The irony of the interface between these two worlds occupies a substantial space in the novel. He places them in opposition to the scientific and rational world outside, which is now making inroads into the hamlet through Ravi's single-teacher school. Through these encounters, Vijayan narrates numerous stories, myths and superstitions cherished in Khasak. It recounts the numerous encounters of Khasak from a spiritual and philosophical frame of mind. He commits suicide through snake-bite while waiting for a bus at Koomankavu. After some years, his lover Padma calls on him and Ravi decides to leave Khasak. The novel begins with Ravi’s arrival at Khasak and his encounters with its people, Allappicha Mollakka, Appukkili, Shivaraman Nair, Madhavan Nair, Kuppuvachan, Maimoona, Khaliyar, Aliyar, and the students of his school like Kunhamina, Karuvu, Unipparadi, Kochusuhara and others. At Khasak, he starts a single-teacher school as part of the District Board’s education initiative. He deserts his lover Padma and leaves on a long pilgrimage, which finally brings him to the small hamlet of Khasak near Palakkad. Ravi abandons a bright academic career and a research offer from Princeton University. It is crafted in the form of the spiritual journey of an under-graduate dropout, Ravi, plagued by the guilt of an illicit affair he had with his stepmother. Khasakkinte Itihasam does not have a single narrative plot.
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