M. Mukundan: Mayyazhiyude Kathakaaran
M. Mukundan Indian writer M Mukundan is an Indian author of Malayalam literature and a former diplomat. Mukundan was born in Mahe, then a French overseas territory and now a…
T. Padmanabhan: The Silence Between Sentences
T. Padmanabhan Indian author In a story by T. Padmanabhan, nothing appears to happen, and yet everything has already happened. A man remembers, a moment lingers, a silence stretches just…
Paul Zacharia: The Art of Doubt, Irony, and Uncomfortable Truths
Paul Zacharia Indian writer There is something quietly destabilizing about a sentence by Paul Zacharia. It appears simple, almost casual, and then it lingers, unsettling the assumptions it seems to…
Sippy Pallippuram: Writing Childhood as a Living Landscape
Sippy Pallippuram Indian writer In the stories of Sippy Pallippuram, childhood is not a phase to be remembered, but a world that continues to exist just beyond adult perception. A…
Balachandran Chullikkad: The Poet Who Refused Consolation
Balachandran Chullikkad Indian poet and orator There is a particular kind of silence that follows a poem by Balachandran Chullikkad. Not the polite quiet of appreciation, but something heavier, as…
S. Hareesh: Writing the Unsettled Truths of Kerala
S. Hareesh Indian writer In the world of S. Hareesh, reality does not collapse into fantasy, it mutates quietly. A village is never just a village. It breathes, whispers, remembers.…
Subhash Chandran: Writing Time, Memory, and the Fragile Architecture of Being
Subhash Chandran Novelist In Manushyanu Oru Aamukham, life does not unfold as a sequence of events but as a layered recollection, memory returning not in order, but in fragments. Jithendran’s…
Unni R: Writing Desire in the Shadow of Morality
Unni R Indian short-story writer and screenwriter Unni R is a celebrated voice in Malayalam literature and cinema, known for his sharp, emotionally layered short stories and screenplays. His writing…
Benyamin: Writing the Exile Back Into History
Benyamin Indian writer Benyamin is a Malayalam writer known for his deeply emotional storytelling and powerful portrayals of migration, loneliness, and human survival. Through acclaimed works like Aadujeevitham, he brought…