As a poet, Vishnu Narayanan Namboothiri was a master craftsman who had the qualities of the seer and the luminary, aptly described by the term rishi, poet V. Madhusoodanan Nair said. He believed that spirituality should not be narrow-minded or weak,” Madhusoodanan Nair said. His poetry had a purifying effect,” he said. “He belonged to a generation of poets who believed in and worked hard on the grammar of poetry, unlike modern poets,” he said. “He wrote such classic poetry when modernity was more in vogue in Malayalam,” he said.

Source: The Hindu February 25, 2021 18:00 UTC