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ee jeevitham kondu ithramathram
കലഹിച്ചും പ്രണയിച്ചും ജീവിച്ചും ഈ കാലമത്രയും മാധവിക്കുട്ടി എഴുതിയതിന്റെ പുനരെഴുത്തുകൾ. ആത്മകഥനസ്വഭാവമാർന്ന എഴുത്തിൽ ഗ്രന്ഥകർത്രി സ്വയം ജീവിതത്തെ സംഗ്രഹിക്കുന്നു ഈ ജീവിതം ഇത്രമാത്രമായിരുന്നുവെന്ന് വെളിപ്പെടുത്തുന്നു.
76 pages, Paperback
Published January 17, 2008
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Kamala Suraiyya Das
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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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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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June 6, 2023
When Madhavikutty converted her religion to Islam and took the name Kala Suraiyya, it caused a big controversy in Kerala. This book, written after the conversion, discusses all these events in detail.
The author also discusses the mindset of people and why we should look at society through a more liberal outlook.
The author, with her personality and writing skills, shares a lot of information that will make you think a lot about human behavior in this book.
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The author also discusses the mindset of people and why we should look at society through a more liberal outlook.
The author, with her personality and writing skills, shares a lot of information that will make you think a lot about human behavior in this book.
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June 28, 2020
When one puts one’s innermost thoughts on paper and present it to the voyeuristic eyes of the world, one is opening oneself to the moral judgements of the decadent society too. Either one has to steel oneself to the noises that come as feedback or one should find solace in one’s own inner world, not listening to the world at all. When one stays in the middle, pain cannot be avoided.
In these essays, the author is trying to have her innermost conversations with God, the way as an adolescent I used to cry in front of the small Krishna idol I had every night, as if he were my friend. One can also see the pain at being misunderstood, at being criticised. And the pain is not peripheral, it goes so deep as to find place in her conversations with God.
This book is completely personal, you will feel like she is talking to you, sitting on a wheelchair in front of you, with an occasional gasp or a tear. You see a woman, hurt after her fight with the world, confused if her life was a complete success or an utter failure. You cannot come out of this book untouched, not feeling a tinge of guilt for being part of the society that fed on her like vultures.
In these essays, the author is trying to have her innermost conversations with God, the way as an adolescent I used to cry in front of the small Krishna idol I had every night, as if he were my friend. One can also see the pain at being misunderstood, at being criticised. And the pain is not peripheral, it goes so deep as to find place in her conversations with God.
This book is completely personal, you will feel like she is talking to you, sitting on a wheelchair in front of you, with an occasional gasp or a tear. You see a woman, hurt after her fight with the world, confused if her life was a complete success or an utter failure. You cannot come out of this book untouched, not feeling a tinge of guilt for being part of the society that fed on her like vultures.
February 23, 2019
Ee Jeevitham Kondu Ithramathram is a collection of 19 notes and 11 poems by Madhavikutty. I find the 2nd half of the book very interesting than the first. And the note which struck me was the one about Keralites mindset ( മലയാളി മനസ് മാത്രം മാറ്റിയിട്ടില്ല - Malayalee's Mind hasn't changed yet) . My transformation has been celebrated by the society in the worst form ? Change is inevitable and if we think that we can't change that will be sinful. Hasn't the nature change ? Change even happens in the growth of mankind !!. Hasn't our state (kerala) change and the way we live(our life) in the past few years ?? We can see changes in our eating habits , dressing attires, music,education, roads, street and almost everything but the mindset of the Keralites hasn't changed yet and it has be depicted by writer with an example -> when her weekly article "Vandikalakal" has released , the kind of reception /letters she received which were filled with utterly offensive languages. Like wise she has portrayed her life experiences with several notes.
September 4, 2021
മതപരിവർത്തനത്തിന് ശേഷമുള്ള പുസ്തകം ആയതിനാൽ ഇതിൽ കൂടുതൽ മതത്തെയാണ് കാണാൻ കഴിയുക. പ്രത്യേകിച്ചും പുസ്തകത്തിന്റെ തുടക്കത്തിലും അവസാനത്തിലും. കഥാകൃത്ത് നേരിട്ട പലതരത്തിലുള്ള സമൂഹത്തിന്റെ മോശമായ ഇടപെടലിനെ പറ്റി ഇതിൽ നന്നായി അവതരിപ്പിച്ചിട്ടുണ്ട്. ഓരോ വരിയിലും മർമ്മം നോക്കി പ്രഹരിക്കാൻ മാധവിക്കുട്ടിക്ക് കഴിഞ്ഞിട്ടുണ്ട്.
കുഞ്ഞുങ്ങളാണ് ദൈവമെന്നും എനിക്ക് അതിനോടാണ് ആരാധനയുന്നുമാണ് കഥാകൃത്ത് പറഞ്ഞിട്ടുള്ളതെങ്കിലും പുസ്തകം വായിച്ചു കഴിഞ്ഞാൽ ആ വരികൾ വെറും മിഥ്യയായിരുന്നു എന്ന് തോന്നുന്നു.
വളരെ രസകരമായി തോന്നിയ ഒരു കാര്യമാണ് അമിതാബച്ചനും Cadbury ലെ പുഴുവും. രാഷ്ട്രീയക്കാർക്കിട്ട് നല്ല ശക്തമായ രീതിയിലാണ് വിമർശിച്ചിരിക്കുന്നത്. അതുകൊണ്ടൊക്കെ തന്നെയാകും ഈ പുസ്തകം ഒരുപാട് വിമർശനങ്ങൾക്ക് വിധേയമായത്.
കുഞ്ഞുങ്ങളാണ് ദൈവമെന്നും എനിക്ക് അതിനോടാണ് ആരാധനയുന്നുമാണ് കഥാകൃത്ത് പറഞ്ഞിട്ടുള്ളതെങ്കിലും പുസ്തകം വായിച്ചു കഴിഞ്ഞാൽ ആ വരികൾ വെറും മിഥ്യയായിരുന്നു എന്ന് തോന്നുന്നു.
വളരെ രസകരമായി തോന്നിയ ഒരു കാര്യമാണ് അമിതാബച്ചനും Cadbury ലെ പുഴുവും. രാഷ്ട്രീയക്കാർക്കിട്ട് നല്ല ശക്തമായ രീതിയിലാണ് വിമർശിച്ചിരിക്കുന്നത്. അതുകൊണ്ടൊക്കെ തന്നെയാകും ഈ പുസ്തകം ഒരുപാട് വിമർശനങ്ങൾക്ക് വിധേയമായത്.
February 23, 2019
Ee Jeevitham Kondu Ithramathram is a collection of 19 notes and 11 poems by Madhavikutty. I find the 2nd half of the book very interesting than the first. And the note which struck me was the one about Keralites mindset ( മലയാളി മനസ് മാത്രം മാറ്റിയിട്ടില്ല - Malayalee's Mind hasn't changed yet) . My transformation has been celebrated by the society in the worst form ? Change is inevitable and if we think that we can't change that will be sinful. Hasn't the nature change ? Change even happens in the growth of mankind !!. Hasn't our state (kerala) change and the way we live(our life) in the past few years ?? We can see changes in our eating habits , dressing attires, music,education, roads, street and almost everything but the mindset of the Keralites hasn't changed yet and it has be depicted by writer with an example -> when her weekly article "Vandikalakal" has released , the kind of reception /letters she received which were filled with utterly offensive languages. Like wise she has portrayed her life experiences with several notes.
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