• Dr. P. Veerasamy

The Sri Lankan bilingual writer, Kokilam Subbiah’s Miraze deals with the life of Valli and her family and other migrants of Senthur, a village in Ramnathapuram, Tamil Nadu in the tea plantations of Sri Lanka. The indentured labourers and their subjugation form the narrative of the novel. Their economic standard persuades them to be the bonded labourers in the hands of the powerful. Power operates at the level of the mirasdar, white Dorais in the estates, the Kanganys, the Kanakkapillais, and the epidemic cholera during their journey. This paper traces out the implanted power structure and its impact on the pitiable labourers.

plantations, indentured labourers, subjugation, bonded labourers, power

"The Nexus of Power in Kokilam Subbiah’s Mirage", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 4, page no.618-621, April-2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIRAG06131.pdf

"The Nexus of Power in Kokilam Subbiah’s Mirage", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 4, page no. pp618-621, April-2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIRAG06131.pdf