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Adichie: Discussing the Challenges of Balancing Two Opposite Cultures

October 20, 2024July 3, 2026 Dr Aswathy Aravindakshan 4 Comments

Reading Time: 2 minutes Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, born on September 15, 1977, in Enugu, Nigeria, grew up in a nurturing academic environment with her parents deeply involved in the University of Nigeria. Her father was a professor of statistics, and her mother was the university’s first female registrar. Her family lived on the university campus, in a house…

AFRICAN LITERATURE, KERALA UNIVERSITY SYLLABUS - UG, POST COLONIAL LITERATURE, WOMEN'S WRITING

Wisdom of Women: Unveiling the Story of Pattumma’s Goat

October 20, 2024October 2, 2025 Dr Aswathy Aravindakshan 4 Comments

Reading Time: 11 minutesCHAPTER – 1 Basheer begins the story by stating the title and the alternate title, Wisdom of Women. He sets the background in the first paragraph: “After leading a lonely existence for a long time, just wandering from one place to another, I came to live in my own house in Thalayolaparambu near Vaikom, ready to…

20 C MALAYALAM LITERATURE IN TRANSLATION, KERALA UNIVERSITY SYLLABUS - UG, LITERARY TRANSLATIONS

He Wrote for the Commoner: Basheer’s Legacy

October 20, 2024October 2, 2025 Dr Aswathy Aravindakshan 5 Comments

Reading Time: 3 minutesLife and Works Vaikom Muhammad Basheer was a famous Malayalam novelist, short-story writer, and a freedom fighter. He was born in Thalayolaparambu, near Vaikom in Kottayam District, Kerala. His parents were Kayi Abdurahman and Kunjathumma, and he was their eldest son. He is lovingly called Beypore Sulthan because he lived most of his life in Beypore,…

20 C MALAYALAM LITERATURE IN TRANSLATION, KERALA UNIVERSITY SYLLABUS - UG, LITERARY TRANSLATIONS