Discuss Basheer’s ‘The Cardsharper’s Daughter’ as a mock epic.
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Pokker disagrees to her daughter's love as he always aimed to get her married to a better groom. The story narrates and describes the love between Sainaba and Muthappa. The story ends with how Mandan Muthappa defeated Ottakkannan Pokker in the card game.
The CardSharper's Daughter is a novel, it is written by Vaikom Muhammad Basheer.
- The story is about a father, daughter ie a card sharper Ottakannan Pokker and his daughter Sainaba.
- There's one more character in the story ie Sainanba's lover Mandan Mutthapa.
- Ottakannan Pokker has a small tea shop, he runs that shop.
- He also does card sharping and makes a small living.
- Ottakannan Pokker's daughter Sainaba who takes good care of tea shop falls in love with poor man Mandan Mutthapa.
- Ottakannan disagrees to his daughter's choice, as he always aimed to get her daughter married to a better groom.
- The story revolves and describes the love between Sainaba and Mutthapa.
- The story ends when Mandan Mutthapa defeats Ottakannan Pokker in the card game.