Short Stories–In Translation–Kannada
Series edited by Mini Krishnan. Translated from the original Kannada by Susheela Punitha
‘The Idol that Chennappa Destroyed’ by Yarmunja Ramachandra shows us a picture of contemporary politics of the time. This is about Periyar’s ‘idol-breaking’ mass movement that originated in Tamil Nadu. It becomes a fanciful notion in the head of a wealthy, idle young man with no real ideological convictions. The poverty-stricken maker of clay idols in the village is sucked into this drama.
Reviewed by: S Jayasrinivasa Rao