Anand (P.Sachidanandan), born in 1936 in Irinjalakuda in Trichur district in Kerala is an eminent Malayalam fiction writer and essayist, whose fiction reads almost like texts of high philosophy. His works do not conform exactly to any of the fictional forms currently in vogue. Anand has consistently tried to explore in his fiction fundamental issues of power, justice and the human condition. A major recurring theme in most of Anand's works is the way power and its various abusive manifestations inflict torturous pain and suffering on common people. The process of people coming to terms with this suffering over and over again appears in his works as an historical pattern. Some of his works betray a Kafkaesque streak. His works also demonstrate a deep sense of history, using not only personalities and events from the past, but also reflecting continuously on the lessons that the past teaches us. While denouncing the abuse of power, Anand does not advocate the overthrow of the institutions of power, for instance the state. He strikes a middle path that argues for more sensitization and conscientization of the institutions of power. A radical humanist, inspired by the ideas of M. N. Roy in his early years, Anand is ill at ease with all varieties of absolutist tendencies.

His first writing was Alkoottam. Marana Certificatu, Utharayanam, Abhayarthikal, Nashta Pradesangal, Marubhumikal Undakunnathu, Govardhanante Yathrakal, Vyasanum Vigneswaranum, Apaharikkappetta Daivangal (Novels), veedum Thadavum, Ira, Odiyunna Kurisu, Samvadam, Asantham, Nalamathe Aani, Charithra Kantam, Anandinte kathakal, Samharathinte Pusthakam (Stories), Shavaghoshayatra, Mukthipatham (Drama), Sambhashanangal Sachidanadhanumayi, Idavelakalil (Essays), JaivaManushian, Vettakkaranum Virunnukaranum (Studies) are his another books. Desert Shadows (Marubhumikal Undakunnathu) and Twilight Encounters are his English Books.

He has received many awards including the Sahitya Akademi Award and Vaylar Award.

C. Radhakrishnan has been honored by both the National Sahitya Academy of India (1989, for Spandamapinikale nandi) and the Sahitya Academy of Kerala (1962, for Nizhalpadukal). He has been conferred the Vayalar Award (1990, for Munpe parakuna pakshikal), Mahakavi G. Award (1993, for Verpadukalude viralpadukal), Mooloor Award, Dr. C. P. Menon Award (for Aalochana), Achuthamenon Award (for Munpe parakuna pakshikal), Abudhabi Malayali Samajam Award (1988, for Munpe parakuna pakshikal), Pandit Karuppan Award, Devi Prasadam Award, Lalithambika Award (2004, for his total contribution to Malayalam literature) etc. His works have been translated into various Indian and foreign languages.

Short story writer and novelist in Malayalam. E. harikumar won Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for the year 1988 for the collection of short stories titled Dinosarinte Kutty (The Dinosaur's Baby), Padmarajan Award in 1997 for the best story of the year 'Pachhapayyine Pidikkan' (To Catch A Grasshopper) and Nalappadan Award for the book Sookshichu Vacha Mayilpeeli (Peacock Feather Treasured) in 1998.

Edasseri dealt with an awe-inspiring variety of subjects in his poems, plays and essays. His subjects range from the mythical to the social psyche on the one hand and from socio-political to environmental concerns on the other. A farsighted environmentalist Edasseri is the first poet in Kerala to air concern about the damage to eco system, in two of his poems "Kuttippuram Bridge"(1954) and "The Mango Tree Felled" (1963), when ecology was still not a subject of human concern at least in this part of the world. Few poets have evoked such keen interest as Edasseri in the new-era writers, so much so about twenty five poets have written poems eulogizing him.

Currently living in new York and writing poems and articles for periodicals in India as well as in united states. His first book “Ayodhanaththinte Achuthantu’ (Axis of Combat), a collection of poems published by mulberry publication Kozhikode, India in 1996. The second collection “Ayanam vachana rekhayil”(Journey on the line of verse) published in 1999. His latest collection is 'Polymorphism' (2002).

