Noted Malayalam writer S. Hareesh has withdrawn his novel 바카라Meesa바카라 (Moustache) citing threats from certain groups who targeted him for 바카라anti-Hindu dialogues바카라. Â
Hareesh바카라s novel was being published as a series in Mathrubhumi weekly.
When contacted by Outlook, Mathrubhumi weekly editor Kamal Ram Sajeev confirmed that the weekly has received a letter from Hareesh asking to withdraw from publishing remaining parts of the novel.
바카라S. Hareesh withdraws his novel 바카라Meesa바카라, literature is being mob lynched, darkest day in Kerala바카라s cultural history, lightless days to follow,바카라 Sajeev tweeted.
The weekly has so far published three parts of the novel.
Hareesh, a Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award winner, was not reachable for a comment.
A source close to him has told Outlook that he and his family have been receiving threats.
Certain people alleged that the novel portrays women visiting temples in poor light.
According to Sajeev, Meesa deals with lives of Dalits and the backward communities of Southern Kerala.
바카라It바카라s an artistic expression of the oppression those communities faced half-a-century ago,바카라 said Sajeev.
Poet K. Satchidanandan said Hareesh바카라s decision to withdraw the novel was 바카라unfortunate.바카라
바카라The controversy is deliberate and unreasonable. The whole literary world 바카라 except, may be, a few - stands behind  him strongly,바카라 he said.
