![]() S Hareesh today is one of the most celebrated novelists in the state, and a part of what is considered a new wave in Malayalam literature. However, since then, sections of the Kerala society have expressed solidarity with the author and popularised the work via other means, including publishing it as a book. In 2018, the same novel, serialised in a Malayalam weekly, was withdrawn by the author after having faced intense cyber abuse from local right-wingers. The picture painted by S Hareesh is of a turmoil-ridden Kuttanad in the midst of social reforms, missionary activities and a push for English education - all of it severely affecting the region’s caste and gender dynamics. ![]() The entire novel is then told through these, interwoven with myths and legends, and stories within stories. The impact of his role is so much that the locals begin fabricating stories around him. Set in twentieth century Kuttanad in Kerala, Moustache (or Meesha, in Malayalam) tells the story of Vavachan, a Pulayan, who gets to play the role of a policeman with a big stache in a musical drama. ![]()
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