A tribute to Achan on his 89th birthday. It’s a sad irony that the people who love us most are also the ones who are taken for granted the most! Only when they forsake the material world for higher spiritual realms do we realize their Himalayan stature …and so it was with Achan. I meet someone somewhere and inevitably he is a fan of Achan’s writing or personality! And then… Read more »
A tribute by K.K. GOPALAKRISHNAN The late `Mali’ Madhavan Nair was a versatile genius. But his lasting contribution was to the Kerala arts. THE late Mali V. Madhavan Nair excelled in many areas — he was the tennis champion in the erstwhile Travancore state, an athlete who set several records, a member of the state team in a variety of games, editorial board member of Free Press Journal (Mumbai), editor… Read more »
The Bangalore Club for Kathakali and the Arts, in association with the East Cultural Association, staged V. Madhavan Nair Mali’s Kathakali play “Karnasapatham” recently, with a stellar cast headed by maestro Kalamandalam Gopi as Karna, Margi Vijayakumar as Kunthi, Kottakkal Nandakumaran Nair (Duryodhana), Kalamandalam Shanmughan (Bhanumathi), Hari R. Nair (Dussasana), and Pathiyur Sankarankutty and Kottakkal Madhu (vocal), Kalamandalam Unnikrishnan (chenda) and Kalamandalam Rajanarayanan (maddalam). “Karnasapatham”, the most successful Kathakali play… Read more »
Mali was born to illustrious parents: Sadasya Thilakan T.K. Velu Pillai (author of the Travancore State Manual) and Srimati Panapillai Bhagavatipillai Chellammal on the 6th of December 1915. He has enriched entire generations with his contributions to Literature, Music, Kathakali and Sports. Mali’s versatility is clear from his career: lawyer, journalist, author, story-teller par excellence, musicologist, kathakali playwright, dramatist, editor, pioneer in Indian radio and TV broadcasting…tennis champion, high jump… Read more »
