Kavalu
Kavalu[1] is a 2010 Kannada novel by one of the eminent novelists S.L. Bhyrappa. Kavalu means "cross-roads" and the novel deals with Indian society at Crossroads in the era of globalization. The story revolves around the main character Jaya Kumar.
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| Author | S L Bhyrappa |
|---|---|
| Country | India |
| Language | Kannada |
| Genre | Fiction |
| Publisher | Sahitya Bhandara, Balepet, Bangalore. |
Publication date | 2010 |
| Media type | Print (Hardcover & Paperback) |
| Preceded by | Aavarana |
| Followed by | Yaana |
| Website | Official website |
Book was released on 28 June 2010 and 3700 copies were sold out in first three days.[2] Post its release numerous debates were conducted by author himself notably at Bangalore[3] and Hubballi.[4] The book was in the Top-10 list.[5]
Characters
- Jai Kumar
- Vaijayanthi Jai Kumar
- Vatsala (Puttakka/Jai Kumar and Vaijayanthi's daughter)
- Dyaavakka (Vaijayanthi Jai Kumar's House maid)
- Mangala Jai Kumar
- Prabhakara (Mangala's Collegemate and Paramour )
- Nachiket (Software Engineer and nephew of Jai Kumar)
- Rajamma (Jai Kumar's mother)
- Shobha Naraayan (Nachiket's mother and Jaikumar's Sister)
- Narayan (Jai Kumar's brother-in-law)
- Keshava (Jai Kumar's Elder Brother)
- Chitra Hosur
- Maala Kerur
- Ila (English Professor )
- Sujaya (Sweety/Ila and Vinaychandra's daughter)
- Vinay Chandra (Ila's former husband)
- Minister (Ila's boyfriend)
Quotes
- "ಓದಿದ ಗಂಡಸರೆಲ್ಲ ಹೆಂಗಸರಾಗ್ತಾರೆ. ಓದಿದ ಹೆಂಗಸರೆಲ್ಲ ಗಂಡಸರಾಗ್ತಾರೆ. ಗಂಡಸರು ಗಂಡಸರಾಗಿ ಹೆಂಗಸರು ಹೆಂಗಸರಾಗಿ ಇರಬೇಕಾದರೆ ಯಾರೂ ಓದಕೂಡದು"
- "ಒಬ್ಬ ಮಹಿಳೆಯನ್ನು ನಿನಗೆ ಅನುಭವ ಇತ್ತೆ, ಇರಲಿಲ್ಲವೆ, ಇದೆಯೆ, ಅಂತೆಲ್ಲ ಕೇಳೂದು ಅಪಮಾನ ಮಾಡಿದ ಹಾಗಲ್ಲವೆ? ಕಾನೂನು ಪ್ರಕಾರ ಅಪರಾಧ."
- "ನೀನೇ ಹೇಳ್ತಿಯಲ್ಲವೆ ವಿವಾಹ ಅನ್ನೂದು ಪವಿತ್ರ ಸಂಸ್ಕಾರ, ಅದರ ಮುಖ್ಯ ತತ್ವ ಧರ್ಮೇಚ ಅರ್ಥೆಚ ಕಾಮೇಚ ನಾತಿ ಚರಿತವ್ಯಃ ಅಂತ."
- "ತಾಯಿಯಾಗೂದು ಅಥವಾ ಆಗದೆ ಇರೂದು ಹೆಂಗಸಿನ ಹಕ್ಕು. ಆಗು ಅಥವಾ ಆಗಬೇಡ ಅಂತ ಹೇಳುವ ಅಧಿಕಾರ ಗಂಡನಿಗೆ ಇಲ್ಲ. ಇರಕೂಡದು ಅಂತ ನನ್ನ ವಿಚಾರ ಏನಂತೀಯಾ?"
- "ನಾನೊಬ್ಬನೇ ಆಗಿದ್ದರೆ ಯಾವ ಪೆರ್ಮಿಶನ್ ದೂ ಅಗತ್ಯವಿರಲಿಲ್ಲ. ನನ್ನ ಲಿವಿಂಗ್ ಟುಗೆದರ್ ಜೊತೆ ಬರ್ತಿದೀನಿ. ನಮಗೆ ಒಟ್ಟಿಗೆ ಇರುವಂಥ ರೂಮು ಕೊಡಬೇಕು."
