On a rainy day, a rich young man picks up a hapless college girl in his car, seduces her and drops her in her street. On realising her daughter's plight, the girl's mother pours a bucketful of water on her head saying that she has been purified by this acti as if she had taken the test by fire. The mother asks her daughter to forget the incident and get on with life. The story challenged the dominant cultural norms of woman's chastity, and many culturally acceptable closures to the story were suggested. In response to the suggestions, Jayakanthan wrote the same story with a different ending and expanded it into a novel, Sila Nerangalil Sila Manithargal.
Release date
Audiobook: 29 February 2020
On a rainy day, a rich young man picks up a hapless college girl in his car, seduces her and drops her in her street. On realising her daughter's plight, the girl's mother pours a bucketful of water on her head saying that she has been purified by this acti as if she had taken the test by fire. The mother asks her daughter to forget the incident and get on with life. The story challenged the dominant cultural norms of woman's chastity, and many culturally acceptable closures to the story were suggested. In response to the suggestions, Jayakanthan wrote the same story with a different ending and expanded it into a novel, Sila Nerangalil Sila Manithargal.
Release date
Audiobook: 29 February 2020
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சுஷ்மிதா
11 Nov 2021
சில நேரங்களில் சில மனிதர்கள் படித்து விட்டுத் தான், இந்தச் சிறுகதையைப் படித்தேன். அவருடைய கதையை, அவரே விமர்சனம் செய்து கொண்டுள்ளார். என்னே மனிதர் இவர்..!💐💐 ஜெயகாந்தன் போல் இன்னொரு மனிதன்..! கடினம்..! "ஒரு மனிதன்" தான்..! இப்போது எழுத்துக்களில் துயில் கொண்டுள்ளார். படிக்கும் போது, எழுந்து நிமிர்ந்து நம் முன் நின்று காட்சி தருகிறார்..!
Iyyappan
23 Jan 2023
Not bad
narendiran
7 Nov 2020
Nice
Umashankar
11 Nov 2021
ஜெயகாந்தன் எழுத்துக்களை படிக்கும் போது மனம் அக்னிப்ரவேஷம் செய்கிறது...
Saravanapriyan
23 Feb 2022
Exceptional story. Forward thinking by the writer way before anyone does. Can't believe it was written 40 years before. Outstanding ending.
Aswathi
6 Oct 2021
The narration and the background effect was so good.
SUBRAMANIAN
7 Nov 2022
Excellent delivery with music and background vibesThanks story tel team
Anuhosp
26 Aug 2022
Very simple strory like a single scene of old movie. Nothing interested.
Ashok
13 Jun 2021
Nice
Thirunavukkarasu
16 Mar 2022
Good
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