The Duality of Nature in “Tsunami Simon” by Damodar Mauzo - Dr Itika

The paper to be presented is an attempt to locate the dualism present in Nature in the translated novel Tsunami Simon which was authored by Damodar Mauzo and translated from Konkani into English by Xavier Cota. This novel bagged an award, that is, the Vimla V Pai Vishwa Konkani Puraskar in 2011. Besides this, the translator too is the recipient of the Katha Award for Translation. The presentation will focus on underlining the embedded aspects of masculinity and femininity in the literary text by Mauzo. This dualism is allegorically interwoven with the story of the people living in the coastal areas. And how the activities of the female and male characters reflect the different shades of their feminine and masculine behaviour respectively. As Nature is an embodiment of the Prakriti and the Purusha, similarly one can have a glimpse of the flora and fauna in the text. The Sankhya Philosophy is also metaphorically related with the storyline of the novel.