With the focus on the concepts of desire and self-representation, in this paper we present a philosophical analysis of the Malayalam novelette "Agnisakshi" by Lalithambika Antharjanam, which narrates the customs and taboos that existed in the Namboothiri community in Kerala in the early ...
GUARDIANS OF SACRED GLASS BOWL: WOMEN AND CONCEPT OF CHASTITY WITH REFERENCE TO MALAYALAM NOVELS CHEMMEEN, RATHI NIRVEDAM, SUGANDI ENNA AANDAAL DEVANAYAKI AND KHASAKKINTE ITHIHAASAMChastity and Virginity have restricted their meaning on gender basis and these words have come to be used only in ...