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Mucheettukalikkarante Makal
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Wikipedia article
'Mucheettukalikkarante Makal' ('The Card Sharper's Daughter') is a novel by Vaikom Muhammad Basheer published in 1951. Written in the colloquial tongue and filled with exceptional humour, the novel remains a best seller in Malayalam literature.[https://web.archive.org/web/20080123102215/http://www.hindu.com/2008/01/20/stories/2008012059950300.htm "Basheer had a prophetic vision"]. 'The Hindu'. 20 January 2008. Retrieved 3 June 2013
Plot summary
Ottakkannan Pokker barely ekes out a living as a card sharper. His daughter Zainaba runs a small tea shop in the market place. She falls in love with Mandan Muthappa. Pokker objects this relationship because he hoped for a better son-in-law. The story develops with love between Zainaba and Mandan Muthappa and ends with how Mandan Muthappa defeated Ottakkannan Pokker in the card game.
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Category:Novels by Vaikom Muhammad Basheer
Category:1951 novels
Category:Malayalam novels
Category:Novels set in Kerala
Category:1951 Indian novels
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