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Before the Break of Dawn (Secrets of the Namboodiri Women)

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Item Code: HAV834
Author: Devaki Nilayamgode
Publisher: Vitasta Publishing Pvt. Ltd.
Language: English
Edition: 2023
ISBN: 9789390961252
Pages: 107
Cover: PAPERBACK
Other Details 8.5x5.5 inch
Weight 164 gm
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Book Description
About The Book

Before the Break of Dawn: Secrets of the Namboodiri Women is a celebration of life in a Kerala Brahmin household. Most of the narratives start before dawn. The ordinary business of having a bath, the almost compulsory visit to the temple, the task of caring for the unapologetically patriarchal male Namboodiris, the retiring ladies of the house and the Irikkanammas, all following a strict code of conduct. One can smell the lazy smoke of the kitchen fires, the clatter of vessels being cleaned as the household gradually comes awake, brass lamps burnished to look like gold, the chill of the sleeping waters of the pond, the subtle fragrances of blooms easily identifiable by their smell alone, the simple but wholesome and highly repetitive meals of the day, interspersed with rare festival days, the highlight of which is obviously the feast, with the winding down of the day into soft nights where birdsong and fireflies are very much part of life.

About the Author

Born in Mookkuthala village of Malappuram district in Kerala in 1928, Devaki Nilayamgode began writing at the age of 70. In a terse, analytical manner she provides a graphic description of the village life of 1930s-40s in this book.

An academic, translator Indira Menon was awarded the Katha prize for the best translation from Malayalam to English in the year 2004.

Foreword

The world has become a global village. The phenomenal rise in net connectivity has made it possible for a person sitting in Mullipallam to scroll through the restaurant menu of the Four Seasons Hotel in New York with just a click of his or her fingers. Information is zipping around the Earth faster than thoughts. But this is only on the periphery of knowledge exchange.

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