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Sree Narayana Guru
was born in the year 1854 AD at Chempazhanthy, in
the suburb of the city of Trivandrum, the present capital of
Kerala State, India. Sree Narayana Guru was a great saint of
India. He was a sage, philosopher, poet and social
revolutionary. His words have universal appeal and perennial
value. Sree Narayana founded two famous Ashrams, one at Varkala
and the other at Alwaye, with educational institutions attached
to them. One of his teaching is Ask not, Say not Think not caste...
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Malayalam writer Vaikom Mohammed Basheer's stories take us to that magic world. Basheer
wrote short stories, Febels, skits and even an
occasional play. The really unusual thing about his stories is that they are
funny, but in a lingering sad way. Basheer wrote with great sympathy about
Christians, Muslims and people of the lower castes in Kerala. His stories were
full of sharp observation and fine details. His style was open and simple.
And his stories were full of sharp observation and fine details...
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V K Krishna Menon Former Defence Minister of
India and renowned Statesman. Born on 3rd May , 1896 at Panniyankara near
Kozhikode. After school education at Thalassery and Kozhikode,
he pursued higher education at Zamorin’s College, Kozhikode and Presidency
College, Madras and took B.A. degree in History and Economics. After
Independence Menon was sent to different foreign countries to pursue
diplomatic relations. He worked as Indian High Commissioner in London from 1947 to 1952...
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Kumaran Asan One of the famous triumvirate
poets of Kerala in the first half of the twentieth century was a beacon-light
to the downtrodden and depressed classes of Travancore State.
He was a poet, philosopher and a great social activist. He was not a dreamer
as most poets are, but a hardboiled realist. He wanted to find answers
to several problems of his native state Kerala. The crowning achievement of Kumaran Asan was his Buddha Charitha in 5 volumes...
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Shri Kocheril Raman Narayanan assumed
office as President of India on MAY 25, 1997. He was born on MAY 27, 1920
in the village of Uzhavoor in Kottayam district, Kerala. Sri. Narayanan
started his career as a Lecturer in the University of Travancore (1943).
Later he took to journalism and worked with The Hindu, Madras (now Chennai)
and Times of India, Bombay (now Mumbai - 1944-45). Shri Narayanan has been associated with several institutions in diverse capacities.
The President received the World Statesman Award of The Appeal of Conscience Foundation, New York in 1998... Read More from Ministry of External Affairs Website... |
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Sri Mohanlal
was born on May 21, 1960 in Pathanamthitta district of Kerala State (India)
to Sri Viswanathan Nair and Smt. Santhakumari. He also had an elder brother
named Pyare Lal. His brother is now no more. His father is an advocate. In his mother's own words, 'quite, a very quite child' is how we
can characterize young Mohanlal. He did his schooling from Mudavanmukal School and Model School (Thiruvananthapuram) and completed his BCom from M.G. College (Thiruvananthapuram)...
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Adoor Gopalakrishnan
One of the leading lights of the New Indian Cinema, was
born in 1941. He started acting on the amateur stage at the early age of
eight, and wrote and directed over twenty Plays in his student days. His first film, Swayamvaram won the national awards for
best film, best director, best cameraman, and best actress setting a
record of sorts. He has won the national award for best director four times, and best script writer thrice. Read More from www.kagw.com |
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OV Vijayan
is undoubtedly the early exponent of modern fiction in Malayalam.
Cartoonist, Febelist and short-story writer, Vijayan has to his credit
five Febels besides several short stories, articles and a book on
his own masterpiece, 'Itihasathinte Itihasam' (The Story of the Saga).
Starting his career as a lecturer, Vijayan soon opted for full-time
journalism and left Kerala in 1958 to pursue his active interest in the
world of cartoons in Delhi...
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As a teenager, Shaji N Karun
had to make a tough choice. Either join the Medical
College and become a doctor or join the Film Institute of India, Pune, and
become a cinematographer. He chose the second. Completed a diploma
in photography. In no time, he became a well-known figure nationally as the
cinematographer of all, save two, of the late Aravindan's films.