And received many Awards for Poetry such as, Kerala Sahitya Academy Kanakasri Endowment Award for “Ayanam vachana rekhayil” 2002.
Mathan Tharakan Award for “Ayodhanathinte Achuthantu”(axis of Combat) 1996, By Mathan Tharakan Trust, Pathanamthitta , Kerala, India, Malayalam Pathram Award 1996-97Chacko publications, New York, Federation of Kerala Associations in North America seventh international convention Award for poetry. Dallas, Texas July 4th 1996.FOKANA award for the poem 'Bhoomiyute Hrudayam'(The heart of Earth) in 1994Toronto, Canada.

Dr. K.N. Panikkar (b. 1936), Vice- Chancellor, Sree Sankaracharya University, Kalady, has established himself as a historian of international repute, original and authentic in his views on the Medieval and Modern History of India and the World. An outstanding academic luminary, he holds prestigious Visiting Professorships in many Universities in India, Europe and America. As an acknowledged Scholor and Resource Person of History, he has been officiating as the Chairperson of Expert Committees and Councils of establishments and institutions as varied as IGNOU, ICHR, World Book Encyclopaedia, JNU, Gazetteers and the National Archives. He is the Chairman of Kerala Council for Historical Research (KCHR).

A life-long student and researcher in the historical discipline, he has been very prolific as an author as well. He has published eight highly rated books on the ideological, ethnic, socio- political and economic undercurrents of the Modernist Phase of History.

Dr. K.N. Panikkar has authored British Diplomacy in North India (1968), Against Lord and State: Religion and Peasant Uprisings in Malabar (1989), and Culture and Consciousness in Modern India (1990). He has also edited John Malcom's Political History of India (1970), National and Left Movements of India (1980), Communalism in India: History, Politics and Culture (1991); and compiled two source volumes: Peasant Protest and Revolts in Malabar (1990), and Towards Freedom (1998). His recent works are An Agenda for Cultural Action and Other Essays (2002), Before the night falls (2002), and Samskaaravum Deshiyathayum (2002).

K.Ayyappa Paniker (b.12th September, 1930), poet, professor and critic, has been the pioneer of modernism in Kerala. His influence has been quite profound and far-reaching in the entire cultural and intellectual life of the Malayalee. If in poetry Paniker could be seen as the harbinger of a new voice, in the field of literary criticism he ushered in a paradigm shift towards a radically newer awareness.

His influence on modern Malayalam theatre and on new playwrights has been of equal importance G.Sankara Pillai, Kavalam Narayana Paniker and Narendra Prasad have all come under his sphere of thinking at one time or other. Similar has been the case with film and filmmakers like G.Aravindan, John Abraham and actors like Bharat Gopi and Nedumudi Venu. Among the visual artists Paniker's influence is evidenced by his long standing association with M.V.Devan, Paris Viswanathan and others.

Above all Ayyappa Paniker has come to be regarded as an icon of modernist culture and thinking. A widely travelled scholar and poet of international renown, he is a unique instance of creative and intellectual genius.

This Home Page is dedicated to the works of Kovilan, one of the great writers in Malayalam language. Kovilan has published eleven novels, tweleve short story collections, three essay collections and one play.

Home page of Kuzhoor Wilson, poet and journalist. He is currently working at Asianet Duabi Radio as sub editor and news reader.

M.N. Karassery Born as Mohiyuddin Nadukkandiyil in Karassery Villege, North
Malabar, Kerala, India in 1951. He is an Established Malayalam writer and activist of versatile achievements.

The year - 1951. The place - Kozhikode. The venerable socialist Jayaprakash Narayan asks of a 15- year old boy his wish. The reply is spontaneous: 'Membership in the Socialist Party'. 'But aren't you a mere slip of a boy', queries the leader. 'But he will grow up', promises the father. Thus was Veerendrakumar initiated into the socialist ranks, under the admiring gaze of his father, Padmaprabha Gowder, Socialist M.L.A in the Madras Legislative Assembly. That unswerving commitment to the cause still propels the political activity of this multi-faceted personality.

