Tathrikkutty, Lalithambika Antharjanam’s heroine in her story Pratikaaradevata (The Goddess of Revenge), questions the moral policing in society that inevitably tries to suppress and exploit women in different ways. Wasn’t Tathri a true martyr – one who sacrificed her life and future to shock a so-called upper caste community out of its complacency? During the trial, Tathri listed 65 men and produced unquestionable evidence – rings, hip chains, silk shawl ... All of them, high-born men of money and power, were excommunicated along with Tathri. Like many young Nambudiri women of the previous century, Tathri too was married off at a tender age. Then ensued the shameful episode of the trial of Tathri Kutty in real life, and in the story.
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