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Basheer Fest to be held from July 2 at Beypore

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Beypore (Kozhikode), KERALA :

Nammal Beypore will organise a Basheer Fest, a range of programmes in connection with the 28th death anniversary of writer Vaikom Muhammed Basheer, at the author’s residence at Beypore from July 2 to 5.

Tourism Minister P.A. Mohamed Riyas, who is the patron of the fest, told reporters here on Sunday that there would be district-level and State-level programmes as part of the fest, with the help of the Chalachitra Academy, Sangeetha Nataka Akademi, Kerala Lalithakala Akademi, Folklore Academy and Sahitya Akademi.

A Basheer feature and documentary show in association with Chalachitra Academy, a literature camp for budding writers led by writer Subhash Chandran under the aegis of the Kerala Sahitya Akademi, a Basheer painting contest, photo exhibition, traditional food fest, plays and ghazal concerts are being held as part of the festival.

Besides, there will be seminars and cultural meetings in which noted writers are expected to take part.

School children can visit the Basheer residence at Beypore.

Mayor Beena Philip is the chairperson of the organising committee.

source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> News> Cities> Kozhikode / by Staff Reporter / Kozhikode – June 20th, 2022

Basheer remembered at his birthplace

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Thalayolaparambu (Ernakulam), KERALA :

Staying forever: Filmmaker Adoor Gopalakrishnan watering a Mangosteen sapling at an event organised by the Basheer Smaraka Samiti at Thalayolaparambu on the writer’s 25th death anniversary.
Staying forever: Filmmaker Adoor Gopalakrishnan watering a Mangosteen sapling at an event organised by the Basheer Smaraka Samiti at Thalayolaparambu on the writer’s 25th death anniversary.

Adoor lauds the writer for etching extraordinary life with ordinary characters

On the 25th death anniversary of ‘Beypore Sultan’, Vaikom Muhammad Basheer, auteur Adoor Gopalakrishnan remembered the inimitable writer as a genius who created an extraordinary world using the daily lingo and ordinary life of the common man.

“The characters he created steered clear of the western stereotypes and became a part of our conversations,” he said at a remembrance meet organised by the Basheer Smaraka Samiti at the writer’s birthplace Thalayolaparambu, some 36 km east of Ernakulam, on Friday.

Mr. Gopalakrishnan was honoured with the Balyakalasakhi Puraskaram at the event.

While several works of Basheer’s had caught the attention of critics who conducted in-depth studies on them, the umbilical connection between Basheer the man and his works had not been put to a comprehensive study by anyone. Basheer had not written an autobiography, but there were autobiographical sketches in several of his writings, Mr. Gopalakrishnan said.

A total of 25 cultural activists were honoured at the event with saplings of Mangosteen, a tree species that graced his courtyard and grew popular among readers for its association with the writer.

source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> News> Cities> Kochi / by Special Correspondent / Thalayolaparumbu (Ernakulam), July 06th, 2019