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GRUHABHANGA IS ONE OF THE SEVERAL HIGHLY ACCLAIMED WORKS WRITTEN BY S. L. BHYRAPPA. THIS KANNADA NOVEL BEARS PROOF OF THE AUTHOR’S RELENTLESS SEARCH FOR TRUTH AND AN EXPLORATION OF WOMEN’S PLACE IN MODERN SOCIETY. THE TEMPORAL BACKDROP OF THE STORY IS THE EARLY 20TH CENTURY. THE NOVEL OPENS IN A RURAL SETTING WHERE NANJAMMA, A WOMAN WHO ASSAYS THE VARIOUS ROLES OF DAUGHTER, WIFE, DAUGHTER-IN-LAW, AND MOTHER, IS TRAPPED IN A SUFFOCATING FAMILIAL SITUATION. SHE HAS TO PUT UP WITH HER LAZY, TOBACCO ADDICTED HUSBAND CHENNIGARAAYA, AN OVERBEARING MOTHER-IN LAW GANGAMMA AND AN UNEDUCATED, SUPERSTITIOUS NEIGHBORHOOD IN GENERAL. ADDED TO ALL THIS IS THE CURSE OF ACUTE POVERTY. DESPITE THE APPARENTLY HOPELESS ARRANGEMENT, NANJAMMA SHINES WITH INNER STRENGTH OF DETERMINATION AND IT IS THIS STRONG WILL THAT DRIVES HER TO FINALLY OVERCOME HER PROBLEMS.
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SANTESHIVARA LINGANNAIAH BHYRAPPA (BORN 20TH AUGUST1931) IS AN INDIAN NOVELIST, PHILOSOPHER AND SCREENWRITER WHO WRITE IN KANNADA. HIS WORK IS POPULAR IN THE STATE OF KARNATAKA AND HE IS WIDELY REGARDED AS ONE OF MODERN INDIAS POPULAR NOVELISTS. HIS NOVELS ARE UNIQUE IN TERMS OF THEME, STRUCTURE, AND CHARACTERIZATION. HE HAS BEEN AMONG THE TOP-SELLING AUTHORS IN THE KANNADA LANGUAGE AND HIS BOOKS HAVE BEEN TRANSLATED INTO HINDI AND MARATHI WHICH HAVE ALSO BEEN SELLERS. HE WAS AWARDED THE 20TH SARA SWATI SANMAN IN 2010. IN MARCH 2015, BHYRAPPA WAS AWARDED THE SAHITYA AKADEMI FELLOWSHIP. THE GOVERNMENT OF INDIA AWARDED HIM WITH THE CIVILIAN HONOUR OF THE PADMA SHRI IN 2016.
1)महाराष्ट्र सेवा संघाचा सु.ल.गद्रे साहित्यिक पुरस्कार. 2)मुंबई मराठी ग्रंथसंग्रहालयाचा सर्वोत्कृष्ट आत्मकथानाचा पुरस्कार मिळाला.(2018) 3)मनोरमा साहित्य पुरस्कार 2019
