Perumbadavam sreedharan biography for kids

If a question arises as to which is the novel written in Malayam that has sold around 3 lakh copies and had crossed the unimaginable limit of 100 editions and still counting, there is only one answer- Oru Sangeerthanam Pole. As the unassuming novelist of this classic turned 80 yesterday, it is time to introspect the role played by Perumbadavam Sreedharan in shaping the reading culture of Malayalis across the world. The ambience he has subtly woven around his characters known for their characteristic loneliness is perhaps an indication of the writer's lonely and unhappy childhood where he found solace in reading and writing poems. He once stated that he used to go to the lush green fields near his home to recite poems loudly perhaps to give solace to the all-embracing loneliness that engulfed him. He soon became friends with great writers who walked before him and beside him thereby forming a bond that became the springboard for his

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