Autobiography of perumbadavam sreedharan pillai
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Growing up, there were no libraries in Malayalam writer Perumbadavam Sreedharan’s village. But he was a voracious reader, relentless in his pursuit of books. On an occasion, he came across a book that fascinated him—Crime and Punishment, written by a Russian author named Fyodor Dostoevsky (1821-1881). Could he borrow it? The owner was unwilling. “Why?” he was asked. “What would you know about a book like this? You won’t understand it.”
Sreedharan was crestfallen. As he started to leave, the man agreed to part with his book—on one condition. “If you can return the book by tomorrow evening, you can have it,” he said. Back home, Sreedharan burnt the midnight oil. By the time the first rays of the sun touched the ground, he had fallen head-over-heels in love with a writer from a distant land, whom he had never heard of in his life. “I don’t even remember how he looked,” says Sreedharan, in conversation with T
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80-years young: His writing flows Like a Psalm
If a question arises as to which is the novel written in Malayam that has sold around 3 lakh copies and had crossed the unimaginable limit of 100 editions and still counting, there is only one answer- Oru Sangeerthanam Pole. As the unassuming novelist of this classic turned 80 yesterday, it is time to introspect the role played by Perumbadavam Sreedharan in shaping the reading culture of Malayalis across the world. The ambience he has subtly woven around his characters known for their characteristic loneliness is perhaps an indication of the writer's lonely and unhappy childhood where he found solace in reading and writing poems. He once stated that he used to go to the lush green fields near his home to recite poems loudly perhaps to give solace to the all-embracing loneliness that engulfed him. He soon became friends with great writers who walked before him and beside him thereby forming a bond that became the springboard for his