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Sheela Tomy


Born
Wayanad, Kerala, India

Sheela Tomy is a novelist and short-story writer from Kerala. She has a MA in Mass communication and Journalism. As a Malayalam short story writer, Sheela rose into prominence with her debut collection Melquiadesnte Pralayapusthakam (‘Melquiades’ Book of Floods’) in 2012. Valli is her debut novel which was awarded renowned Cherukad Award for Malayalam Literature 2021. ‘Valli’ in English was shortlisted for the JCB Award for Literature 2022 and Atta Galatta Banglore Literature Festival Book Prize 2022. ‘Valli’ also bagged O Abdulla translation award 2023. Sheela’s newest work, Aa Nadiyodu Preu Chodikkaruth (Do Not Ask the River Her Name), a novel addressing the struggle of people under siege, is well acclaimed. Sheela has resided in the Midd ...more

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Valli
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“There must come a time when each of us is able to hear the forest weep, a time when the languages of the forest and the humans will become one, a time when the axe and the chainsaw will disappear from the face of the earth. When the time comes, human beings will learn to love the earth and one another. In that time, the forest will bloom to the sound of human laughter, and it tell us that every life, however small or delicate as the touch-me-not, is divine.”
― Sheela Tomy, Valli
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“For a piece of yam, a knot of tobacco
You can't scam us any more
Not for Valli, not for paddy
You can't work us any more
Ours this soil, ours alone”
― Sheela Tomy, Valli
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“Honour...what was it? Something that men valued and protected, and used against women to break them, to destroy them.”
― Sheela Tomy, Valli
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