Moogavani Pillanagrovi is woven around the near-suicidal death of a farmer who loses his land. While the period of the plot is around the 1950s, the story revolves around the farmer's ties with his land and his inability to visualize a life without it-an issue relevant even today. The farmer's death could have been forgotten by the village, except for several puzzling incidents that crop up. Myth and reality intertwine to create a folklore around the landand the farmer.
One day, with no warning at all, Radhika's husband Lalit leaves her. Not for another woman, but to find himself. Distraught at first and then angry, Radhika proceeds to rebuild her life and even steers it on her own terms. Saniya excels in creating an atmosphere which suffuses the novella with both sentiment and emotion held on to without break till the end of the narrative. There is a constant knitting of the past and present, building up, however, to a satiricalresolution of sorts in the present.
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