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| Arohanam (Bovine Bugles) | |
| Author: | V. K. N. |
| Translator: | V. K. N. |
| Illustrator: | Artist Namboothiri |
| Cover Artist: | N. Ajayan |
| Country: | India |
| Language: | Malayalam |
| Genre: | Novel |
| Publisher: | DC Books |
| Pub Date: | 1969 |
| Pages: | 167 |
| Awards: | Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award |
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.[1] 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.[2] [3]