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| name = Verukal<br/>(Roots)<br />
| title_orig = വേരുകൾ<br />
| translator = V. Abdulla<br />
| image = verukalbook.jpg<br />
| caption = The cover of ''Verukal''<br />
| author = [[Malayattoor Ramakrishnan]]<br />
| illustrator = <br />
| cover_artist = N. Ajayan<br />
| country = India<br />
| language = Malayalam<br />
| series = <br />
| subject = <br />
| genre = [[Semi-autobiographical|Semi-autobiographical novel]]<br />
| publisher = [[D. C. Books]]<br />
| pub_date = 1966<br />
| english_pub_date = 2002<br />
| media_type = <br />
| pages = 132<br />
| isbn = 81-7130-858-9<br />
| oclc = <br />
| dewey = <br />
| congress = <br />
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'''''Verukal''''' ({{lang-en|Roots}}) is a [[Malayalam]] semi-autobiographical novel written by [[Malayattoor Ramakrishnan]] in 1966. It is widely credited as one of his best works.<ref>Hari Sundar G. (28 December 2002). [https://web.archive.org/web/20121023190818/http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/lf/2002/12/28/stories/2002122800700200.htm "In memory of Malayatoor"]. ''The Hindu''. Retrieved 3 May 2011.</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://travel.manoramaonline.com/travel/getting-about-kerala/ernakulam/2019/05/21/indecribable-experience-thani-illam-perumbavoor.html|title=The indescribable experience of Thani Illam|website=OnManorama|language=en|access-date=2019-07-06}}</ref> It won the [[Kerala Sahitya Academy Award|Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award]] in 1967.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thebetterindia.com/119116/chemmeen-to-aarachar-ten-legendary-malayalam-novels-you-must-read/|title=Chemmeen to Aarachar: Ten Legendary Malayalam Novels You Must Read!|date=2017-10-27|website=The Better India|language=en-US|access-date=2019-07-06}}</ref><br />
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==Plot summary==<br />
''Verukal'' tells the story of a family of Tamil speaking [[Iyers]] who settled in [[Kerala]]. Raghu is the protagonist of the story. The pivotal event on which the novel turns is the return of Raghu to his native village after a lapse of several years, to raise money to build a city mansion for himself by selling his ancestral home. He sets about this reluctantly, under pressure from his shrewish and domineering wife. In the village, as he meets his sisters and others among whom he grew up, a flood of memories overwhelms him, and he abruptly changes his mind about selling the property.<br />
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==Main characters==<br />
* Raghu - the protagonist<br />
* Ammulu - Raghu eldest sister<br />
* Lakshmi - Raghu's sister<br />
* Maniyan Athimbaar - Ammulu's husband<br />
* Yajneswarayyar (Ammaanchi) - Lakshmi's husband<br />
* Vishwanathan Iyer - Raghu's father<br />
* Amma - Raghu's mother<br />
* Aadi Narayana Swami (Patta) - Raghu's grandpa<br />
* Ganapathi Patta - Raghu's great grandpa<br />
* Geetha - Raghu's wife<br />
* Ajayan - Raghu's son<br />
* Suma -Raghu's daughter<br />
* Saraswathy - Raghu's younger sister<br />
* Bharathan - Saraswathy's husband<br />
* Rajappan - Raghu's Roommate<br />
* Raman Karthav - manakkale karyasthan<br />
* Periyappa (appu) - Raghu's uncle<br />
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==References==<br />
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[[Category:1966 novels]]<br />
[[Category:Malayalam novels]]<br />
[[Category:Indian autobiographical novels]]<br />
[[Category:Novels by Malayattoor Ramakrishnan]]<br />
[[Category:Novels set in Kerala]]<br />
[[Category:Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award-winning works]]<br />
[[Category:DC Books books]]<br />
[[Category:1966 Indian novels]]<br />
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