Karya
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Karya
Aravind Malagatti
Translated by Susheela Punitha
A searing look at stringent death rituals, this novella by the Kannada poet and author Aravind Malagatti follows a Dalit community performing rites after the death of a woman named Bangaravva. After one of them accidentally throws the ritual fire onto the ground, the ceremony comes to a standstill and things descend into chaos.
Penguin Random House, Rs 399, 176 pages
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