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Kuttikrishna Marar
14 books16 followersKuttikrishna Marar (14 June 1900 – 6 April 1973) was an Indian essayist and literary critic born in Pattambi, Kerala.His work on Bharathaparyadanam - A critical study of the Mahabharata is one that won him many honours.
He passed the Sahityashiromani exam from the Samskrita College in Pattambi. He started his career as Sahithyacharya at the Kerala Kalamandalam. For 15 years he was with Mahakavi Vallathol Narayana Menon and published many of his writings. From 1938 to 1961 he was the proofreader of the Malayalam daily newspaper,Mathrubhoomi. In 1967, he received 'Sahithya Ratnam' award and 'Sahithya nipunan' award from Tripunithura Sanskrit college.
His work Malayaala Saili is still one of the most authentic treatises on proper Malayalam usage. Bharata Paryatanam (Travel through Bharata), another important work of Marar is critical exposition of the characters and main events in the epic Mahaabhaarata. Bharatha Paryatanam, Sahithyasallapam, Danthagopuram, Kaivilakku (collections of literary criticism) are his important works on literary criticism. In addition to the above, there are more than 19 collections essays on literary criticism.
Another important work of Marar is "Kala Jeevitham Thanne" (Art is Life itself), which won him Kerala Sahithya Academy Award, Kendra Sahithya Academy Award and M.P. Paul Prize.
He passed the Sahityashiromani exam from the Samskrita College in Pattambi. He started his career as Sahithyacharya at the Kerala Kalamandalam. For 15 years he was with Mahakavi Vallathol Narayana Menon and published many of his writings. From 1938 to 1961 he was the proofreader of the Malayalam daily newspaper,Mathrubhoomi. In 1967, he received 'Sahithya Ratnam' award and 'Sahithya nipunan' award from Tripunithura Sanskrit college.
His work Malayaala Saili is still one of the most authentic treatises on proper Malayalam usage. Bharata Paryatanam (Travel through Bharata), another important work of Marar is critical exposition of the characters and main events in the epic Mahaabhaarata. Bharatha Paryatanam, Sahithyasallapam, Danthagopuram, Kaivilakku (collections of literary criticism) are his important works on literary criticism. In addition to the above, there are more than 19 collections essays on literary criticism.
Another important work of Marar is "Kala Jeevitham Thanne" (Art is Life itself), which won him Kerala Sahithya Academy Award, Kendra Sahithya Academy Award and M.P. Paul Prize.
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March 30, 2016
Another winner from Kuttikrishna Marar, about themes in Indian mythology. The only article I remember was his essay on Rama, and the flaws in his character in Valmiki's Ramayana. I read it in the context of the Ram Janmabhoomi agitation and the demolition of the Babri Masjid in 1992, when Lord Rama of Hindu myth, extolled as the epitome of human virtue (Maryada Purushottham), was used as an emotional metaphor by Hindu fundamentalists to demolish a centuries-old mosque based on a dubious claim.
I learnt that in Valmiki's original Ramayana, Rama was an honourable man, albeit with fatal character flaws - the quintessential tragic hero. (He was changed into a virtual god by the devotional poet Tulsi Das as part of the Bhakti movement.) Marar's essay was an eye-opener, and taught me that one has to go back to the originals and not trust interpretations (especially when politics is involved). I have a feeling that if this author was alive in India today, he would have been targeted by the religious right!
I learnt that in Valmiki's original Ramayana, Rama was an honourable man, albeit with fatal character flaws - the quintessential tragic hero. (He was changed into a virtual god by the devotional poet Tulsi Das as part of the Bhakti movement.) Marar's essay was an eye-opener, and taught me that one has to go back to the originals and not trust interpretations (especially when politics is involved). I have a feeling that if this author was alive in India today, he would have been targeted by the religious right!
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