Basheer Translations

(Directly based on a short story called ‘Yuddham avasanikkanamenkil?’ or ‘If war has to end’ by Vaikkom Muhammad Basheer. I have changed ‘If...

I translated this fourteen years ago for my wife Kanti because at that time she did not read Malayalam and didn’t understand it too well. T...

Dearest Saramma, In these difficult times when life is yearningly youthful and the heart brimming over with love, how do you, my dearest f...

“Here girl, my heart’s beautiful- little key just for you!”, Keshavan Nair said to himself, as he put the key to his room in Saramma’s lap ...

“Saramma have you accepted the madhura sundara love-work?” Keshavan Nair asked the next day. Saramma said: “With madhura sundaram tell you ...

“Saramma, at dawn I have to leave this place.” When it started getting dark, Keshavan Nair said: “Is there anything you have to say in the ...

Keshavan Nair sat there like a zombie. Night came. The moon rose up. For what?.... Keshavan Nair sat there like that. In the end he got up ...