S. Tamilselvan’s Short Story 'Subbuttai' from a Sociological Point of View

Abstract

Among Tamil writers in the Karisal region, S. Tamilselvan's story, Subhuthai, is said to point to the plight of child labor. The Subhuthai story points to the psychological tendency of a child to express her emotional state in a realistic way while carrying the burden of the family at the age of going to school, and thinking of her mother and the baby in her arms, without talking about education at all. No matter how many short stories have been written about child labor in the history of Tamil short stories, this story highlights the plight of child labor, which is considered a disgrace to society. His story has done an unparalleled job of convincing the upper class through such stories to stop the children working at their homes and send them to school. Another important domain in the works of Tamilselvan are the stories of Subbuthai, Voices, Lunger Boy, Word, and Mynakkal, which tell us about the mental world of children, the stories of the nostalgic crises of children from economically disadvantaged families. Through Subhuthai, the expressions of Karisal children’s lifestyle is said to be voiced.