Pranaya Kathakal

Monday, 2 May 2011

ONE WAY

EVIDE PARAYUNNA KATHAYILE KATHAPATHRANGAL VERUM SANKALPIKAM MATHRAM

EPISODE-1

Orikal nammude kathanayakan vishnu meen vangnanai chanthayil poyappol avidevechu vishnuvinte kannukal avale vettayadi .Athiyam kandappol thanne vishnuvinu avale eare ishttamai alppasamayathinu sesham atha aval vishnuvinte nere varunnu aa chinungiulla nadappum monakattiulla chirium kandappol vishnu orunimisham sthambichu ninnupoi aval melle aduthu vannu avanodu chodichu "NALLA CHALAUNDU SARE NALLA PIDAKANA MEENA ". vishnu orunimisham alochicha sesham paranju."enthavila .eniq 10 rupa kurachu tharamo....?" aval snehathode paranju "sarinayathu kondu 5 Rs kurachu tharam" . vishnu 1/2Kg meenum vangi veetileq madangi veettil chennittum vishnuvinte manasil avale kurichulla chinthakalayirunnu avalude aa purathekundiya unda kannukal avante manasil oru pranayathine kanal vithari. Ethrayum nallum oru theppetti vangan polum kadayil pokatha vishnu adutha divasam muthal atha chanthayil pokan dhiruthivakunnu aduthadivasam pachakkari vangan kodutha kasukond meenum vangi vanna vishnuvine avante achan marathe kettiyittu thalli annu thalliya adiyude padukal eppozhum avante purathum kalilum kidappundu adiyude vedhana avane meen vangunnathil ninnum pinthirippichilla ennum chanthayil ninnum meen vangunnathinal koottukarkkidayil avanu oru erattaperuveenu. meenkothiyan

Adutha divasam vishnu avaluda kayyilninnum meen vangi udane aval vishnuvinod chodichu. "sare" "njan oru kariyam chodichotte"avan paranju "chodikku " aval nanathode mukham thazhthi melle paranju

BAKKI BAKHAM ADUTHA MONDAY

Tuesday, 12 April 2011

Kumaran Asan (1873–1924)

Birth and family
Asan was born in a merchant family belonging to the Ezhava community in April 1873 in Kayikkara village, Chirayinkeezhu taluk, north of Thiruvananthapuram district of Kerala ,south India, Named Kumaru He was the second son in a family of nine children. His father, Narayanan Perungudi was well versed in Malayalam and Tamil, Asan inherited his taste for Kathakali and classical music, Kumaru trained in mathematics and Sanskrit for which he had a passion. Even though through his father's efforts, he got a job as a primary school teacher was not before and an accountant to a wholesaler at the age of 14, he quit the job two years later to pursue higher studies in Sanskrit. He undertook a studentship in poetry under Manamboor Govindan Asan. He wished to learn Yoga and Tantra and worked as an apprentice in a Muruga temple at Vakkom. It is said that the Muse of Poetry blessed him during this time. He composed a few devotional songs for the benefit of regular worshippers at this temple.
In 1917 Asan married Bhanumathiamma daughter of Thachakudy Kumaran - younger brother of Dr.P.Palpu's father. Asan had two sons, Prabhakaran and Sudhakaran. Bhanumathiamma, who was an active social worker, later remarried after Asan's untimely death. Bhanumathiamma died in 1975.

Earlier works
Some of the earlier works of the poet were Subramanya Sathakam and Sankara Sathakam, wherein Asan voiced his devotional aspirations. His short poem Veena Poovu (fallen flower) is a literary classic. It paved the way for a new movement in Malayalam literature. His elegy Prarodanam mourns the death of his contemporary and friend A. R. Rajaraja Varma the famous grammarian. His Khanda Kavyas (poems) like Nalini, Leela, Karuna and Chandaalabhikshuki won critical acclaim as well as popularity. In Chintaavishtayaaya Seetha (Seetha Lost in Thought or The Meditations of Sita) he displays his poetic artistry, while in Duravastha, he patiently and skilfully tears down the barriers created by feudalism, orthodoxy and casteism and consummates the dictum of the Guru, “One Caste, One Religion, One God for man”.
He wrote the epic poem Buddha Charitha for which he got inspiration from Edwin Arnold’s Light of Asia. While in Duravastha, he revealed his revolutionary zeal for fighting caste distinctions; a few other poetic works had a distinct Hindu/Buddhist slant.

