From their childhood, they had decided to marry each other. The heroine is Parangodikutty, also schooled in Western ways like Indulekha. The hero is Parangodan Marar, an English educated lawyer like Madhavan. Parangodi Parinayam by Kizhakkeppattu Ramankutty Menon has a plot similar to that of The novel tells the story of the love affair between the young and beautiful Indulekha and Madhavan, both members of the same Nair tharavad, Poovally. But more than that, this novel is a fine social document, detailing the changes that took place in society in general and the Nair community in particular.
It initiated the genre in the language, and is therefore considered a landmark text in the history of Malayalam literature.
It was the first attempt to fulfil the aesthetic requirements of the novel as an art form in Malayalam. Indulekha, written by Oyyarathu Chandu Menon in Malayalam, was published in the year 1889.
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