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Cultivating ‘paddy field creativity’ on Arabian sands

25 November 2007CE | 15 Dhul-Qadah 1428AH

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The wonderful experiences in the gulf, the different nature and geography and an entirely different milieu for writers available in the Gulf countries should be used for creative writing by Gulf-based Malayalees, the doyen of Malayalam literature urged. He also wondered how many expatriates living in the Gulf countries made use of this region for their literary endeavors.

The living legend of Malayalam literature, MT Vasudevan Nair, also emphasized that people, after some time, will get up fed up with visual media which is dominating the word nowadays and will go back to books.

He unequivocally stated, “Reading is not an integral part of writing. What we need is the primary experience with life, the books give a secondary for writers.” This was an answer to many gulf-based writers who bemoan the lack of reading materials to excel in writing and compete with their peers in Kerala.

MT said that he never expects an award when he starts the struggle for a creation. “The struggle, from the selection of the material, the style to present it and the mental agony till it reaches like-minded readers, are all part of it.

He narrated his struggle as a young boy with a thirst for knowledge and how he turned out to be India’s best writer. He had started receiving internationally recognized awards from the age of 17.

Works of creation are incomplete without the heart’s warm blood
Music, an immature frenzy, without the heart’s warm blood.
- Allama Iqbal

Based on a report by Mohan Vadayar published in Gulf Today.

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