The Mahakavi lived for 51 years. His life was tragically cut short by a boat accident in January 1924 while returning to Kollam from Alappuzha after attending a function as the chief guest. The boat capsized at Pallana and everybody drowned in the accident. The trail he blazed in the literary and social firmament of Kerala is an inspiration for any student of contemporary history.

Works

Sthothrakrithikal (1901)

This is a collection of poems. The poems published in this volume are longer than those published in Manimaala.

Saundaryalahari (1901)

Veenapoovu (1907)

Asan scripted this epoch-making poem in 1907 during his sojourn in Jain Medu, Palakkad. A highly philosophical poem, ‘Veena Poovu’ is an allegory of the transience of the mortal world, which is depicted through the description of the varied stages in the life of a flower. Asan describes in such detail about its probable past and the position it held. It is an intense sarcasm on people on high powers/positions finally losing all those. The first word Ha, and the last word Kashtam of the entire poem is often considered as a symbolism of him calling the world outside "Ha! kashtam". Listen to Veenapoovu sung by Prof.V. Madhusoodanan Nair here

Oru Simhaprasavam (1909)
Nalini (Subtitle: Allengkil Oru Sneham) (1911)

Leela (1914)

A deep love story in which Leela leaves madanan, her lover and returns to find him in forest in a pathetic condition. She thus realizes the fundamental fact 'Mamsanibhadamalla ragam' (Love is not an artifact of flesh)

Sribuddhacharitham (1915)

This is an epic poem (perhaps Kumaran Asan's longest work), written in couplets and divided into five parts.

Baalaraamaayanam (1916)

This is a shorter epic poem consisting of 267 verses. Most of these verses are couplets, with the exception of the last three quatrains. There are, therefore, 540 lines in all.

Graamavrikshattile Kuyil (1918)
Prarodanam (1919)
Chintaavishtayaaya Sita (1919)
Pushpavaadi (1922)
Duravasthha (1922)

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Chandaalabhikshuki (1922)

This poem, divided into four parts and consisting of couplets, describes an untouchable beggar-woman" (also the name of the poem) who approaches Lord Ananda near Sravasti.

Karuna (1923)

Manimaala (1924)

This is a collection of short poems.

Vanamaala (1925)

This is a larger collection of poems of varying length.

Kumaran Asan also wrote many other poems. Some of these poems are listed in the book Asante Padyakrthikal under the name "Mattu Krthikal" (Other Works):

Sadaachaarasathakam
Sariyaaya Parishkaranam
Bhaashaaposhinisabhayodu
Saamaanyadharmangal
Subrahmanyapanchakam
Mrthyanjayam

Pravaasakaalaththu Naattile Ormakal

This is another collection of poems that come from various letters Kumaran Asan wrote over the course of several years. None of the poems were longer than thirty-two lines.

Koottu Kavitha

The other poems are lesser known. Only a few of them have names:

Kavikalkkupadesam
Mangalam

Oru Kathth

This is another one of Asan's letter-poems.

Randu Aasamsaapadyangal

chinthavishtayaya sita

Famous malayalam poem
veenappov

Saturday, 9 April 2011

O.N.V .Kurup (Ottaplakkal Nambiyadikkal Velu Kurup)

Biography

Kurup was born to O. N. Krishna Kurup and K. Lakshmikutty Amma, on May 27, 1931 at chavara Kollamin Kerala. He lost his father when he was eight. His childhood days were spent in the village where he attended the public 'Government School, Chavara'. After graduating with a bachelor's degree in Economics from SN College, Kollam, he moved to Thiruvananthapuram city where he joined Travancore University and pursued Master of Arts in Malayalam Literature
O.N.V. was a lecturer at Maharajas college - ernakulam, University College- Trivandrum, Arts and Science College - , and Brennen College - Thalassery. He joined Government Women's College - Trivandrum as the Head of Malayalam Department. He was also a visiting professor at Calikut University. He retired from service in 1986.
He received the Jnanpith Award, India's highest literary honour, for the year 2007. He is the fifth Jnanpith laureate from Kerala and the second Malayalam poet to win the prestigious award. According to a statement by Bharatiya Jnanpith, the trust which presents the award, Kurup began his career as a "progressive writer and matured into a humanist though he never gave up his commitment to socialist ideology".