The Legend of Ramulamma

01 July, 2014

Vithal Rajan

Hachette India

272 pages, Rs 395

Vithal Rajan, who has also authored Shelock Holmes adventures set in India, centres this collection of twelve stories around a middle-aged Dalit widow who is also a village midwife. Ramulamma uses her detective skills, knowledge of practical medicine and intuition to deliver justice to the poor, bring powerful landlords to book, and teach the police a lesson or two about the meaning of duty.