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The novelist Malayalam S Hareesh decided Saturday not to publish the remaining parts of his latest novel Meesha – meaning mustache – following threats from supporters of Hindutva organizations.
The novel, which takes place in Kerala's Social Life Fund nearly 50 years ago, was published serially in the weekly Malayalam Mathrubhumi . Only three chapters have been published so far. The author and members of his family have been abused on social networks since some organizations opposed the novel.
"I decided to withdraw my novel because of threats and attacks against me and my family," Hareesh told the Mathrubhumi. News TV channel. "I am so weak to confront the people who run the country.I've been working on the novel for five long years."
Some Hindutva groups who accused the novelist of tarnishing the image of Hindu women organized protest marches on Saturday. The groups would have offended sarcastic comments of a character on the ban on the entry of women into the temples during the rules
Kamalram Sajeev, deputy editor at Mathrubhumi called it "the darkest day in the history of Kerala". . "Days without light to follow," he tweeted.
Sajeev told Outlook that the novel "is an artistic expression of the oppression these communities experienced half a century ago". works in the state revenue department, won the Kerala Sahitya Academy Award in 2016 for his collection of stories entitled Aadam . His first collection of stories entitled Rasavidyayude Charithram
s.hareesh withdraws his novel "meesha", the literature is being lynched, the day the darkest of the cultural history of kerala, the days without light to follow. – Kamalram Sajeev (@kamalramsajeev) July 21, 2018
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