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Ente Streekal, collection of 25 stories on the feminine side
Published by Current Books, Thrissur
Price: Rs. 200.
ente streekal
collection of 25 stories of female characters with author's comments

a telefilm based on the story
sreeparvathiyude paadam by e. harikumar

Anjana Haridas has been selected the best actress and Sreeparvathiyude Paadam directed by Baiju Chandran the best telefilm by CONTACT, TV Artists & Technicians' Association.

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Kumkumam Vithariya Vazhikal, the second collection. Vrishabhathinte Kannu, the third collection of E.Harikumar. Koorakal, the first collection short stories by E. Harikumar.

Short story writer and novelist in Malayalam, the language of Kerala in South India, E. Harikumar is a well known writer. Kerala is the land of coconut palm groves and sunshine. The land of lakes and mountains. Of sea and sand. The trees are so green and lush, it is called the God's Own Land. Born on 13th July 1943 in Ponani a coastal town between Calicut and Kochi.
Parents: Edasseri Govindan Nair, well-known poet and playwright and E. Janaki Amma.

Awards:
    Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for the year 1988 for collection of short stories titled
     Dinosarinte Kutty (The Dinosaur's Baby), 

    Padmarajan Award
in 1997 for the best story of the year 'Pachhapayyine Pidikkan' To Catch A Grasshopper) 
   
Nalappadan Award for the book Sookshichu Vacha Mayilpeeli 
           (Peacock Feather Treasured) in 1998 and 

    Kathapeedam Award
for the book 'Anithayude Veedu' (Anitha's House) in 2006. 
E. Harikumar was a member of the Kerala Sahitya Akademi, the foremost literary institution  under the Cultural Department of Government of Kerala, for two terms from 1998 till 2004. 
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Madhavi, the woman who loved rains, nature, the antiquity of her tharwad where she was born and spent her life before marriage, only to be destined to live far away in a  concrete jungle. Once in a while she goes back to the village, back to the nature, to her tharwad only to rejuvenate her soul. It's her pilgrimage. The popular short story of E. Harikumar, "Sreeparvathiyude Paadam" (The Foot of Sreeparvathi) has been made into a telefilm by Baiju Chandran for the Doordarsan.


I have posted five of my collections of short stories and two novels.
"KOORAKAL" (The Cockroaches)  published in 1972 is my first collection and includes the first published of my stories, "Mazhayulla Oru Rathriyil".
"KUMKUMAM VITHARIYA VAZHIKAL" (Alleys Sprinkled With Vermilion) and "VRISHABHATHINTE KANNU" (The Eye of the Taurus) were published in 1979.

"CANADAYILNINNORU RAJAKUMARI" (A Princess from Canada) published in 1998. 
"PACHHAPPAYYINE PIDIKKAN" (To Catch A Grasshopper) published in 1998.
"
ENGINE DRIVERE SNEHICHA PENKUTTY" (The Girl who Loved An Engine Driver) Novel published in 2000
"AYANANGAL" (Solstices) Novel  published in 2003.
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E. Harikumar has to his credit 25 books of which 15 are anthology of short stories, 9 novels  and a memoir.
                 Novels:
1)
Urangunna Sarpangal 
       (The Serpents Dormant)

2) Asaktiyude Agninalangal 
    
(The Flames of Passion)
3) Oru Kudumbapuranam (A Family Saga)
4) Engine Drivere Snehicha Penkutti 
       (The Girl Who Loved An Engine Driver)
5) Ayanangal
(The Solstices)
6) Thadakatheerathu

       (On the banks of the Lakes)

7) Pranayathinnoru Software 
     
(A software for Love)
8) Kochambratti
(Young Mistress)  
9) Ariyathalangalilekku 

      (Journey to the Unknown)
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               Memoir:  
1) Nee Evideyanenkilum

     (Wherever You're)
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                  Stories:  
 
1) Koorakal (The Cockroaches)
  2) Vrishabhathinte Kannu
(The eye of the Taurus) 
  3) Kumkumam Vithariya Vazhikal 
      
(Alleys Sprinkled With Vermilion) 
 
4) Dinosarinte Kutti (The Dinosaur's Baby) 
 
5) Canadayilninnoru Rajakumari (Princess from Canada) 
 
6) Sreeparvathiyude Paadam 
     
  
(The Foot of Goddess Sri Parvathi)  
 
7) Sookshichu Vacha Mayilpeeli 
         (The Peacock Feather Treasured)

 
8) Pachappayine Pidikkan (To Catch a Grasshopper) 
 
9) Doore Oru Nagarathil (In a City Far Away) 
10) Karutha Thambratti (The Black Mistress)
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1) Anithayude Veedu (Anitha's House) 
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2) Nagaravasiyaya Oru Kutti (Boy Who Lives in the City) 
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3) Ilaveyilinte Santhwanam (Solace of the Soft Sunshine)
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4) Vellithirayilennapole (As If In A Silver Screen)
15) Ente Streekal (My Women)

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