{{short description|2013 novel by Sarah Joseph}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2019}} {{Use Indian English|date=December 2019}} {{Infobox book <!-- |italic title = (see above) --> | name = Aalohari Anandam | image = File:Aalohari Anandam.jpg | image_size = | caption = First edition | alt = | author = Sarah Joseph | title_orig = | translator = | illustrator = | cover_artist = | country = India | language = Malayalam | series = | subject = | genre = | published = 26 December 2013, Current Books, Thrissur | media_type = Print | pages = | awards = | isbn = | oclc = | dewey = | congress = | preceded_by = | followed_by = | wikisource = }} '''''Aalohari Anandam''''' (''Per Capita Happiness'') is a Malayalam-language novel by Sarah Joseph published in 2013.<ref>{{cite web|author=P. Anima |url=http://www.thehindu.com/books/books-authors/her-voice/article5483068.ece |title=Her Voice |newspaper=The Hindu |date=2013-12-20 |access-date=2014-01-22}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Suresh |first=Meera |url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/kerala/article1407132.ece |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131229114152/http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/kerala/article1407132.ece |url-status=dead |archive-date=29 December 2013 |title=Voice of the fair sex |newspaper=The New Indian Express |date=2013-01-04 |access-date=2014-01-22}}</ref> The novel was originally serialised in ''Mathrubhumi Weekly''.
==Plot summary== Set in a large Christian household, Aalohari Anandam dissects different faces of man-woman relationships, as well as sexual orientation. Its story deals with the homosexuality of a married woman and its impact in her life and society.
==Release== The novel was released at a function at the Kerala Sahitya Akademi in Thrissur on 26 December 2013. Writer M. Mukundan handed over the first copy of the book to literary critic S. Saradakutty. The Novel Market Price is Rs. 500.00.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-kerala/sara-josephs-new-novel-to-be-released/article5485903.ece |title=Sara Joseph's new novel to be released |newspaper=The Hindu |date=2013-12-21 |access-date=2014-01-22}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mathrubhumi.com/books/article/news/2764/ |title=Books-സ്വവര്ഗ്ഗരതി നിരോധനം സര്ഗ്ഗാത്മകത നിരോധിക്കുന്നതിനു തുല്യം -എം. മുകുന്ദന് |publisher=Mathrubhumi |date=2013-12-27 |access-date=2014-01-22 |language=ml |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140122122324/http://www.mathrubhumi.com/books/article/news/2764/ |archive-date=2014-01-22 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Alohari-Anandam-released/speednewsbytopic/keyid-1990671.cms |title=Alohari Anandam released|newspaper=The Times of India |access-date=2014-01-22}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author=Godwin AG |url=http://www.thrissurnow.com/2013/12/alohari-anandam-novel-by-sara-joseph.html?m=1 |title=Alohari Anandam Novel by Sara Joseph |publisher=Thrissur Now |date=2013-12-26 |access-date=2014-01-22 |archive-date=27 December 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131227153441/http://www.thrissurnow.com/2013/12/alohari-anandam-novel-by-sara-joseph.html?m=1 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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