Students Etched in Memory (Record no. 49625)

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005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION
control field 20250310151314.0
020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9780143468066
082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 370 MUR
100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Murugan, Perumal
245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT
Title Students Etched in Memory
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT)
Name of publisher, distributor, etc Penguin Random House India Pvt. Ltd
Place of publication, distribution, etc Haryana
Date of publication, distribution, etc 2025
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent 220
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc Students Etched in Memory is a remarkable collection of forty essays by Perumal Murugan, translated with sensitivity and grace by V. Iswarya. While Murugan is widely acclaimed for his novels such as One Part Woman and Pyre, this collection reveals another facet of his work—as a teacher, mentor and keen observer of young minds.<br/>In these deeply personal essays, Murugan offers an intimate look into the lives of college students from small-town Tamil Nadu. Each is a portrait of youth, where the pursuit of education becomes a journey not just of academic growth, but of self-discovery. Through his sharp yet compassionate observations, Murugan captures the delicate balance between the quest for knowledge and the search for identity, belonging and purpose.<br/>With profound empathy for his students, Murugan recognizes that education is far more than textbooks and exams. Against the backdrop of contemporary India, the essays reflect the broader challenges facing students—pressures of family expectations, class, caste and the tension between tradition and modernity. Yet, they carry a sense of hope—of education as a pathway to change, upward mobility and the possibility of personal transformation.<br/>Once again, Perumal Murugan demonstrates his mastery in capturing the lived experiences of individuals navigating the shifting currents of change.
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element Education
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Biography and autobiography
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Personal name Iswarya V (Transletor)
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Koha item type Book
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