Joy J. Kaimaparamban is the author of The Ayurvedic Healer, a novel published by Copperhill Media. For further information log on to his blog at http://www.kaimaparamban.com.

The world of literature is a wonderful one.  If you refer its history you can convince the fact. From my childhood I read fiction and non-fiction aw well.  I was interested to know the lifestyles of ancient and modern writers.  I am having a special interest in reading the biographies of Artists too.  Many Artists as Michaelangelo, Leonardo Da Vinci, Raphael and Rubens and the like are shining in my memory.  Several novelists have written fiction based on the lives great artists and writers.

A novel about the colossus fictionist Dostoyevsky has been published in Malayalam language under the title ‘Oru Samkeerthanam Pole’ (Like a Hymn).  It has been written by Perumbadavam Sreedharan, a celebrated 
novelist. I have read numerous works of old and new writers.  I could not have seen such a genius writer as Dostoyevsky who had brought out the pearls from the very depth of minds.

Kerala is a small land.  But many talented writers and artists had born here.  You cannot forget the of Raja Ravi Varma the celebrated artist of Kerala.  I could have befriended with efficient artists.  Many of them had disappeared behind the curtain of death.

When I think about the writers of Malayalam language, Muttathu Varkey comes into my mind first.  He was the Thomas Hardy in Malayalam language.  He wrote a lot of novels in Malayalam and he had translated the outstanding Russian novel ‘Doctor Zhivago’ into the language.

There were several talented writers in Malayalam as P Bhaskaran, Uroob (P.C.Kuttikrishnan), S.K. Pottakkat, Vaikom Muhammed Basheer, and the like.  Many writers and artists are still active with their works.

When I think about Indian writes Rabindra Nath Tagore comes first.  Despite a Bengali he wrote in English.  For his work ‘Gitanjali’ he received the Nobel Prize.  He was the only Indian writer who had won the Nobel Prize.

There lived in India, several great writers who wrote in their won languages.  Some of them are Munshi Prem Chand, Dr. Mulk Raj Anand, Kishen Chandar, K.A.  Abbas, Yashpal, and the like.  Still there are active writers and artists in 
the Indian Art world.


There are few English writers from Kerala.  The name of Arundhathi Roy stands first in the line.  She brought a Booker Prize for Kerala.
 I wish to be one of the English writers in India.