more-inChaithanya Unni grew up always hearing the name of ‘Indulekha’ in her household. “No other character has influenced me so much that I developed a kind of affinity towards her, bordering on hero worship. I used to think whether this character was inspired from some real person. Before writing the work, Chandu Menon had approached painter Rama Varma to draw a portrait of Indulekha,” says Krishnamurthy. When I revisited the novel recently after so many years, I saw quite another side of Indulekha, which I didn’t see on my first reading,” says Chaitanya.

Source: The Hindu January 21, 2018 14:35 UTC