Apologetically: The Scar
It's been a long that I have not written any stuff on my blog- an apology. It is something in and around we all have experienced the term called 'Discrimination' - Caste, Class Gender and so on. The Scar is an autobiography written in Tamil as Vadu and translated into English as The Scar . K A.Gunasekaran naturally portrays his experience of belonging to a lower caste called Parayar. After reading him I felt he is an amalgamation of three religions- Islam, Christianity and Hindu. His tale of caste oppression and prejudices made him a strong human being. He narrates the milieu in Elayankudi- where he and his family lived and has not found the caste distinctions. Being a teacher his father and an educated mother always emphasized on education irrespective of their poverty.His father was a progressive thinker, that's why his parents never showed any interest in God, temples, and rituals. Because of them, he never came under the influence of faith. But the su...