Marappasu

Thi.Janakiraman's Marapasu has created discussions, controversies since the 1970s. Marapasu was a direct reflection of his he narrates his life experience and that experience strengthens the idea of the novel further. When feminism talks were becoming popular in all over world, Marapasu was the first creation in Tamil which discussed about it. The main character of this novel Ammini is trying to hold each and every creation of world with love. She is an unforgettable character of modern Tamil literature. She is as fresh as a rain drop and as ancient as a river. She as free as the wind and she wants to take shelter inside feathers of a nest. She yearns for relationships and at the same time she needs extreme loneliness. She is the ideal imaginary character as well as the imperfect real character. This contradiction makes this novel very interesting.