ಮರಳಿ ಮಣ್ಣಿಗೆ: Marali Mannige

Shivarama Karanth

Apr 2021 · B Malini Mallya

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ಈ ಕಾದಂಬರಿ ಒಂದು ಸ್ವಾತಂತ್ರಪೂರ್ವ ಸಂಸಾರದ ಮೂರು ತಲೆಮಾರುಗಳ ಬಗ್ಗೆ ಕಥೆಯನ್ನು ಒಳಗೊಂಡಿದೆ. ಈ ಕಥೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಕಡಲತೀರದ ಜನರ ಆಚಾರ-ವಿಚಾರವಿದೆ, ಕನ್ನಡ ಸಾಹಿತ್ಯಲೋಕಕ್ಕೆ ಉಡುಗೊರೆಯಾಗಿ ಹರಿದು ಬಂದಿರುವ ಹೊಸಹೊಸ ನುಡಿಮುತ್ತುಗಳಿವೆ, ಹಾಗೇನೇ ಪ್ರಾಯದ ಯುವಕರ ಕೆಡುಕಿನ ವಿಚಾರವೂ ಇದೆ, ಇವೆಲ್ಲಕ್ಕಿಂತ ಮಿಗಿಲಾಗಿ ಹೆಂಗಳೆಯರು ಹೊರಗಿನ ಕೆಲಸ ಕಾರ್ಯಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಗಂಡಸರಿಗಿಂತ ಕಡಿಮೆ ಇಲ್ಲ ಎಂಬುದನ್ನು ತಿಳಿಸುವ ಮಾರ್ಮಿಕ ಸಂದೇಶವಿದೆ ಹಾಗೂ ಅವರು ಸಂಸಾರದಲ್ಲಿ ಅನುಭವಿಸುವ ಒಣ ನೋವುಗಳ ವ್ಯಾಖ್ಯಾನವಿದೆ. ಒಂದು ಶತಕದಷ್ಟು ಹಿಂದಿನ ಪುಸ್ತಕವಾದರೂ, ಇದರಲ್ಲಿ ಎತ್ತಿ ಹಿಡಿದಂತಹ ವಿಚಾರಗಳು, ಮೌಲ್ಯಗಳು, ಸಮಸ್ಯೆಗಳು, ತರ್ಕ ತಾಕಲಾಟಗಳು ಇಂದಿಗೂ ಪ್ರಸ್ತುತವೇ ಆಗಿವೆ. ಓದಬೇಕಾದಂತ ಒಂದು ಉತ್ತಮ ಕಾದಂಬರಿ.

Ratings and reviews

long story of three generations with all economic and social tribulations. the depiction is reflective of the times. very beautifully captured

About the author

Kota Shivaram Karanth was a Kannada writer, social activist, environmentalist, Yakshagana artist, film maker and thinker. Shivaram Karanth was born on 10 October 1902, in Kota near Udupi in the Udupi district of Karnataka to a Kannada family.He was influenced by Gandhi's principles and took part in Indian Independence movement while he was in college. He did not complete his education and went to participate in the Non-cooperation movement and canvassed for khadi and swadeshi for five years up to 1927. By that time Karanth had already started writing fiction-detective novels, to begin with as well as plays.

Karanth was an intellectual and environmentalist who tremendously contributed to art and culture of Karnataka. He is considered one of the greatest novelist in Kannada. Apart from his 47 novels, he also wrote 31 plays, four short stories, six books of essays and sketches, thirteen books on art, 2 volumes of poems, 9 encyclopedias, and 100+ of articles on various issues and subjects, including a history of world art in Kannada and a work on Chalukyan sculpture and architecture, a standard treatise on the Yakshagana (with which dramatic form, his name is identified), a three volume book of knowledge for children, a four volume encyclopedia on science for grown ups, 240 children's books, six books on travel, two books on birds, three Travelogues, an autobiography.

He has received several literary awards. Namely, Jnanpith Award, Padma Bhushan, Sahitya Academy award and Pampa Award.

He passed away on 9th December 1997 in Manipal, Karnataka.