M.T.‘s huge popularity, bordering on adulation, came largely because his writings capture a slice of the social history of Kerala. The centerpiece of his fiction, Kudallur, is a picturesque little village in the heartland of Kerala’s agrarian economy. That economy has been built on a feudalistic social structure. It is a shadowy world of exploitation, unashamed male domination and caste driven prejudices.
M.T.‘s huge popularity, bordering on adulation, came largely because his writings capture a slice of the social history of Kerala. The centerpiece of his fiction, Kudallur, is a picturesque little village in the heartland of Kerala’s agrarian economy. That economy has been built on a feudalistic social structure. It is a shadowy world of exploitation, unashamed male domination and caste driven prejudices.