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Hiran Venugopalan
Aug 05, 2014 rated it it was amazing
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ജയമോഹന്റെ 'നൂറു സിംഹാസനങ്ങൾ'. ജാതി എന്ന ചിഹ്നത്തെ സമൂഹം എത്രത്തോളം മനുഷ്യനിലേക്ക് അടിച്ചേൽപ്പിക്കുന്നു എന്ന് വരച്ച് കാണിക്കുന്ന നോവൽ. അത്മകഥയുടെ രീതിയിലുള്ള ആഖ്യാനം. തമിഴ് സാഹിത്യം പോലെ ചെറിയ വരികളും, സാധാരണ പദപ്രയോഗങ്ങളും. എങ്കിലും മനുഷ്യനെ ഏറെ സ്പർഷിക്കുന്ന ദുരിതത്തിന്റെ ശക്തമായ ഭാവങ്ങൾ നിറഞ്ഞൊഴുകുന്ന കഥ.

"അമ്മ ഭയത്തോടെ ഇരുന്ന് ഉണ്ടു. പിന്നെ ചോറും അവളും വേറെയല്ലാതെയായി. ഒരു മൃഗവും ഇത്ര വൃത്തികേടായി ഭക്ഷണം കഴിക്കില്ല എന്ന് തോന്നി. കാരണം, മൃഗം ഒരിക്കലും ഇത്രയും വിശപ്പ് അറിഞ്ഞിട്ടുണ്ടാകില്ല. മൃഗങ
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Sarath Krishnan
Sep 29, 2015 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
'Shocking narrative' would be a lesser description. I would have said the casteist mindset of the people of India that has been mentioned in the novel is a mere exaggeration some time earlier. However, communal polarization is more visible these days and I fear something worse is yet to come. Read......! ...more
Ganesh
Nov 01, 2021 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
This is one of the books I finished in one sitting. Not because it is a small book of 100 pages. But, because this is one story that tears your heart open, bares the innards, and makes you question one's own humanity. Humanity, and not religion.

The story is painfully beautiful. It will move any stone-hearted person to tears. It will dive deep down into our conditioned beliefs and shake its very foundation.

It will make us question the very beliefs that we have been force-fed - just like decayed
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Jason
Now I understand what privilege is

This was an eye-opener. I cannot think about our society the same ever again. It pains my heart. But even that ability to feel sad feels like a privilege.
Sreekumar
Feb 13, 2017 rated it it was amazing
Breathtaking and gut wrenching. Jeyamohan's narrative is so visceral. ...more
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Dec 12, 2014 marked it as to-read
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Oct 07, 2015 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
Rohit
Feb 20, 2016 rated it it was amazing
Shelves: 1malayalam
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Sunitha Mullamangalath
Nov 05, 2017 rated it it was amazing
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