‘Nalabhagam’: a rare Janakiraman novel with a shocking theme and political undertones

The erstwhile composite Thanjavur territory — present comprising Thanjavur, Nagapattinam, Tiruvarur and Mayiladuthurai — was erstwhile a vibrant hub of governmental activity. Known arsenic the atom vessel of Tamil Nadu, the portion provided fertile crushed for the mobilisation of peasants and cultivation labourers nether the reddish emblem of the communist movement, adjacent arsenic the landed classes mostly aligned themselves with the Congress.

At the aforesaid time, the district’s dense web of temples, its affluent bequest of music, creation and scholarship, and the entrenched societal dominance of Brahmins created the conditions for the emergence of the Dravidian movement, which championed ideals of equality and societal justice.