Answer:
(i) Menon portrayed
Indulekha as a woman of breathtaking beauty, with high intellectual abilities,
artistic talent and with an education in English and Sanskrit.
(ii)
Madhavan, the hero of the novel, was also presented in ideal colours. He was a
member of the newly English educated class of Nayars from the University of
Madras.
(iii)
He was also a 'first-rate' Sanskrit scholar.
(iv)
He dressed in western clothes, but at the same time, he kept a long tuft of
hair, according to the Nayar custom.
Characters
like Indulekha and Madhavan showed readers on how Indian and foreign lifestyles
could be brought together in an ideal combination.
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