Arohanam (novel)

{{Short description|1969 novel by V. K. N.}}

{{Other uses|Aarohanam (disambiguation){{!}}Aarohanam}}

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| name = Arohanam
(Bovine Bugles)

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| author = V. K. N.

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| translator = V. K. N.

| illustrator = Artist Namboothiri

| cover_artist = N. Ajayan

| country = India

| language = Malayalam

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| genre = Novel

| publisher = DC Books

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| pub_date = 1969

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| pages = 167

| awards = Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award

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Arohanam (meaning, Ascent) is a Malayalam-language political satire novel written by V. K. N. in 1969. V. K. N. himself translated the novel into English under the title Bovine Bugles.Thachom Poyil Rajeevan (4 April 2004). [https://web.archive.org/web/20040527184614/http://www.hindu.com/lr/2004/04/04/stories/2004040400290400.htm "Laughter born of tears"]. The Hindu. Retrieved 1 July 2013. The author follows his trademark style in this novel which mercilessly attacks the Indian politics of the 1960s. The novel won the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award in 1970.[http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/sp/Writers/ksa/Awards/Mal_Awards.htm "Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130426134403/http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/sp/Writers/ksa/Awards/Mal_Awards.htm |date=26 April 2013 }} (in Malayalam). Kerala Sahitya Akademi. Retrieved 1 July 2013.[http://kerala.gov.in/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3065&Itemid=2379 "Literary Awards"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120618062155/http://kerala.gov.in/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3065&Itemid=2379 |date=2012-06-18 }}. Government of Kerala. Retrieved 1 July 2013.