Besides doing odd jobs, Basheer also lived as an ascetic with Hindu saints and Sufi mystics at the foothills of Himalayas and Ganga River Basin. Subsequently, Basheer left Kerala and travelled across the country. Once out of prison, Basheer indulged in activities such as organising an anti-British Movement, heading a revolutionary journal titled Ujjivanam and when the British authorities came to know about the same, they issued arrest warrant against Basheer.
MALAYALAM NOVELS OF VAIKOM MUHAMMAD BASHEER FREE
Vaikam Muhammad Basheer, Photo Courtesy: Gopal Krishnan, FB.īasheer, along with 600 other supporters of the freedom movement were set free from the prison in March 1931 as per the Gandhi-Irwin pact. While he was confined in the prison, Basheer did learn about the firebrand revolutionaries of the time such as Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev Thapar and Shivaram Rajguru, who were executed while the author was still in the prison. But before he could make it to the venue of the protest, Basheer, along with other participants were rounded up by the police and he had to undergo three months imprisonment at the Kannur Prison. With secular outlook and tolerance to all religions, Basheer left Vaikom, lock, stock and barrel to the then Malabar District to plunge himself in the Salt Satyagraha agitation in 1930. He did many jobs such as loom fitter, cook, Newspaper seller, fortune teller, accountant, sports goods agent, shepherd, watchman, hotel manager, to name a few, which came of handy for the author to pen his experience in his seminal works he writer later.Īfter leaving his studies in the Fifth Form, Basheer, he wanted to involve himself in the Independence Movement, but nothing great was happening in Kochi, the then Princely State. During this time, Basheer did odd jobs on his way for him to stay afloat. In addition to that, Basheer also traveled to far of destinations including Asia and Africa, a sojourn that took him seven years to cover. Drawing great inspiration from Gandhi, Basheer later narrated his experience on how he got into the car in which the Mahatma was traveling and managed to grab his hand.ĭetermined to plunge himself in the freedom movement, Basheer dropped out of the school and traversed the length and breath of India. Basheer wore only Khadi (Hand made cotton dress. As a true follower, Basheer put into practice, all the Swadeshi (Indegenous) ideals, espoused by Gandhi. When the Father of the Nation, Mahatma Gandhi visited Vaikom to kick-start the now famous Vaikom Sathyagraham (Indian Independence Movement against the Colonial rule of the British), Basheer met the Freedom Fighter and instantly he became his follower. Though, the initial part of his schooling was in the vernacular medium of Malayalam in his village, nevertheless, Basheer moved to an English medium school in the town of Vaikom, which had a distance of five miles from Thalayolapparambu. Vaikam Muhammad Basheer authored novel, Balyakalasakhi, Photo Courtesy: DCBīorn on Januat Thalayolaparambu, a small village near Vaikom in Kottayam district of Kerala, Basheer was the eldest son of Kayi Abdurahman and Kunjathumma. In addition to that, the doyen of Malayalam Literature also received the Sahitya Akademi Fellowship and the Kerala State Film Award for Best Story. Rightly so, Basheer received the fourth highest civilian honour of Padmashri from the Government of India back in 1982. Many of his popular fictions were translated into different languages and Basheer’s acclaim knew no bounds. Almost all his works were well received, especially those books the author received critical acclaim includes Balyakalasakhi (Childhood Companion), Shabdangal (Sounds), Pathummayude Aadu (The Goat of Fathima), Mathilukal (The Walls), Ntuppappakkoranendarnnu (My Grandfather Had an Elephant), Janmadinam (Birthday) and Anargha Nimisham (A Long Moment). Photo Courtesy, Gopal Krishnan, FB.įreedom fighter, activist, story teller and humanist, Basheer is known for his the narration of stories with loftier thoughts in simple language. The Sultan of Beypore, Vaikam Muhammad Basheer. The 26th death anniversary of the doyen of Malayalam literature, Vaikom Muhammad Basheer, also caringly addressed as Beypore Sultan is on July 5, 2020.
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