Character of Selvi.

 Story Writer R. K. Narayan had artistically portrayed the character of an innocent girl Selvi in his story ‘Selvi’. In this story, Selvi herself is the main character, a girl with gifted voice. She was born in a very poor family. Her mother was her Guru in music. In her school life, she won prize for excellency in music. She got familiar with male-dominating society when she was married to Mohan, a greedy person who always controlled her in her every activity. Gradually she became an automaton of Mohan’s hand. She had no scope to express her own will, view, desire. Even she had no right to choose her song for her concert. She was utilized for profit by her husband. She was forcefully separated from her family. She was not allowed to speak with anyone without Mohan’s permission. All her words, activities were scripted by Mohan. Even she had to separate herself from her poor mother due to her husband’s order. She had no strength to protest against it. But the world knew Selvi for her singing and they considered he as the goddess Saraswathi. Her well-wishers were desperate for a ‘darshan’ from her. But her husband had fortified her from the rest of the world. She just acted as a machine when she was commended. Thus, she lost her words, emotions, feeling.

     But once her mother died and she got that news very later. This incident changed the mum Selvi completely and for the first time she revolted against her husband and went to her mother’s house. She then immediately refused to return with her husband and started to sing in free session every day. For the first time, Selvi went against mohan’s words and it made Mohan puzzled. Thus, R. K. Narayan had brought climax at the very end of the story through the character of Selvi.