Name: Ārāccār
Rating: 4.25 (4 reviews)
ISBN: 9788126439362

Ke. Ār Mīra

Novel based on the story of a woman executioner and her family in Bengal.

Ārāccār

Rakesh S

നോവലിലെ കഥ എടുത്തുമാറ്റിയ ശേഷം നോക്കിയാൽ, കെ ആർ മീര ആരാച്ചാരിൽ തൂക്കിക്കൊല്ലുന്നത് ആൺഹുങ്കിനേം മാദ്ധ്യമങ്ങളുടെ ഔചിത്യമില്ലായ്മയേയുമാണ്.

Gayathri Jinesh

Death | Woman-power | Criticism of mass media 

Death is spread out in this story like fog; that gets thicker towards the end.
The fear, uncertainty and inevitability of it, is portrayed through the eyes of someone with a heart of steel.
Do women have hearts of steel? Aren't women too emotional? Do they have the presence of mind to kill a man, like men?
Feminism is a touchy topic, so I am not going there. The white dot appears whiter when the dark background is made darker. Chetna stands apart, grabs our admiration quickly, because all men are stereotypically bad in this book; except maybe one. That is probably necessary, to justify the presence of mind this woman has. Circumstances and experiences changes a person (woman/man) to help them survive. In a world that worked largely against woman, where women are lesser beings (as have been so explicitly mentioned) she had no other way than to rise to the stoic state that she is in. You'd rarely see a man afraid when looking at a woman(if not for the gynocentric laws!). When men in this book see her with a noose, when she mentions how easy it is to kill a man - her calm composure and constant smile seems to give them a fear for life. Imagine sitting near her in real life. The power and presence of mind would make me feel insignificant, small.
Oh and there's media with it's devil face, grinning with it's shiny pointy teeth full on display.
Media is dark comedy, in here.

There are too many stories from her history - that was exhausting. Not much of a plot and a little too long.

A one time read, if you are ready to invest time.
Feminists will love this.

Aboobacker Sidheeq M

ചരിത്രം പോലെയുളള നോവൽ

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