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സ്വര്‍ഗം തുറക്കുന്ന സമയം | Swargam Thurakkunna Samayam

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Collection of 6 stories
1.വില്‍പ്പന
2.പുരാവൃത്തം
3.അഭയം വീണ്ടും
4.എവിടെയ്ക്കോ ഒരു വഴി
5.ഹോരാ
6.സ്വര്‍ഗം തുറക്കുന്ന സമയം

104 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1983

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കഥാകൃത്ത്, നോവലിസ്റ്റ്, തിരക്കഥാകൃത്ത്, ചലച്ചിത്ര സംവിധായകന്‍. 1933 ജൂലൈ 15-ന് പൊന്നാനിക്കടുത്ത് കൂടല്ലൂരില്‍ ജനിച്ചു. അദ്ധ്യാപകനായിരുന്നു. മാതൃഭൂമി ആഴ്ചപ്പതിപ്പിന്റെ സഹപത്രാധിപര്‍, പിന്നീട് പത്രാധിപര്‍ (1956-'81). മാതൃഭൂമി പീരിയോഡിക്കല്‍സ് എഡിറ്റര്‍ (1988-'99). കേന്ദ്ര സാഹിത്യ അക്കാദമി അവാര്‍ഡ് (കാലം), കേരള സാഹിത്യ അക്കാദമി അവാര്‍ഡ് (നാലുകെട്ട്), വയലാര്‍ അവാര്‍ഡ് (രണ്ടാമൂഴം), ഓടക്കുഴല്‍ അവാര്‍ഡ് (വാനപ്രസ്ഥം), ജ്ഞാനപീഠ പുരസ്‌കാരം എന്നിവ ലഭിച്ചു. തിരക്കഥയ്ക്കുള്ള സംസ്ഥാന, ദേശീയ അവാര്‍ഡുകള്‍ പലതവണ കിട്ടി. നിര്‍മ്മാല്യത്തിന് മികച്ച ചലച്ചിത്രത്തിനുള്ള 1974-ലെ ദേശീയ അവാര്‍ഡും. കാലിക്കറ്റ് സര്‍വ്വകലാശാലയുടെയും മഹാത്മാഗാന്ധി സര്‍വ്വകലാശാലയുടെയും ഡി.ലിറ്റ് ബഹുമതി. 2004-ല്‍ പത്മഭൂഷണ്‍ ലഭിച്ചു.

Madath Thekkepaattu Vasudevan Nair, popularly known as M. T., was an Indian author, screenplay writer and film director. He was a prolific and versatile writer in modern Malayalam literature, and was one of the masters of post-Independence Indian literature. Randamoozham, which retells the story of the Mahabharata from the point of view of Bhimasena, is widely credited as his masterpiece.
At the age of 20, as a chemistry undergraduate, he won the prize for the best short story in Malayalam for Valarthumrigangal at World Short Story Competition jointly conducted by New York Herald Tribune, Hindustan Times, and Mathrubhumi. His first major novel, Naalukettu (The Legacy), written at the age of 23, won the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award in 1958. His other novels include Manju (Mist), Kaalam (Time), Asuravithu (The Demon Seed), and Randamoozham (The Second Turn). The emotional experiences of his early days went into his novels, and most of his works are oriented towards the basic Malayalam family structure and culture. His three novels set in traditional tharavads in Kerala are Naalukettu, Asuravithu, and Kaalam.
Nair was a screenwriter and director of Malayalam films. He directed seven films and wrote the screenplay for around 54 films. He won the National Film Award for Best Screenplay four times, for: Oru Vadakkan Veeragatha (1989), Kadavu (1991), Sadayam (1992), and Parinayam (1994), which is the most by anyone in the screenplay category. In 1995 he was awarded the highest literary award in India, Jnanpith, for his overall contribution to Malayalam literature. In 2005, India's third highest civilian honour, Padma Bhushan, was awarded to him.

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May 13, 2025
The specialty of books by M.T. is that you will never feel bored no matter how many times you reread them. Some of his stories are repeated in his books dealing with his selected works and complete collection, and I have gone through them at least a dozen times, and still, it feels like reading for the first time when I reread them.

This book includes his six stories. Each story in it will appear different depending upon the new experiences we gather and gives us a new perspective towards life when we again read it after a few years.
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August 7, 2018
Reading this after 35 years of of publication and still makes you wonder. I felt like I was among those characters. I don't know how an author can portray the emotions in this depth. I had to read some stories twice to understand it completely and when I do I could find new inner meanings to it. Stories are simple, short and will make you think even after you finish reading it. The characters are gonna haunt you for a night and that's the success of MT as a story teller. Hats off!
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July 4, 2018
MT has great ability to convey the notion of the people living in the village as well as in cities in their natural physical and mental states. the languages of the short stories are too well as it is always.
my favorites;
1.swargam thurakkunna samayam
2.vilpana
3.evidekko oru vazhy.
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