The anthology of essays titled Novel : bhodhavum prathibodhavum, edited by Rajasekharan and Azad in 1992 is the first book that began debates about post modern turn in Malayalam literature.

[2] "The most significant contribution of Rajasekharan is that he analysed post modern literature in Malayalam theoretically and expanded that aesthetics.

This unique characteristic of Malayalam novels is the result of the introduction of realistic narration in the genre to deal with contemporary issues.

The early Malayalam novels, he argues, revolted against all hegemonies such as the government, patriarchy, merciless fate, aristocracy, and religion – which he equates to the “blind God” (p. 17).

Aristocracy, the all-powerful patriarch, brutal feudalism and capitalism, the omnipresent narrator, the selffashioned individual, these were the various forms in which the God-symbol made itself present in the novel.

Such a perception of the nexus of power enables to centrally address and engage with the questions of caste, class and gender in the novels.