Arun’s Comments (group member since Dec 06, 2012)

Arun’s comments from the Vayanashala group.

Yes Manu. Since we already had a thread on MT, I did not make it a separate one.

@Manu : Ippo Sujatha paranjille dathu thanne sangathi ! :D

Randamoozham is a favorite for many (me included). Like someone I knew wrote in a review, the greatest pleasure you can have about reading is to discover new aspects about the book from others who have read it. Why not a discussion about Randamoozham itself ?

There have been numerous ones on Mahabharata but what makes this work stand out ? What do you think ?

ഇവിടെ വരുന്നവര്‍ക്കെല്ലാം 100 രൂപ വെച്ചു കൊടുക്കുന്നുണ്ടെന്നു കേട്ടു ! അതു വാങ്ങിക്കാന്‍ വേണ്ടി വന്നതാ ! ;)

Jokes apart, we have become very low on activity in this community.

Gopakumar wrote: "May be about ten years back , I have read a short story. don’t remember the title now …. I think it is by CV Balakrishnan …It is about a priest’s visit to one of the parishioners. While enjoying ..."

If I remember right, it was 'Aayusinte Pustakam' by C V Balakrishnan.

Manu wrote: "I havent read that, but i ve read his stories delhi kadhakal.Dnd undrstnd sme stories"

Honestly, I could not come to grips with Madhavikutty's works. The most apt word in malayalam is 'durgraahyatha' for my feeling about her works. One thing is for sure, with a very easily accessible vocabulary she created her literaty worlds.

Priyanka wrote: "Manu wrote: "Priyanka wrote: "Manu wrote: "you guys missed an important one....SK Pottekkatt...Oru deshathinte Kadha.....The novel can be treated as a bundle of short stories and poems"

I totally ..."

DC Books recently released a collection of all his short stories. Quite a hefty tome.

Manu wrote: "Arun wrote: "Manu wrote: "Arun wrote: "Gopakumar wrote: "It is the nostalgia for that golden period of Malayalam literature ,deep rooted in our heart makes us talk about those masters again and ag..."

The only other one I read was his (in)famous 'Leela'. I will find this one out !

Manu wrote: "Arun wrote: "Gopakumar wrote: "It is the nostalgia for that golden period of Malayalam literature ,deep rooted in our heart makes us talk about those masters again and again .I’m afraid that those..."

Recently they published a story by Unni.R - Ottapettavan. Was a good one.

Gopakumar wrote: "It is the nostalgia for that golden period of Malayalam literature ,deep rooted in our heart makes us talk about those masters again and again .I’m afraid that those days are gone forever. ….After..."

They were pioneers in many things : characterization, craft and a lot many other aspects of story telling. Yet there have been memorable works that have come in recently & like Manu I have this belief that they excel in short stories. Recently went through Subhash Chandran's 'Manushyanu oru aamukham' and it definitely was a refreshing one.

Reading through the posts something I saw was that we are still talking about the doyens (M.T, S.K.Pottekadu, Sara Joseph etc..). Has anyone tried the relatively newer authors : Subhash Chandran, Unni, Santhosh Echikkanam to name a few ?

Manu wrote: "I think dis so called budhijeevi works are exploited by some writer just by imitating foreign writers.....
It has nw become d new style of writing"

ആധുനികത എന്ന പേരില്‍ എഴുതുന്നവര്‍ക്കും വായിക്കുന്നവര്‍ക്കും ഒന്നും മനസിലാവാത്ത കുറെ സാധനങ്ങള്‍ ;)

Talking about fictional history and storytelling, has anyone tried U.A.Khader's Thrikkottoor Peruma ?

Ananthu wrote: "Has anyone read Ini njan urangatte?"

Have read it. The language is old school but otherwise a fresh look at the Mahabharata from Karna's view point. However, I did feel that the Malayalam translation of Sivaji Savanth's Mrityunjaya (Karnan) was a more approachable and appealing version.

സത്യം ! എന്നാല്‍ പിന്നെ തുടക്കം ഇവിടുന്നു ആവട്ടെ :)

@Sreekanth : I agree on that part about Malayatoor. Yakshi is also one book that I have found extremely entertaining.

@Manu : Dharmapuranam was Vijayan's angst at the emergency period although all of it was represented in paraphiliac and sexually perverse ways. There is a small collection of his short stories named Kadaltheerathu which I found very good. And so was Gurusagaram a brilliant one. O.V. Vijayan has a way of weaving images with words which sets him apart from most other authors in Malayalam.

Equal parts frustration and admiration have been the hallmark of O.V.Vijayan's 'Khasakinte Ithihasam' which is my pick for a must read.

Hello all. Working in the software industry. Living in Trivandrum in reality and living all over the world through books. Good to see such a gathering. Ingane oru kootayma thudangenda samayam athikramichirunnu !