These visits were often linked to Meeran’s trade in dried red chillies (vattal mulaku). He stopped being one only about 10 years ago,” Mr Razak, who is the son of Meeran’s sister Fatima, said. I remember he used to read a lot when he stayed with us, mostly journals in Malayalam,” Mr Razak said. It was in fact Mr Padmanabhan who released Oru Kadalora Gramathin Kathai, Meeran’s debut novel, at Thengaipattanam. Mohammed,” Mr Padmanabhan said.

Source: The Hindu May 11, 2019 14:26 UTC