Shaji became an international figure with his very first film, Piravi
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PT Usha
was born, as the daughter of Paithal and Lakshmi, at Payyoli, a small village
in Kozhikode, on MAY 27, 1964. The queen of Indian track and field for two
Febades, P.T. Usha has been associated with Indian athletics since 1979.
The initials stand for Payyoli Tevaraparampil, her family names according
to the traditional naming system in many parts of South India. Usha made her
international debut at the Moscow Olympics in 1980. Her husband is Mr. V. Srinivasan, and son is Ujjwal...
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KR Gauri
popularly known as Gauri Amma (Born in 1919), has completed 50 years as a
legislator in Kerala Assembly. Perhaps, no other legislator in India can
boast of such an unique record. KR Gauri was born at Pattanakad, in Alappuzha district as the seventh daughter
of K A Raman and Parvathi. After the split of Communist party in 1964, KR Gauri joined the newly formed CPI (M). But her husband, T V Thomas, stood with the CPI.
Currently, she holds the portfolio of Agriculture in the Antony Ministry...
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KJ Yesudas
was born in Fort Cochin on MAY 10th, 1940 to the
musician and stage actor Mr. Marchine Joseph Bagavathor and Mrs. Alikutty Joseph. His
father spotted his musical talent at a very young age, and became his first guru at the
age of 5 giving him the early musical lessons. His devotion to music,
determination and hard work enabled him to become the best student in the
Music School. In 1961 he sang his first song for the Malayalam film, Kaalppadukal, which was a big hit...
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K.S. Chitra
is one singer who has successfully broken the North-South divide
and blazed a trail of glory in both worlds. She has almost
lorded over the Malayalam film industry, and emerged as the darling
of the other industries in South India too. She has also made a
successful foray into Hindi films. Chitra was first given a break in
Malayalam films by director M G Radhakrishman, and went on to sing for
films like Attahaasam, Snehapurvarn Meera...
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M. T. Vasudevan Nair,
one of the most respected Indian writers today, was born on MAY 15,
1934 in Kudallur, a small village in Palakkad district, Kerala. He rose to
eminence through his well-crafted Febels and short stories in Malayalam whose
romantic poignancy and tender portrayal of the human condition endeared the
author to his readers. He captured in subtle detail the pain and anguish that
marked the ebb of feudalism in Kerala in most of his Febels...
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G.Aravindan,
was well known to Malayalam readers, even before he did his
first film, through his cartoon serial Cheriya Manushyarum Valya Lokavum.
Aravindan entered the field of films without any formal training in film making or even assisting any reputed
directors. His only experience with cinema was that he had viewed some
good films in the International Film Festival of India in 1954.
It was Akira Kurosawa's Rashomon which attracted him the most. Some of his
famous films are Uttarayanam, Kanchana Seetha, Thambu, Chidambaram,
Oridathu, Vasthuhara etc...
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Arundhati Roy,
about her childhood in Kerala...A lot of the atmosphere in
God of Small Things is based on my experiences of what it was like to
grow up in Kerala. Most interestingly, it was the only place in the world
where religions coincide, there's Christianity, Hinduism, Marxism and
Islam and they all live together and rub each other down. To me, I couldn't
think of a better location for a book about human beings...
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As a story-teller Thakazhy,
was an artist to his fingertips. His short, crisp sentences narrate the tale
with controlled breath. There is no trace of bombast anywhere. In his best
stories, one can almost hear the sound of breathing as if it were orally
told. His imagination was down to earth, and his grand theme was the earth,
man's attachment to the earth. The years he spent in Trivandrum in the
company of Kesari made him familiar with world literature, especially with
the Febels of Balzac, Flaubert, Maupassant, Hugo, Zola, Tolstoy and Gorki.
