Life in Kornur Series Book 1, 2 & 3
A Literary & Social Fiction Series
Untouchable Lives (Book 1)
Untouchable Lives is a novella written as a series of vignettes that chronicle the daily lives of manual scavengers, sewer cleaners, cow skinners, cobblers, and fishermen, all untouchable inhabitants in the coastal village of Kornur, India.
Untouchability is a social evil that has been a part of Indian society for centuries. It is the practice of ostracizing a group of people deemed as untouchables due to their low caste in the rigid and dogmatic caste system.
These vignettes highlight the plight of the untouchables. They portray the daily discrimination faced by them, the humiliation they have to endure, the dreadful and inhumane jobs they still continue to do due to tradition, their innocent ambitions and desires, and the small things that make them happy. Simultaneously, they also show the gradual development of a backward and secluded coastal village slowly transforming into a city against the wishes of its inhabitants.
These stories are based on similar incidents that occur quite often even to this day and deal with the subjects of ostracization, class, caste, etc.
Untouchable Lives is the first novella in a literary and social fiction series. If you like the works of John Steinbeck or Toni Morrison, then you will love this book.
Buy Untouchable Lives to experience and understand the lives of the most disenfranchised population in the Indian subcontinent today!
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Rumor Mill (Book 2)
Rumor Mill is a novella written as a series of vignettes that chronicle the daily lives of tea vendors, rickshaw drivers, coconut tree climbers, landless farmers, and manual scavengers, all untouchable inhabitants in the coastal village of Kornur, India.
Just like the first book in this series, these vignettes highlight the plight of the untouchables. They portray the daily discrimination faced by them, the humiliation they have to endure, the dreadful and inhumane jobs they still continue to do due to tradition, their innocent ambitions and desires, and the small things that make them happy. Simultaneously, they also show the gradual development of a backward and secluded coastal village slowly transforming into a city against the wishes of its inhabitants.
These stories are based on similar incidents that occur quite often even to this day and deal with the subjects of ostracization, class, caste, etc.
Rumor Mill is the second novella in this series. If you like the works of John Steinbeck or Toni Morrison, then you will love this book.
Buy Rumor Mill to experience and understand the lives of the most disenfranchised population in the Indian subcontinent today!
Read on Kindle (India) for only Rs. 49!
Changing Times (Book 3)
Changing Times is a novella written as a series of vignettes that chronicle the daily lives of school children, the celebration of the harvest festival of the village, and the gradual development of a backward and secluded coastal village slowly transforming into a city against the wishes of its inhabitants.
Changing Times is the third novella in this series. If you like the works of R.K. Narayan and Rabindranath Tagore, then you will love this book.
Buy Changing Times to experience the simple and interesting lives of the inhabitants of a small coastal village in India!
Read on Kindle (India) for only Rs. 49!
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