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"Oru Manushyan" (Malayalam: ഒരു മനുഷ്യൻ; English: A Certain Man) is a short story written by Vaikom Muhammad Basheer. It was originally published in Mathrubhumi Illustrated Weekly and later included in the 1952 collection Pavapettavarude Veshya (The Prostitute of the Poor). [1]
The Travancore royal family follows Marumakkathayam as the rule of succession, which is collateral descent through maternal nephews. [7] The feudatory chiefs persuaded the sons of King Rama Varma, Pappu Thambi and Raman Thambi to claim their father's throne through Makkathayam, which is lineal descent through sons, while Marthanda Varma was the legal heir. [8]
"Poovan Pazham" (Malayalam: പൂവൻപഴം; English: Poovan Banana) is a short story written by Vaikom Muhammad Basheer and published in 1948 in the collection Viddikalude Swargam (Fool's Paradise). It is one of the most popular of Basheer's stories. [1] [2] [3] It was adapted into a telefilm of the same name by P. Balachandran.
Oru Sankeerthanam Pole (transl. Like a Psalm) is a 1993 Malayalam novel written by Indian novelist and writer Perumbadavam Sreedharan.Set in the city of Saint Petersburg, it deals with the life of the Russian author Fyodor Dostoyevsky and his love affair with Anna Grigoryevna Snitkina who would later become his wife.
Lalithambika Antharjanam (30 March 1909 – 6 February 1987) was an Indian author and social reformer best known for her literary works in the Malayalam language. She was influenced by the Indian independence movement and social reform movements among the Nambuthiri community and her writing reflects a sensitivity to the women's role in society, in the family and as an individual.
Vallathol Narayana Menon (16 October 1878 – 13 March 1958) was a Malayalam poet and one of the triumvirate of modern Malayalam poetry, along with Asan and Ulloor.The honorific Mahakavi was applied to him in 1913 after the publication of his Mahakavya Chitrayogam. [1]
Vyloppilli Sreedhara Menon (11 May 1911 – 22 December 1985) (also written as Vailoppilli) was an Indian poet of Malayalam literature.Known for his works such as Kudiyozhikkal, Kannikkoythu and Mambazham, Menon was the founder president of the Purogamana Kala Sahitya Sangham, an organisation of Kerala-based artists, writers and art and literature enthusiasts.
Later, Parvati fused them into one, creating the six-headed Kartikeya. [7] Kartikeya means "of the Krittikas" in Sanskrit . [ 6 ] [ 8 ] According to Hindu literature, he is known by 108 different names, though other names also exist in common usage. [ 9 ]