![]() ![]() 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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