Pravasam….

   Have you ever heard about ‘Van-gauge’? Ya,..every body may have atleast the idea that he was a famous artist (painter). There is also a curious thing about him. He was a lover, an extra ordinary one who had cut away his own ears for his love…

     Then, do you know another ‘Van-gauge’ in Kerala?. He was from Calicut. It was he who cut his left ear by scissors inorder to prove his love ,or to fulfill his love towards Sunanda. After this incident (or accident ?? ) , he married Sunanda who was 12 years elder than him. And you may be now eager to hear his name , right?.Then no more suspense…It was Giri…Kottiyath Giri..

    Getting more confused?..Ok, to make it clear, you have to read the novel “pravasam”,written by M.Mukundan. It was really a great experience for me to read that book, and I got so interested in his style of writing. There is a lot of characters, and lot of lives and the narration go through four generations.

     As its name implies, this novel is based on the life of keralites, who had to leave their native place for making a life. One interesting thing about this book is that, S.K pottakkadu plays a major role throughout the story. In the beginning, the narration is given such that, story is told by S.K. and after his death, it was completed by Mukundan. So, here, the author is appearing as himself..