- "ನನ್ನ ಕುತ್ತಿಗೆ ಹಿಡಿದು ದಬ್ಬಿಸ್ತೀಯಾ? ನಿಜ ಹೇಳು ಯಾವನಿಗೋ ಬಸುರಾಗಿ ನನ್ನ ಮಗನಿಗೆ ಗಂಟುಬಿದ್ದು ಆಸ್ತಿ ದೋಚಿದಿಯ. ನೀನು ಮದುವೆ ಮಾಡ್ಕಂಡ ದಿನದಿಂದ ಎಷ್ಟು ದಿನದ ಮೇಲೆ ಈ ಮಗೂನ ಹೆತ್ತೆ? ಯಾರಿಗೆ ಬಸರಾಗಿದ್ದೆ? ನನ್ನ ಮಗ ಸಾಧು ಅಂತ ಇಷ್ಟೆಲ್ಲ ಆಟ ಆಡಿದೀಯ? ರಕ್ತ ಪರೀಕ್ಷೆ ಮಾಡುಸ್ತೀನಿ. ನನ್ನ ಮಗಂದೂ ನೀನು ಈಗ ಒಳಗೆ ಕಳಿಸಿದ ಹುದುಗಂದೂ ರಕ್ತ ಪರೀಕ್ಷೆ."
- "ಹಾ ಹಾ ಹಾ ಸೂಳೆಮುಂಡೆ ಬಾಡಿಗೆಗವಳಂತೆ. ಒಂದು ಸಲ ಮಲೀಕಳಾಕ್ ಎಷ್ಟು ಬಾಡಿಗೆ ತಗಾತೀಯೆ? ಈ ಮನೆ ಖಾಲಿ ಮಾಡಿ ಒಗದೆ ಇದ್ರೆ ನಿನ್ನ ಬೆಂಗಳೂರು ಪ್ಯಾಟೆ ಬೀದೀಲಿ ನಿಲ್ಸಿ ಶಾಲೆ ಎಳೆದು ಬುಂಡಗೆ ಮಾಡ್ತೀನಿ."
Reprints
- First print: 2010
- Second print: 2010
- Third print: 2010
- Fourth print: 2010
- Fifth print: 2010
- Sixth print: 2010
- Seventh print: 2010
- Eighth print : 2010
- Ninth print : 2010
- Tenth print : 2010
- Eleventh print : 2010
- Twelfth print: 2010
- Thirteenth print: 2010
- Fourteenth print:2010
- Fifteenth print: 2010
- Sixteenth print: 2011
- Seventeenth print: 2011
Debate on Kavalu
ವಿಚಾರಗೋಷ್ಠಿ - Debate on kavalu:
gollark: My webserver seems to have decided to stop webserving and just has some cryptic error about goroutines and a stack trace. What joy.
gollark: The bug (at least in the form everyone was using) was affecting iOS.
gollark: It's not a kernel one, it's in their text rendering library.
gollark: In the "effective power" one, the problem was apparently some issue with processing text for display in shortened form in notifications where it accessed the wrong memory address, which made the entire process doing that exit, and apparently for some bizarre reason when the notification process exited it brought the entire OS down.
gollark: True, true, you'd expect them to have better sandboxing or something.
See also
S.L. Bhyrappa's novels
S.L. Bhyrappa's autobiography
Footnotes
- Book by S. L. Bhyrappa Kavalu,Sahitya Bhandara, Bangalore
- http://kannada.oneindia.in/news/2010/06/30/sl-bhyrappa-new-novel-kavalu-sold-out.html
- http://kannada.oneindia.in/literature/book/2010/0804-sl-bhyrappa-kavalu-novel-debate-bangalore.html
- http://kannada.oneindia.in/news/2010/07/29/sl-bhyrappas-kavalu-debate-on-july-31-hubballi.html
- http://kannada.oneindia.in/literature/book/2010/1013-thatskannada-top-10-kannada-books.html
- http://kannada.oneindia.in/literature/book/2010/0804-sl-bhyrappa-kavalu-novel-debate-bangalore.html
- http://kannada.oneindia.in/news/2010/07/29/sl-bhyrappas-kavalu-debate-on-july-31-hubballi.html
References
- http://slbhyrappa.com/
- About books release and the sales details: http://kannada.oneindia.in/news/2010/06/30/sl-bhyrappa-new-novel-kavalu-sold-out.html
- Top ten books as mentioned in Website: http://kannada.oneindia.in/
- kavalu review :
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