te Priyappetta Kathakal is a collection of selected stories written by C V Balakrishnan. It has 20 stories including Kuliru, Petta Vayaru, Urangan Vayya, Makkal, Santhathi, Theevandimanushyan, Pranayakaalam, Daivam Pokunna Patha, Thoramazhayath, Theevandi Manushyan and Nidra Thudarathe Kinavilla.
After completing his school education, he took training in teaching and worked in various schools before shifting to Calcutta in 1979 where he worked as a freelance journalist. It was in Calcutta he began writing Ayussinte Pusthakam.