Vallathol

…appealed for universal love, while Vallathol (died 1958) responded to the human significance of social progress.

…such as Kumaran Asan and Vallathol in the 20th century. In 1889 Chandu Menon wrote Indulekha, the first outstanding novel in Malayalam, for which he received a certificate from Queen Victoria. Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai, who produced hundreds of works before his death in 1999, has remained among the most widely…

…outstanding representative of Malayalam was Vallattol Narayana Menon. Before he turned to patriotic verses, he translated Sanskrit works and wrote a number of poems on Sanskrit models. Several of his compositions are religious in inspiration and often show a sympathetic understanding of the faiths of others. In his later years…