യേശുദേവൻ || Yesudevan

by കെ.പി.കേശവമേനോൻ | K.P. Kesava Menon

Genres: Biography

335 pages, Paperback

Published February 1, 2020

About the author

മാതൃഭൂമിയുടെ സ്ഥാപക പത്രാധിപര്‍, സ്വാതന്ത്ര്യസമരസേനാനി. 1886ല്‍ പാലക്കാട്ട് ജനിച്ചു. സിലോണ്‍ ഹൈക്കമ്മീഷണര്‍, ഐക്യകേരള കമ്മിറ്റിയുടെ പ്രസിഡണ്ട്, കേരള സാഹിത്യ അക്കാദമി വര്‍ക്കിങ് പ്രസിഡണ്ട്, മലബാര്‍ ജില്ലാ കോണ്‍ഗ്രസിന്റെ ആദ്യത്തെ സെക്രട്ടറി എന്നീ നിലകളില്‍ സേവനമനുഷ്ഠിച്ചിട്ടുണ്ട്. കഴിഞ്ഞ കാലം, നാം മുന്നോട്ട്, ദാനഭൂമി, യേശുദേവന്‍, നവഭാരതശില്‍പികള്‍, ജീവിതചിന്തകള്‍, സായാഹ്നചിന്തകള്‍, ബിലാത്തിവിശേഷം, രാഷ്ട്രപിതാവ് തുടങ്ങിയ കൃതികള്‍ പ്രസിദ്ധീകരിച്ചു. കോഴിക്കോട് സര്‍വകലാശാലയില്‍ നിന്നു ഡോക്ടറേറ്റ്, കേരള സാഹിത്യ അക്കാദമിയുടെ ആദ്യത്തെ ഫെലോഷിപ്പ്, കേന്ദ്ര സാഹിത്യ അക്കാദമി അവാര്‍ഡ്, പത്മഭൂഷണ്‍, കേരള സാഹിത്യ അക്കാദമി അവാര്‍ഡ് ഇവ ലഭിച്ചിട്ടുണ്ട്. 1978ല്‍ അന്തരിച്ചു.


Kizhakke Potta Kesava Menon (September 1, 1886 - November 9, 1978) was a patriot, idealist and Indian independence activist. He was born in Tharoor village of Palakkad as the grandson of the Maharajah of Palghat and as the son of Bhiman Achan. He graduated in Arts from Madras University and Bar-at-law from Middle Temple. He joined the Indian National Congress in 1915 and served as the secretary of the Malabar branch of the Home Rule League after setting up practice in Calicut. He was a member of the Home Rule League under Annie Besant which proceeded to London to present a memorandum to the Secretary of State in 1917. He also wrote a dozen of books and collections of essays. Menon was the founder of Mathrubhumi, a popular daily newspaper which earned the second place in circulation in Kerala.

Reviews

[Siddhartha · Rating 5 out of 5]

It is an outstanding book on life of Christ in Malayalam written after very thorough research by the author. The author was blind in the time when he was writing the book and had someone to help writing and later read it back to him. Author wanted to share his love he experienced for Jesus Christ and the way His teachings influenced him to others in this book.

[Reader · Rating 3 out of 5]

KP Keshava Menon, as he clearly declares in the preface, decided to write this book after he was enamored by the Life of Christ. This shines throughout the book. The book acts as an introduction to the reader to the Life of Christ as known to us through the Gospels and various conventional religious sources. This is not to say that the book has little value, but for the reader to understand from where the author comes.

That being said, the book is a light read and gives quite a good introduction to the Life of Christ for the uninitiated reader. My interest in Christ was ignited after my travels through Europe and after visiting most of the great art galleries there. To understand European Art without knowing the life of christ is near to impossible. This book had come to my collection even before that when I had picked this book at a Mathrubhumi book stall out of curiosity. However, its time had not come.

Finally, in 2026, it made it to my reading list. It is recommended if you are a person who is not aware of the Messiah and his life. However, if you are, then skip this book as it doesn't contain any depth of analysis or details as to the Life of Christ.

[Matthew Kurian · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great book

[Edwin Paul · Rating 4 out of 5]

Nice book

[Jaison David · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great

[Sathishk Nair · Rating 5 out of 5]

എന്റെ ജീവിതം മാറ്റി മരിക്കുമാറാകണോം

[Abhi Jeet · Rating 4 out of 5]

യേശുദേവനെ പറ്റി മനസ്സിലാക്കാൻ ഒരു തുടക്കകാരൻ എന്ന നിലയിൽ എന്നെ ഈ പുസ്‌തകം വളരെ സഹായിച്ചു.

[Dixon · Rating 5 out of 5]

It's a good platform that encourages people to develop reading habits even without having a physical library.

[Tinil Pinheiro · Rating 5 out of 5]

Good book