M. T. Vasudevan Nair, one of the most respected Indian writers today, was born on 15th july 1933 in Kudallur, a small village in Palakkad district, Kerala. He rose to eminence through his well-crafted novels 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 many of his novels. A master storyteller, M.T made his way up to be honored with the highest literary award the nation confers on a writer, the Jnanpith in 1995. Prior to that, he had received many awards and accolades like both state and center Sahitya Akademi Awards. He occupied and continues to occupy many important and powerful positions in various literary bodies including the presidentship of Kerala Sahitya Akademi and the chairmanship of Tunchan Memorial Trust. The Library of Congress has in its collection sixty-two books, mostly by M.T and some on him. Also, some of them are translations of his works into English.

Prof. V. Madhusoodanan Nair was born on 25th February1949 at Aruviyodu a hilly hamlet by the river Neyyar, down south in Neyyattinkara in the district of Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala. Madhusoodhanan Nair imbibed quite early the tradition of many a ritualistic song from K.Velayudhan Pillai, his father, who was a reciter of Thottam Pattu. Soon after securing his M.A he has had a brief stint at journalism before joining St. Xavier’s College, Thiruvananthapuram.

He took to writing poetry while at school and began publishing his pieces only in 80’s. His first collection “Naranathu Bhranthan’ was published in 1992. He is the recipient of Kerala Sahithya Akademy Award, Kunju Pillai Award and K. Balakrishnan Award.

As a writer P K Balakrishnan is best known for his novel 'Ini Njan Urangatte'. Balakrishnan has 11 published works to his credit as on date. His only other novel is' Pluto priyapetta Pluto' (Pluto, my dear Pluto), the story of his real life dog named after the Walt Disney counterpart.

Kesava Dev earned name and fame through his short-stories and novels. Dev has written about one hundred short stories, which are, published in three athologies. Dev has experienced the miseries of two world wars, and had participated in the struggle for Indian Independence. What he wrote and spoke were not different from the life he lived. Farmers, peasants, low-class civil servants and prostitutes, became hero's and heroines in fiction. He said his writings were meant to serve a purpose. The purpose was to bring out the humanism in human beings and to curtail their beastly instincts. He revolted against the norms and techniques prescribed by certain critics, and he was in full blast when it came to defending his stand

P.R.Harikumar is a writer in Malayalam, the language of Kerala which is one of the southern states in India. He was born in a small town -Attingal- in Kerala in 1960. He took his M.A.in Malayalam Literature from Kerala University and M.Phil. from Calicut University. By profession he is a college lecturer. He is working at the Dept. of Malayalam, Sree Sankara College, Kalady, Ernakulam.

He started his literary career at the age of 15 by writing poems and stories.His first work published in a magazine was a story called 'Muthassiyude Vazhi'(1980). His first book, a collection of stories with the title, 'Niram Veezhunna Varakal' was published in 1990. In 1998 another collection of his stories-'Aliyunna Alroopangal' was published through Current Books, Kottayam. He has keen interest in literary criticism also. In the book 'Vakkinte Souhrudam'(published through Current Books, Thrissur in 1992) you can read his thoughts on some basic principles of art and literature. He is very particular in veiwing literature as one of the cultural and aesthetic expression of human race.

Renowned Cartoonist, Caricaturist, Poet and Author - S.Jithesh is the chief pioneer of the literary genre, 'Cartoon Criticism' in Malayalam. He is the Editor - in - Chief of Chiricheppu Cartoon monthly. The hallmark of Jithesh's cartoon is their merciless attack upon the corruptions and other social evils prevailing in the society. His cartoons are an assortment of simple lines that stood out for their directness of expression arguemented by arresting punch lines never missed the mark.

Over the past 25 years, I have worked in premier media organizations in a variety of roles covering all branches of journalism. I have been special correspondent with The Times of India, columnist at The Sunday Observer, commentator for Rediff-on-the-Net, special correspondent with Outlook magazine, feature writer for The Illustrated Weekly of India, correspondent with The Telegraph and The Pioneer, sub-editor at The Indian Express and agency reporter with Associated Press (AP).