అగ్నిగుండం

A realist novel presents a sequence of episodes drawn from the author's eyewitness experience during a period of political retrenchment and social strain. It shows how austerity measures, administrative neglect, and entrenched corruption weaken institutions, trigger strikes and protests, and contribute to cycles of retaliatory and insurgent violence. Through interconnected scenes in educational, official, and communal settings, the narrative examines individuals' moral responses, the erosion of civic trust, and the ways ordinary people cope, resist, or become entangled as social tensions intensify.