A directory of characters in noted Malayalam novels, now online

A radical of publication readers and connection enthusiasts from Kozhikode person joined hands to make a one-of-a-kind online directory of the main characters successful noted Malayalam novels.

Titled ‘Paathraavali’, the directory is attached to https://thaalilakkam.in/, an unfastened assets of Malayalam connection and lit tally by M.K. Praveen Varma, a retired schoolteacher and autochthonal of Balussery successful the district. U.K. Kumaran, Vayalar Award-winning author, opened the directory’s archetypal signifier astatine an lawsuit held astatine Providence Women’s College recently. Its contented is prepared with the assistance of Sargavedi, a literate and taste forum based successful Balussery.

Mr. Varma told The Hindu connected Monday (September 29) that the caller task was portion of his efforts to instrumentality the website, which is into its 5th year, to much wide readers. “College and schoolhouse students tin familiarise themselves with immoderate celebrated Malayalam novels done this. The statement of characters successful ‘Paathraavali’ is successful specified a mode that they tin travel it easily,” helium said.

On the website, the directory tin beryllium accessed successful the conception ‘Sahityam’ and nether the sub-section ‘Puthiyava’. At present, profiles of immoderate of the characters successful Agnisakshi (Lalithambika Antharjanam), Aathreyakam (R. Rajashree), Kalam and Manju (M.T. Vasudevan Nair), Kuda Nannakkunna Choyi (M. Mukundan), Khasakkinte Ithihasam (O.V. Vijayan), Diaspora (V. Suresh Kumar), Thakshankunnu Swaroopam (Mr. Kumaran), Pattunoolppuzhu (S. Hareesh), Manushyanu Oru Aamukham (Subhash Chandran), Maranavamsam (P.V. Shajikumar), Maria Verum Maria (Sandhya Mary), and Munpe Parakkunna Pakshikal (C. Radhakrishnan) person been given.

V.P. Elias, secretary, Sargavedi, said that astatine slightest 15 people, some forum members and others, wrote the descriptions. “Around 50 to 60 radical are progressive successful the project, and much descriptions volition beryllium added successful the coming days. There is simply a program to enactment successful undergraduate students, arsenic it volition assistance them academically arsenic well. The semipermanent purpose is to screen astir of the salient novels successful Malayalam,” helium added.