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@article{172451,
        author = {PONNANNA C P and Prof Dr Geralyn Pinto and Aishwarya M.N},
        title = {Tiger Hills and The Scent of Pepper as Novels of Place and Geography},
        journal = {International Journal of Innovative Research in Technology},
        year = {2025},
        volume = {11},
        number = {8},
        pages = {3301-3305},
        issn = {2349-6002},
        url = {https://ijirt.org/article?manuscript=172451},
        abstract = {This paper focuses on Sarita Mandanna’s novel Tiger Hills and Kavery Nambisan’s The Scent of Pepper which, though they deal with clan histories, personal relationships and cultural practices, are not autonomous of nature and landscape. These narratives are, in fact, proven to be novels of place and the natural environment, as well as dependable sources of geographical knowledge.
This is achieved by drawing comparisons between the depiction in the two novels of Kodagu’s natural environment and Kodava culture, and the reports set down in the factually veracious Gazetteer of India, Karnataka State: Kodagu District, Coorg, which cover the same historical period as the novels occupy.},
        keywords = {Nature, Landscape, Culture},
        month = {January},
        }