Unnikrishnan Nair

Rajan Unnikrishnan Nair

Rajan is a smooth-running narrative of a journey that almost every boy from a middle-class family goes through. Rajan, the protagonist displays thoughts, emotions and experiences of a regular human child before birth to the stages of adolescence and then to other psychological and physical advancement. The novel is more of a search of life within life, through various ups and downs in the character's journey and also his friends. The story focuses on the psychological and moral growth of the character/characters. Through a series of incidents, the coming of age novel displays events that happen during the course in the life of the character, his two best friends-Raghu and Bala and his family. Rajan Vol 1 is the first installment of the Village boy series, followed by 3 more.