Indulekha
O Chanthu Menon’s Indulekha (1889) translated into English by Anitha Devasia
Publisher: Oxford University Press Pages: 287 Paperback Price: INR 225.00
Indulekha, the first significant Malayalam novel stands out as a landmark in publishing for having been reprinted almost every year for over a hundred years.
Aristocratic, accomplished, educated in English and incomparably beautiful, Indulekha loves her cousin Madhavan who returns her devotion and holds revolutionary views. She fights a composed and witty battle to fob off the lecherous and elderly Surinambuthiripad who seeks a sambandham with her.