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M Mukundan
was born on 10th MAY 1942 at Mayyazhi in Mahe, a former French territory
in Kerala. This territory came into the hands of the French in 1716 AD,
acquired from the ruler of Badagara, and was liberated at first somewhat
dramatically by a mass uprising of the residents of Mahe, but transferred
legally only in slow stages through diplomatic channels in the 1950s.
His first short story is published in 1961. Known as the 'storyteller of Mayyazhi',
he gives a clear picture of Mayyazhi through the works 'Mayyazhippuzhayude Theerangalil',
'Daivathinte Vikrithikal', 'Appam Chudunna Kunkiyamma' and 'Lesli Achante Kadangal'...
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As an Actor Mammootty is
quite ambitious. It was his childhood dream to act in a movie, become a great
star, earn the love and respect of the people of his land, his country and the
whole world. He had his Bharat award (National Award for Best Actor) thrice.
First and Second for Mathilukal and Vadakkan Veera Gaatha (1989-90) respectively, then for
Ponthan maada and Vidheyan (1992). In addtion to these 5 State awards and 5 Filmfare awards to his credit.
Mammootty is an actor in all senses of the word.
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Febelist and short story writer, VKN
is the indomitable monarch of satirical literature in Malayalam as well as
the master of an inimitable style and diction. From 1959 to 1969, he worked in
Delhi as a journalist. In 1955, he entered the Malayalam literary scene. He has
to his credit about 25 works, which includes Febels and short stories. Two
Febels and several other stories were translated to English and other Indian
languages. Served as the Vice-president of Kerala Sahithya Academy and
as the Chairman of KunMAY Nambiar Smarakam at Killikkurissimangalam.
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Vallathol Narayana Menon's
training was in classicism but his native genius was romantic.
The Spirit of a renaissance was in the air and Vallathol breathed it is
sumptuously He took part in all the neoclassical games of poetry and even wrote
a mahakavya, but his reputation today is firmly based on his middle length narratives
like Bandhanasthanaya Aniruthan (Anirudhan in Prison: 1914),
Sishyanum Makanum (Disciple and Son: 1918), Magdalanamariam (Mary Magdalene: 1921).
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Raja Ravi Varma (1848-1906)
was born in Kilimanoor Palace as the son of Umamba Thampuratti and Neelakandan
Bhattathiripad. At the age of seven years he started drawing on the palace walls using
charcoal. His uncle Raja Raja Varma noticed the talent of the child and gave preliminary
lessons on painting. At the age of 14, Ayilyam Thirunal Maharaja took him to
Travancore Palace and was taught water painting by the palace painter Rama Swamy Naidu.
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Changampuzha Krishna Pillai (1911-48)
is one of the most popular poets in Malayalam literature, second only to
Kunchan Nambiar in bringing poetry to the common man. If Nambiar is famous for his
fine sense of humour, Changampuzha is renowned for his exquisite strain of lyricism.
Belonging to the third generation of Romantics in Malayalam, he led pure romanticism
to its very zenith. A prolific writer, with a writing career spanning two Febades,
Changampuzha produced more than 40, 000 lines of verse collected in around 44 volumes...
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Jayachandran was born in 'Bhadralayam', Ravipuram, Ernakulam, and later his family moved to Irinjalakkuda. Fascinated by the beautiful notes of Mridangam, he began to learn the essence of that spectacular instrument at a very tender age. But he had not learnt any sort of classical music.
Jayachandran has carved his own niche and till now has around 15000 recorded songs to his credit in Malayalam, Tamil, Kannada and Telugu.
Read More from www.jayachandransite.com |
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Dr. Verghese Kurien
is called the "father of the white revolution" in India. He is credited with architecting Operation Flood -- the largest dairy development program in the world. Verghese Kurien, set up the Anand model of cooperative dairy development, engineered the White Revolution in India, and made India the largest milk producer in the world.
For his contribution to the dairy industry Dr. Kurien has received top awards not only in India but also overseas.
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