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Neypayasam | നെയ്പ്പായസം
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Kamala Suraiyya Das
97 books815 followersSee also Madhavikutty
Kamala Suraiyya (born Kamala; 31 March 1934 – 31 May 2009), also known by her one-time pen name Madhavikutty and Kamala Das, was an Indian English poet and littérateur and at the same time a leading Malayalam author from Kerala, India. Her popularity in Kerala is based chiefly on her short stories and autobiography, while her oeuvre in English, written under the name Kamala Das, is noted for the poems and explicit autobiography.
Her open and honest treatment of female sexuality, free from any sense of guilt, infused her writing with power, but also marked her as an iconoclast in her generation. On 31 May 2009, aged 75, she died at a hospital in Pune. Das has earned considerable respect in recent years.
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Kamala Suraiyya (born Kamala; 31 March 1934 – 31 May 2009), also known by her one-time pen name Madhavikutty and Kamala Das, was an Indian English poet and littérateur and at the same time a leading Malayalam author from Kerala, India. Her popularity in Kerala is based chiefly on her short stories and autobiography, while her oeuvre in English, written under the name Kamala Das, is noted for the poems and explicit autobiography.
Her open and honest treatment of female sexuality, free from any sense of guilt, infused her writing with power, but also marked her as an iconoclast in her generation. On 31 May 2009, aged 75, she died at a hospital in Pune. Das has earned considerable respect in recent years.
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February 5, 2018
I didnt want the book to end..
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June 27, 2024സ്വന്തം ജീവിതത്തിനെ ആസ്പദമാക്കി എഴുതുന്നത്കൊണ്ടാണോ എന്നറിയില്ല, എന്തോ, ഉള്ളിൽ കേറി ഒരു അങ്കലാപ്പ് ഉണ്ടാക്കുന്ന സഹജസ്വഭാവമാണ് മാധവികുട്ടി കൃതികൾക്ക്, ഡോസ്റ്റോയെവ്സ്കയെ ഒക്കെ പോലെ.
February 15, 2016
Read it about ten years ago..still feel the pain it had left...
July 31, 2017
Translation of Neypayasam
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June 15, 2020Kamala Surayya or Kamala Das is famous for her short stories, and this is one of the most touching stories one can read. It speaks about a husband who returning from his wifes last rites, and how the 2 children react. A very subtle one.
September 16, 2024
Understatement...
September 17, 2020
Heart touching
February 16, 2018
I heard about this story when i was studying in high school and this was one chapter in Malayalam. I think this is the first story that i read of Kamala Das and it was a beginning. Now a admirer of the writer and her works.
When i saw this book i am become nostalgic and really missing those days.
When i saw this book i am become nostalgic and really missing those days.
February 9, 2018
Neyppayasam was my stepping stone to an exquisite collection of several other stories by Kamala Suraiyya
May 17, 2019
Good novel
July 27, 2019
കണ്ണീരോടെ അല്ലാതെ ഈ കഥ പൂർത്തിയാക്കാനാവില്ല
August 15, 2019
Sooper 1. Page only. But. Can touch a heart. 😘😢❤
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October 9, 2019Neypayasam
December 13, 2019
Still I could feel the pain which I felt when I read it for the first time. This was the first story which made me cry and I was very small at that time, 12 year old or so.
April 2, 2020
Very nice
April 13, 2020
I want to read
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February 1, 2021It is Amazing
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April 29, 2021Suer book
December 14, 2022
good
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March 31, 2023How to read this book.. Can't open
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July 20, 2025💔
October 12, 2020
I'm a HUGE fan of the author and I have read most of the books she has written,even when they didn't suit my age.
Sometimes you find a book that knocks all the air out of your lungs. You cease to exist when the author surprises with you a certain selection of words. This is the effect that this short story had on me. For a moment, I was clearly lost, I went mad, I didn't know what to do. I'm being really honest here. But only the people who have read this certain story will understand what I'm saying.
Neyppayasam is a short story, it's barely two pages long. But only a limited number of words are enough to convey a hard hitting piece of art. The author has made me realize that. It's been so long since I read this but the pain that came along with this story, it still lingers. There are somethings you don't get over,and this story is one of those.
Sometimes you find a book that knocks all the air out of your lungs. You cease to exist when the author surprises with you a certain selection of words. This is the effect that this short story had on me. For a moment, I was clearly lost, I went mad, I didn't know what to do. I'm being really honest here. But only the people who have read this certain story will understand what I'm saying.
Neyppayasam is a short story, it's barely two pages long. But only a limited number of words are enough to convey a hard hitting piece of art. The author has made me realize that. It's been so long since I read this but the pain that came along with this story, it still lingers. There are somethings you don't get over,and this story is one of those.
November 7, 2024
"എന്റെ ഭാര്യ മരിച്ചു....എന്റെ ഭാര്യ ഇന്നു പെട്ടെന്നു ഹൃദയസ്തംഭനംമൂലം മരിച്ചതുകൊണ്ട് എനിക്കു രണ്ടു ദിവസത്തെ ലീവു വേണം."
September 26, 2015
A short touching story...
February 24, 2016
memories through the valley of death..silent, strong ,spasmodic
July 12, 2016
I WANT TO READ THIS STORY
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May 9, 2022
Depiction of woman as mother
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November 17, 2018I think it's heart touching story
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