Books of M T VASUDEVAN NAIR

Kannathali Pookalude Kaalam (Paper back – M T Vasudevan Nair )

കയ്‌പുനിറഞ്ഞ ബാല്യത്തിന്റെ ഓര്‍മ്മകള്‍ക്ക്‌ സാന്ത്വനമേകാ‌ന്‍ കുന്നി‌ന്‍പുറങ്ങളില്‍ മുമ്പ്‌ സമൃദ്ധമായി കണ്ണാന്തളിപ്പൂക്കള്‍ ഉണ്ടായിരുന്നു. ഇളംറോസ്‌ നിറത്തിലുളള ആ പൂക്കളുടെ നിറവും ഗന്ധവുംതന്നെയായിരുന്നു പുന്നെല്ലരിയുടെ ചോറിനും. പിന്നീടൊരിക്കല്‍ കണ്ണാന്തളിപ്പൂക്കള്‍ കാണാ‌ന്‍ വരുന്നു എന്നെഴുതിയ വായനക്കാരന്‌ എഴുത്തുകാര‌ന്‍ എഴുതി, ‘ഗ്രാമം കാണാം, പക്ഷെ ഇപ്പോള്‍ കണ്ണാന്തളിപ്പൂക്കളില്ല. ഗ്രാമവും മാറിയിരിക്കുന്നു.’ മാറ്റങ്ങളുടെ ഘോഷയാത്രയില്‍ നമുക്ക്‌ നഷ്‌ടമാകുന്നതെന്തൊക്കെയാണ്‌? മണല്‍ വാരി മരുപ്പറമ്പായ നദികള്‍, വ‌ന്‍കമ്പനികള്‍ ഊറ്റിയെടുക്കുന്ന ഭൂഗര്‍ഭ ജലവും പുഴകളും. ഭാഷയെ നാം എന്നേ കൈയൊഴിഞ്ഞു! അവസാനം ജീവസന്ധാരണത്തിനു വഴിയില്ലാത്ത കുറേ മനുഷ്യര്‍! അവരെ വാങ്ങുവാനും കമ്പനികള്‍ ഉണ്ടാകും. ഒരു വലിയ എഴുത്തുകാരന്റെ ഉത്‌കണ്‌ഠകളും വ്യഥകളും ഇങ്ങനെ പങ്കുവെയ്‌ക്കപ്പെടുന്നുഃ വില്‌ക്കാനും നഷ്‌ടപ്പെടാനും ഇനിയെന്തുണ്ട്‌ ബാക്കി?

Naalukettu (Paper back, Malayalam, M.T.VASUDEVAN NAIR)

Midnight and Daylight-Novel by M T Vasudevan Nair, one of the master writers of Malayalam. Pathiravum Pakalvelichavum is one of his best known works./Naalukettu is a Malayalam novel written by M. T. Vasudevan Nair. Published in 1958, it was MT’s first major novel.The title attributes to N?lukettu, a traditional ancestral home (Taravad) of a Nair joint family. Like many other novels written by MT, Naalukettu is also set against the backdrop of the crumbling matrilineal order of Kerala in a newly independent India.

MANJU (Paper back, M.T. VASUDEVAN NAIR)

From one of the most celebrated Malayalam writers, Vasudevan Nair, comes Manju (M.T), which is considered to be a novel of an unusual genre. This novel has been set in the mountains of Nainital and builds a dramatic narration throughout the story. The story has very few characters, with all of them playing a very strong role in the story, the prime character of which is a school teacher named Vimala. She enjoys solitude prefers to keep away from people, including her family.

She spends a lot of time by her favorite lake, Naini and has only one friend, the school watchman. Vimala has been waiting for a long-lost friend, Sudhir, along with another companion, Buddhu, who is waiting for his father. In the meanwhile, a Punjabi man enters the story, who came to visit Nainital. This character has a consistent presence throughout the novel. All these characters, with their individual and intriguing life-stories and connections with each other has been masterfully portrayed by author, with the descriptions of the beauty of the hills of Nainital only adding to the enjoy ability of the novel.

Loneliness is a key theme of this novel. The mist and snow on the hills and the feeling of loneliness associated with this kind of weather on the mountains of Nainital add to the story of Vimala’s wait for Sudhir. Manju (M.T) was published in 1964 by Current Books Thrissur in Malayalam. It is available in paperback.

Randamoozham (Paper back, M T Vasudevan Nair)

Randamoozham is the masterpiece of Jnanpith winning writer M. T. Vasudevan Nair. It was translated into English as Second Turn in 1997. M. T. Vasudevan Nair won Vayalar Award, given for the best literary work in Malayalam, for the novel in 1985. Later, in the year 1995, Mr. Nair was awarded the highest literary award in India, Jnanpith Award, for his overall contribution to Malayalam literature. The novel is set as a retelling of the Indian epic Mahabharata, from the view of Bhima, the second Pandava.