She suddenly feels the urge to visit the village. Prof Shastri informs her of his silent demise. Raziya’s father Mr Gowda dies in his village, unknown to her. Amir’s parents bring up the couple’s son Nazir. She fights with them too.įinally, Raziya and Amir move out and set up a separate home. They use the services of the Tablikh volunteers to counsel her. She cant wear a Burkha or follow the Ghosha system. Amir slowly becomes religious and anti –liberal. However, as years go by, Raziya starts developing an interest in anti –Communist, rightist thought.
During college days, progressive thought is the basis of their life and not religion. They believed Marxism is the force that liberates the people from their economic and ideological poverty. When young, both of them had leftist leanings. Theyĭo not easily agree with each other and have a very argumentative relationship. Their ideological differences dry up the love between them. However, the husband and wife do not have an easy relationship. Amir becomes a documentary film maker and Raziya becomes a script writer. Prof Shastri who happens to hail from Lakshmi’s village supports them. Lakshmi’s father Narasimha Gowda opposes the marriage and conversion. Lakshmi and Amir are students of the Film and Television Institute of India. The book revolves round the lives of Lakshmi, a Vokkaliga who has converted to Islam and is now called Raziya, her husband Amir and Prof Narayan Shastri, teacher, speaker and their family friend.
It uses the ‘novel within a novel’ technique to tell a bunch of stories. His earlier novel Sartha spoke about ancient history. He describes it as a novel based on medieval Indian history. In his novel, the term Avarana has also been used to imply falsehood and deliberate attempt to hide the truth. The Mysore University’s dictionary gives the meaning of Avarana as cover, environment, ambience and surroundings. He was awarded a Doctor of Philosphy (PhD) from the Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda for his thesis Satya Mattu Soundarya (Truth and Beauty). He was born in a poor Brahmin family in Santeshivara village in Hassan district on July 26, 1934. He retired after teaching at the Mysore based Regional Institute of Education, Sardar Patel University and NCERT, New Delhi. He is the author of the popular and much discussed book Avarana. Santeshivara Lingannaiah Bhairappa is a Kannada writer.
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