LITERATURE (Page 5)

Like the kindi,absently left in the portico,was stolen during night,a hill on the paddy fieldsdisappeared before dawn. Where all they searched,the rain and the sun! On the flank of a hillthat survives yetis my home.Now all hillsgo for roadworks,patting to sleepthe wailing homes. Panthalam hill, Poothra hillPuliyaara hill, Para hillCholaContinue Reading

(Poem Translation by VP Manoharan – Original Poet : PP Ramachandran) In one misty dawna train,slipping off its track due to wrong signalcame and stoppedin a village alley leading to fields.Dogs began to bark,as brakes engaged,at the strange, sudden roarof giant iron wheels.Cats, ever alert,stringed and stretchedtheir hairy bows.Cuddling underContinue Reading

ഇ സന്തോഷ്‌ കുമാറിന്റെ ‘തപോമയിയുടെ അച്ഛൻ ‘ എന്ന നോവലിനെക്കുറിച്ച് നോവലിസ്റ്റ് മലയാളനാടിന് വേണ്ടി മുരളി മീങ്ങോത്തുമായി സംസാരിക്കുന്നു.Continue Reading

The night it happened, the air had the temperament of overwelmed tea – heavy. Her companion, once the human embodiment of chamomile, crossed lines she hadn’t thought to draw, because some betrayals are too absurd to anticipate. His touch became more of a hostile acquisition. A corporate takeover of herContinue Reading

Meera walked into the village, her shawl fluttering like a loose kite. She carried no money. The rain tapped softly on the leaves, and her feet sank into the wet mud of the paddy fields. She was thirty-two, maybe thirty-three, her face lined with stories. The villagers watched her, curiousContinue Reading