Akkitham Achuthan Namboothiri, popularly called Akkitham is a Malayalam poet, writer, freedom fighter, social activist and social reformer. He is the recipient of India’s highest literary honour, the Jnanpith Award in 2019. He got...
Gilu Joseph is a film lyrist, actress and model from Kerala. She is also a poet. She is an air hostess turned actress, associated with Malayalam cine field and modelling. In 2018 March she...
Benyamin is an award winning writer from the state of Kerala, best known for his fiction works. Many of his books are bestsellers and have been translated to English and other languages. His novel...
Ashita (1956 – 2019) was a famous Malayalam writer who wrote poetry and short stories. She was a recipient of Lalithambika Anterjanam Smaraka Sahitya Award, Edasseri Award, Padmarajan Award and many other honours for...
Similar to every art and poetry forms, Poothappattu also owns a story. It follows a tradition, closely linked with social life of Kerala, harvesting of crops in the Ponnani region, and also many more....
Since young, observing birds remained one of his most favourite hobbies. Whenever he gets time, he spent his time in his courtyard of his ancestral home at Kavassery, following birds. He started closely observing...
Only a few poets from Malayalam have succeeded in influencing people through ‘Bhakti’ or devotion and Poonthanam is one among the prominent names. Needless to say, his philosophical work, Jnanappana dedicated to Guruvayurappan (Lord...
A great scholar and poet, Kaikulangara Rama Warrier who gave copyright of all his 16 great works for just 500 rupees to Parammel Iyyu Ittupp of Kunnamkulam (Thrissur), the businessman who printed his works...
Around 1860, a printing press was installed at Kochi by British, Paul Melvin Vocal along with a few fellow people, and published an English newspaper ‘Western Star’ in 1864. Very soon, a Malayalam magazine...
Now hot debates are going on about freedom of press and intolerance. World Press Freedom Day is also celebrated every year in grand. But we need to agree, time has changed a lot and...
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