Question

what issue were discussed in novel indulekha?

Answer 1

Issues included in the novel indulekha are:

The marriage practices of upper-caste Hindus in Kerala, especially the Nambuthiri Brahmins and the Nayars. Nambuthiris were also major landlords in Kerala at that time; and a large section of the Nayars were their tenants. In late-nineteenthcentury Kerala, a younger generation of English-educated Nayar men who had acquired property and wealth on their own, began arguing strongly against Nambuthiri alliances with Nayar women. They wanted new laws regarding marriage and property.

The novel also deals with one of the central dilemmas faced by colonial subjects: how to be modern without rejecting tradition, how to accept ideas coming from the West without losing one’s identity.

Answer 2

Issues included in the novel indulekha are:

• The marriage practices of upper-caste Hindus in Kerala, especially the Nambuthiri Brahmins and the Nayars.
• Nambuthiris were also major landlords in Kerala at that time; and a large section of the Nayars were their tenants.