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Explain how issues of caste was included in novels of India
An issue that was hotly debated in the novel was the marriage practices of upper caste Hindus in Kerala especially the Nambuthiri Brahmins and the Nayars in INDULEKHA.
a. The Nambuthiri  were major landlords in Kerala at that time; and a large section of the Nayars were their tenants.
b. In the late 19th century Kerala, a younger generation of English educated Nayar men, who had acquired property and wealth on their won, began  arguing strongly against Nambuthiri alliances with Nayar women.
c. Nayar wanted  new laws regarding marriage and property.

STORY :-
a. Suri Nambuthiri, the foolish landlord who comes to marry Indulekha, the intelligent heroine rejects him and chooses Madhavan, the educated and handsome Nayar as her husband, and the young couple move to Madras, where Madhavan joins the civil service.
b. Suri Nambuthiri, desperate to find a partner for himself, finally marries a poorer relation from the same family and goes away pretending that he has married Indulekh.
c. Chandu Menon clearly wanted his readers to appreciate the new values of his hero and heroine and criticize the ignorance and immortality of Suri Nambuthiri.


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