• Dr Bennichen Scaria

Cholamarangal by K Saraswatiamma is a genuine portrayal of mankind that transcends religious barriers. Chola trees are ones that provide shade to others without producing fruit and finally fall to earth, leaving no trace. Characters like Madhu and Lilykkutty are still moving chola trees because they gave their life in the service of love to others and for those who have no shade. This narrative highlights the current aspects of monastic and devotional life, in which one can achieve little on one’s own while becoming everything to others. The shady chola trees are the personalities who are willing to consider man's sorrows and annoyances as their own and commit their life to them.

cholamarangal, monastic life, devotion, nunnery

"The Unproductive becomes the Shade: Re reading K Saraswatiamma’s Cholamarangal as a tale of Fruitful Transformations", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.8, Issue 12, page no.f484-f485, December-2021, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2112562.pdf

"The Unproductive becomes the Shade: Re reading K Saraswatiamma’s Cholamarangal as a tale of Fruitful Transformations", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.8, Issue 12, page no. ppf484-f485, December-2021, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2112562.pdf