Poet, lyricist and scholar, Jnanpith and Padma Vibhushan awardee ONV Kurup (1931–2016) has been a towering presence in Kerala’s cultural landscape for more than six decades. A loved and venerated teacher of Malayalam literature, a powerful orator and public intellectual, his poetry reverberates with the pains, hopes and dreams of the deprived, and the eternal value of love. This selection of poems, beautifully translated by K. Jayakumar, celebrates ...
Generations have marveled at the exquisite beauty, lyricism and literary value of Geetagovinda. At once sacred and profane, its appeal is universal. While an inimitable felicity of diction and an intensity of passion distinguish the work in its original Sanskrit, no less significant is Jayadeva's intensity of devotion to Hari. The work portrays the nuances and complexities of love in all its dimensions. Krishna and Radha, as portrayed by ...