights. It seeks to identify the multiplicity of colonial power that governs the creator's consciousness by examining the issues of society manifested in the work, caste-colonial dominance, the genocidal social disintegration resulting from slavery, and the triadic colonial power manifestations that question the existence of women. The study is based on the approaches of postcolonial analysis and interpretive analysis.