Dimdima
Online Children's Magazine from India
Dimdima
Online Children's Magazine from India
1878 – 1958
Vallathol Narayana Menon is one of the celebrated triumvirate of Malayalam literature; the others are Mahakavi Ulloor Parameswara Iyer and N.Kumaranaasan. Vallathol Narayana Menon is not only the most outstanding poet of Kerala but the preserver of the cultural tradition represented by the fine arts, notably Kathakali. He has been described as a 'classicist,
progressivist and nationalist, all rolled into one'. Vallathol had his heroes – Christ, Mohammad, Sri Krishna and Gandhi. In Gandhiji he found a combination of the qualities of all his heroes. His admiration for Gandhiji was reflected in his poem 'Ente Gurunathan' – My Master. Vallathol deeply sympathised with the poor, denounced untouchability and landlordism and pleaded for high standards of personal and public conduct. He is the best representative of the cultural renaissance in modern Kerala. He not only revived Kathakali but made it known to the whole world. He founded the Kerala Kalamandalam, a centre of training in Kerala arts.
| tyler green |
Who was Vallathol and what did he do in 1932? |
| iype thomas vallikadan |
He should be adored as a person who spent his whole life to renovate the Kerala culture and the art forms of Kerala. His ideas and teachings should be taught in the schools and colleges, that will help the younger generation to know more things about the great personality. |
| W. J. Mc Cormack |
Is Vallathol Narayana Menon the author of an excellent book about the irish poet, W. B. Yeats, published in 1943 and reviewed favourably by George Orwell? Is he related by family to the Krishna Menon who was India's foreign minister? Any assistance gratefully acknowledged. |
| Ken |
What did Vallathol do in 1932? |
| ravikumar |
I want more details about Vallathol in malayalam language |
| SHAFEEQUE |
I want more details about Vallathol in malayalam language. |
| varghese Paul |
Please send me information about 'vallathol in malayalam |
| Manjunath M |
Please tell me the date of birth and birth place of Sri Vallathol Narayana Menon. |
| shahana |
Please send me about Vallathol's style of writing in malayalam |
| C.SARASAN |
Would you send me about the thematic style and sybolism used by Vallathol, please? |
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