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'''Enmakaje''' is a [[Malayalam language]] novel written by [[Ambikasuthan Mangad]] based on the life of the people in [[Enmakaje]], a village in [[Kasaragod district|Kasargod]] affected by the [[Endosulfan]] disaster in [[Kerala]]. Ambikasuthan Mangad, a professor of Malayalam at [[Nehru Arts and Science College]], wrote the novel after directly visiting the areas affected by Endosulfan.<ref name="DC">{{cite web |title=‘എന്മകജെ’ പാരിസ്ഥിതിക ദുരന്തത്തിന്റെ നേര്സാക്ഷ്യം |url=https://www.dcbooks.com/enmakaje-novel-by-ambikasuthan-mangad.html |language=en-gb |date=2019-03-01}}</ref> This is his debut novel. The novel is used as a textbook in seven universities.<ref name="Hindu">{{cite news |last1=Anantharaman |first1=Latha |title=‘It is not just art but an act of protest’ |url=https://www.thehindu.com/books/books-authors/it-is-not-just-art-but-an-act-of-protest/article18302952.ece |work=The Hindu |date=2017-04-29 |language=en-IN}}</ref> The book brought attention to the plight of the pesticide victims.<ref name="Swarga">{{cite news |last1=Nair |first1=Aparna |title=Paradise lost |url=https://www.thehindu.com/books/on-swarga-english-translation-of-ambikasuthan-mangads-malayalam-novel-enmakaje/article18418925.ece |work=The Hindu |date=2017-05-11 |language=en-IN}}</ref><ref name="ManoramaOnline"/> The novel has been published in 17 editions in Malayalam and has been translated into English, Tamil and Kannada.<ref name="Hindu"/> An upcoming Hindi translation is being published by the Hindi Prachar Sabha on the organization's 100th anniversary.<ref name="malayalanatu">{{cite web |last1=മീങ്ങോത്ത് |first1=മുരളി |title=എൻമകജെ ഒരു ഉത്തരമല്ല , കുറെ ചോദ്യങ്ങൾ ചോദിക്കാനുള്ള ശ്രമമാണ് - മലയാളനാട് വെബ്ബ് ജേർണൽ |url=https://malayalanatu.com/archives/6154 |website=malayalanatu.com}}</ref><br />
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==Background==<br />
The novel depicts the challenges faced by the people of Enmakaje, a village at [[Karnataka]] border in [[Kasargod district]] of [[Kerala]], due to the lethal chemical Endosulfan used by a plantation corporation in 5,000-hectare cashew plantation in the village.<ref name="ManoramaOnline"/><br />
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==Plot==<br />
A couple named Neelakantan and Devayani live on a hill inside a forest. After living in self-induced isolation for six years, They are coming to the place named ''Swarga'' which literally means heaven.<ref name="Financial Express">{{cite news |title=Malayalam author Ambikasuthan Mangad’s new novel ‘Swarga’ is a reminder for us of our mindless crimes against humanity |url=https://www.financialexpress.com/india-news/malayalam-author-ambikasuthan-mangads-new-novel-swarga-is-a-reminder-for-us-of-our-mindless-crimes-against-humanity/796178/ |work=The Financial Express |date=2017-08-06}}</ref> There they see an unusual environment with children and calves with deformed bodies, ponds with no fish and a sky with no birds, and realize that Swarga is no heaven at all.<ref name="Financial Express"/> Devayani decides to bring home a child named Pareekshit, who has never walked in his 7 years of life, who has grey hair and sores all over his body due to pesticide poisoning.<ref name="Wire">{{cite news |title='Swarga' Draws on Mythical Tales to Depict Kerala's Struggle Against Endosulfan Spraying |url=https://thewire.in/books/swarga-book-review |work=The Wire}}</ref> Through this child, which the couple later adopts, the horror of endosulfan poisoning unfolds before readers.<ref name="Wire"/> The couple later joins the struggle against the pesticide.<ref>{{cite news |title=Dark Eden |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/lifestyle/books/dark-eden-swaraga-ecocide-in-kerala/ |work=The Indian Express |date=2017-08-12 |language=en}}</ref><br />
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==Translations==<br />
J. Devika translated novel Enmakaje into English with the name ''Swarga''.<ref name="Swarga"/> The novel is named after Swarga, the name of a place in Enmakaje village affected by the pesticide.<ref name="ManoramaOnline">{{cite news |title=ഇത് സ്വർഗം ശപിച്ചവർക്കുള്ള ഭൂമിയോ? |url=https://www.manoramaonline.com/literature/bookreview/2017/05/18/enmakaje.html |work=ManoramaOnline}}</ref> The Tamil translation was done by Sirpi Palasupramaniyam.<ref>{{cite book |title=En̲makaje : Malaiyāḷac cūl̲aliyal nāval |date=2013 |publisher=Kavitā Papḷikēṣan̲ |location=Cen̲n̲ai |isbn=9788183453363 |edition=1. patippu}}</ref><br />
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[[Category:Malayalam novels]]<br />
[[Category:2009 novels]]<br />
[[Category:Novels set in Kerala]]</div>>Ajeeshkumar4u