{{Short description|1969 novel by V. K. N.}} {{Other uses|Aarohanam (disambiguation){{!}}Aarohanam}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2018}} {{Use Indian English|date=May 2018}} {{Infobox book <!-- |italic title = (see above) -->| name = Arohanam<br />(Bovine Bugles) | image = File:Arohanam_(novel).png | image_size = | caption = | alt = | author = V. K. N. | title_orig = | translator = V. K. N. | illustrator = Artist Namboothiri | cover_artist = N. Ajayan | country = India | language = Malayalam | series = | subject = | genre = Novel | publisher = DC Books | publisher2 = | pub_date = 1969 | english_pub_date = | media_type = | pages = 167 | awards = Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award | isbn = | oclc = | dewey = | congress = | preceded_by = | preceded_by_quotation_marks = | followed_by = | followed_by_quotation_marks = | wikisource = }} '''''Arohanam''''' (meaning, Ascent) is a Malayalam-language political satire novel written by V. K. N. in 1969. V. K. N. himself translated the novel into English under the title '''''Bovine Bugles'''''.<ref>Thachom Poyil Rajeevan (4 April 2004). [https://web.archive.org/web/20040527184614/http://www.hindu.com/lr/2004/04/04/stories/2004040400290400.htm "Laughter born of tears"]. ''The Hindu''. Retrieved 1 July 2013.</ref> The author follows his trademark style in this novel which mercilessly attacks the Indian politics of the 1960s. The novel won the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award in 1970.<ref>[http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/sp/Writers/ksa/Awards/Mal_Awards.htm "Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130426134403/http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/sp/Writers/ksa/Awards/Mal_Awards.htm |date=26 April 2013 }} (in Malayalam). Kerala Sahitya Akademi. Retrieved 1 July 2013.</ref><ref>[http://kerala.gov.in/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3065&Itemid=2379 "Literary Awards"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120618062155/http://kerala.gov.in/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3065&Itemid=2379 |date=2012-06-18 }}. Government of Kerala. Retrieved 1 July 2013.</ref>
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Category:Malayalam novels Category:Indian satirical novels Category:Novels set in Kerala Category:Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award–winning works Category:DC Books books Category:1969 Indian novels
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