Question

What kind of novels were written for lower caste ?

Answer 1

Lower castes were the discriminated section of the society. Some of the novelists took the major steps for the upliftment of people belonging to the weaker section.

One of the novels which were written with the same purpose is Sarswativijayam. This novel focuses on the importance of education for the lower caste people. It was written by Potheri Kunjambu.

Answer 2

(i) Colonial administrators found ‘vernacular  novels’ a valuable source of information on  native life and customs, i.e., :

(a) how people were dressed

(b) their religious worship

(c) beliefs and practices

(d) about domestic life

Such information was valuable to them in order  to govern the Indian society which had a wide  cultural variety. The novel contains the welldescribed  domestic life which helped the British  administrators to understand the beliefs and  practices.