The issues raised in by the novel Indulekha written in Malayalam were : (i) How could the Indians face, under colonial rule, the trouble of safe guarding their cultural identity and traditions. How could they accept modern colinial culture without setting aside their own cultural could they accept modern colonial heritage. The heroine and how of the novel had received westen education and were antistic and highly cultural. Besides English,they both knew Sanskrit also. Though he were western dress, the hero, Madhavan, kept a long lift of hair as was the tradition of his clan, the Nayars. (ii) It also was about on issue, hotly debated at that time, the marriage practices of copper caste Hindus in Kerala, specially the Nambuthiri Brahmins and the Nayars. Nambuthiri’s were the landlords in Kerala and Nayars’ their tenants. In late 19th century Kerala, the younger generations of Nayars, with English education, objected strongly against marriages between Nambuthiris and Nayars. They wanted new laws regarding marriages and properly. The Nayars had acquired property and wealth on their own. Chandu Menon clearly wnated his readers to appreciate new values of hero and heroine and criticise the ingorance of the Nambuthiris and challenge old traditions.