Thursday, 27 April 2017

Oru Veerapulakathinte Katha | Malayalam History Reference Book

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Malayalam History Reference Book - 'Oru Veerapulakathinte Katha'

Oru Veerapulakathinte Katha is a book published in the year 2015 by Poornna publishers, Varkala. This book is written by famous Malayalam novelist and historian P K Balakrishnan. His first book 'Narayana Guru' was published in 1954.The book named 'Oru Veerapulakathinte Katha' (The Story of a Heroic Thrill) contains different articles written by P K Balakrishnan.

This book contains 25 articles and out of which 20 articles are related to history. It is about the truths of historical events in Kerala. Most of the essays are based on the evolution of caste system that was existed in Kerala and how the British rule affected them. The writer reveals the failures and influences in the cast system. He is writing about the social reform movements in that time and how that strikes tried to wipe off the injustices in the cast system. This book states that each and every historical event that took place contains a hidden truth. The writer himself research deeply to find out these truths. The 25 articles in this book is dealing with the complex subjects in different levels and contexts in Kerala history and literature. The 25 articles included in this book are given below.

1. What is Narayana Guru?
2. The Relevance of the School at Shivagiri
3. Asan and Vallathol
4. N Kumaranasan
5. The Social Vision of Kumaranasan
6. The Fear of Death, Simple Death, and Real Death
7. The Altar of Poetry
8. The Social Revolution that was Stitched Instead of the Silk Blouse.
9. The Story of a Heroic Thrill
10. About a Great Man Whom I Have Not Met
11. A Play that Wrote History by Itself.
12. Parasuram the Paper Tiger and Aaromal, the Hero.
13. Me, Zamorin, Gama et al
14. Our Great Tradition of Peace
15. An Introduction to the Study of Tradition in Kerala
16. Marxism and Literature
17. Decadent Writing and Socialist Realism
18. The Feudal Literature of Communist Leaders
19. Some Retrograde Thoughts about Literary Criticism
20. Criticism of Literature of Kerala
21. Our Revolutionary System and Feudalism
22. Some General Facts About History
23. The State of Kerala History and the Basis of Approach of EMS
24. An Introduction to the History of Namboodiris
25. Namboodiri and The Society of Kerala

 The rare collection of this articles compiled together and presented to you by Poornna publishers. To buy this book online visit the below link. 

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