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{{short description|1978 novel by Sivasankari}}
{{Infobox book
| name = Oru Manithanin Kathai
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| translator = Uma Narayanan
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| author = [[Sivasankari]]
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| country = India
| language = Tamil
| genre = [[Drama]]
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| release_date = 1978
| english_release_date = 1990
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'''''Oru Manithanin Kathai''''' ({{translation|The tale of a man}}) is a [[Tamil language|Tamil]]-language novel by [[Sivasankari]]. It was serialised in the magazine ''[[Ananda Vikatan]]'' from 1978 to 1979.<ref name="condemn">{{Cite web |last=Warrier |first=Shobha |author-link=Shobha Warrier |date=21 May 2001 |title='Unfortunately, we tend to condemn alcoholics' |url=https://www.rediff.com/news/2001/may/21spec2.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200407153702/https://www.rediff.com/news/2001/may/21spec2.htm |archive-date=7 April 2020 |access-date=1 February 2023 |website=[[Rediff.com]]}}</ref> The novel was translated in English under the title ''Tyagu'' by Uma Narayanan in 1990.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=c5JjAAAAMAAJ&q=Oru+Manithanin+Kathai+uma+narayanan |title=Indian Literature |publisher=[[Sahitya Akademi]] |year=1991 |volume=34 |pages=173 |access-date=1 February 2023}}</ref>

== Plot ==
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== Background ==
During her tenure as public relations officer of [[Citibank India|Citibank]] in the early 1970s, Sivasankari encountered many employees who were ostensibly sober during the day but heavily drinking at night parties. She was curious to know the reason behind their alcoholism, and wrote to [[Alcoholics Anonymous]]; after reading their pamphlets, Sivasankari saw alcoholism as a disease. She spent almost eight years working on the subject of ''Oru Manithanin Kathai'', and interacted with many psychiatrists as part of her research. She claimed the story was based on the lives of many alcoholics, rather than a single individual.<ref name="condemn" /> Sivasankari considered ''Oru Manithanin Kathai'' to be one of her most challenging novels to write.<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=1991 |title=Probing & Popular |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9V08AAAAMAAJ&q=%22Oru+Manithanin+Kathai%22 |magazine=Surya India |volume=16 |page=48 |access-date=23 February 2023}}</ref>

== Adaptations ==
The novel was adapted into a 1985 TV series by the same name, and a 1990 film ''[[Thiyagu (film)|Thiyagu]]'', both starring [[Raghuvaran]].<ref name="change">{{Cite news |last=Subajayanthi |date=16 July 2011 |title=Her write to change lives |work=[[The Hindu]] |url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/magazine/her-write-to-change-lives/article2232865.ece |access-date=1 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230201044817/https://www.thehindu.com/features/magazine/her-write-to-change-lives/article2232865.ece |archive-date=1 February 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Srinivasan |first=Pavithra |date=21 March 2008 |title=Farewell, Raghuvaran! |url=https://www.rediff.com/movies/2008/mar/21raghu.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200407153429/https://www.rediff.com/movies/2008/mar/21raghu.htm |archive-date=7 April 2020 |access-date=1 February 2023 |website=[[Rediff.com]]}}</ref>

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

[[Category:1978 Indian novels]]
[[Category:Indian novels adapted into films]]
[[Category:Novels first published in serial form]]
[[Category:Novels in Tamil]]
[[Category:Novels set in Tamil Nadu]]
[[Category:Works about alcoholism]]

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