Thiruvananthapuram, Sunday 31 May 2009: The state government is undertaking all efforts to bring back Kamala’s body to Kerala. The cremation is likely to take place on Tuesday morning at the Palayam Juma Masjid, Thiruvananthapuram.
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Kerala Education Minister M A Baby said that her relatives have been contacted and arrangements are being made to bring her body to Thiruvananthapuram.
The minister has left for Pune to oversee the arrangements. Her body is likely to reach the Nedumbassery airport, Ernakulam on Monday morning 7.30.
The body will be kept Thrissur Sahitya Akademi Hall for the public to pay homage, afterwards the body will be taken to Ernakulam Town Hall. Finally, the public can pay their final respects at the VJT Hall in Thiruvananthapuram.
Many well-known poets and literrateurs have condoled the death of Kamala.
- By KOL News , Written on May 31, 2009
May soul rest in peace. She was an eminent writer with all the sweet and pleasant flow of creativeness in her writings. I have read her book titled `My Story`. It is an interesting book. I wish to read it again. May her writings sprout many more writers in this age of machines.
The fearless and unorthodox writings and life of Madhavikutty/Kamala Das/Kamala Suraiya ought to inspire the new generation of the “educated” yet purposeless women of Kerala as well as the vast majority of the less educated oppressed women of the rest of India. In adition to the writings of Kamala Suraiya, let me recommend a recent book by Warren Farrell (”The Myth of the Male Power”) for the reading pleasure of the aimless young men and women of India
Audio (19 audio clips for free):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FFtGwBsKgKs&feature=channel_page
Excerpts:
http://www.warrenfarrell.org/TheBook/
Kannur United Welfare Association , Qatar mourned the death of well-known Malayalam writer Kamala Surrayya, who passed away in India on 31-May-2009.
Forum’s Literary secretary, poet and script writer Mr. Suresh Ramanthali in its press report said that the demise of the writer, well known as Madhavikutty was an irreparable loss to the world of letters, not only to Kerala but the whole world and her contribution to the literature will be always in the minds of people.