Violation Of Women In Kondamudi Kaulu, By Madiga Pulodu '

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Child labour
The first incident we could find in the novel was about ‘Duggodu’ who belonged to Mala caste to work as ‘paleru’ in the house of Kotaiah. He was as small as Kotaiah’s son Venkayya. His son left for playing with his friends of his age and at the same time he was sent to school for education and but this poor boy has to do the house hold work and later he had to go for animal gazing which was one of the interesting work for him. This was a violation of human rights in those days around 1920s, which was portrayed very well. We could find the same characters in and around the society in those days. This system continued for a long time in the society.
Kondamudi Papadu’s father Pulladu took Rs.20 from Mallibabu as a loan for interest.
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Violation of women rights
The evidences of violating rights of women are evident in this novel. The three incidents show the conditions of women in those days. The rights of women were violated in the form of molestation in Ondrumatti. Those incidents are:
 One day Madiga Nallodu’s wife Rahelu went to work as usual. After the work, though her children were waiting for her at home, she needed to gather tender green grass to her buffalo’s female calf. So, she fell behind of others and was plucking the grass. Within no time, Nandayya came and hugged her from back side and this was an unexpected happening to her. As she was working from the morning and she did not has both mental and physical courage to protest him. Finally she could not protect
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Though many naughty people had their eyes on her tender beauties, her father and mother were protecting her form the people. Because, Yerukala was a marginalized caste and they were very weaker section in the society. At the dawn, Yellamma went out for excrement. At that time, Kondayya went to call labour to work in his field next morning, and he observed her going. Then, he was waiting on her way to home. When she started to her home back, suddenly he attacked her. Despite of her crying and protesting, he did not leave her. When her parents were searching for her, she was found in a fainted condition in the hut which was

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