TY - BOOK AU - ತ್ರಿವೇಣಿ TI - ಶರಪಂಜರ SN - (pbk.) U1 - 894.814371 TRI 23 PY - 2019/// CY - ಮೈಸೂರು PB - ಭಾರತಿ ಪ್ರಕಾಶನ KW - ಕನ್ನಡ ಕಾದಂಬರಿ KW - Kannada novel KW - ಮಾನಸಿಕ ಅಸ್ವಸ್ಥ ಮಹಿಳೆ KW - ಭಾರತ KW - ನಾಟಕ KW - Mentally ill women KW - India KW - Drama KW - ಪುರುಷ-ಮಹಿಳೆ ಸಂಬಂಧಗಳು KW - Man-woman relationships KW - ಸಾಮಾಜಿಕ ಕಾದಂಬರಿ KW - Social novel N1 - "Karnataka Sahitya Akademi award winning novel." N2 - It tells the story of Kaveri, a good-looking and intelligent woman who marries Satish, a good-looking and intelligent man. Initially, they have a very happy marriage. After the birth of her second son, she has a nervous breakdown and spends two years in a mental hospital. On her return, her children barely know her and she is rejected by her husband and most other people. Anything she does that seems slightly untoward (e.g. picking up a knife to peel some fruit) is seen as evidence that she is still mad, though she feels that she has fully recovered. It is a feminist novel but also a plea for better understanding of mental illness. It was made into a successful film in India ER -