PARAKHA

KALINGAJJA , A PURE COMMON MAN, USE TO WORKSHIP HIS COW WHOLEHEARTEDLY. ON THE OTHER HAND, AMERICA RETURNED NATU USE TO THINK OF HIS COW, AS ONLY MILK AND MEAT GIVING DOMESTIC ANIMAL.THIS NOVEL NARRATES THE CONFLICTS BETWEEN THE VALUES, EMOTIONS AND ETHICS OF THESE CONTRAST PEOPLE. THE NOVEL STARTS WITH A SONG ON COW, TRANSLATED IN ALMOST EVERY KNOWN LANGUAGE, AND SEEKS THROUGH FINDING THE IMPORTANCE OF VALUES ROOTED DEEPLY IN INDIAN CULTURE. ARTWORKS BASED ON THIS NOVEL IN KANNAD AND “GODHULI” IN HINDI MOVIES HAVE RECEIVED ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS AT NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL LEVELS.EVEN TODAY, THIS NOVEL PUBLISHED IN 1968, IS COUNTED AS ONE OF THE EPIC AND INCREDIBLY NARRATED NOVEL.THIS POWERFUL AND CONVINCING NOVEL, VIGILANT THE TWO CONTRADICTIONS, LOVE AND ANGER, PREDOMINANTLY, FOR SURE!!