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Jul 6, 2020 · No one has so far proclaimed Basheer as a philosopher; but he was, in fact, a philosopher of goodness. He once defined “goodness” as the act of “giving a little water to a welted plant or giving food to a hungry being”. It is these simple acts of goodness that he practiced and propagated through his writings.
He became inspired by stories of heroism by revolutionaries like Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev Thapar and Shivaram Rajguru, who were executed while he was in the jail. His release, along with 600 of his fellow prisoners, came in March 1931 following the Gandhi-Irwin pact.
Jan 21, 2022 · Throughout his life, Vaikom Muhammad Basheer donned many hats — from that of an underground freedom fighter wandering from Ajmer to Arabia, to being a writer credited with the birth of Modernism in Malayalam literature.
Jul 5, 1994 · Vaikom Muhammad Basheer was born on 21 st January 1908 and he is one of the prominent literary figures of Malayalam literature. He was also a freedom fighter, novelist and a humanist. His works are translated in many languages and got him worldwide acclaim.
With his profound and simple writing, touch of satire, sarcasm and black humour, Basheer had woven a style of his own and marked his presence as a short story writer, novelist, humanist and also as a freedom fighter.
Jul 12, 2018 · It was this homespun wisdom that set Vaikom Muhammad Basheer, the 'Bepur Sultan', apart from his contemporaries, remaining a literary giant even 24 years after his death. He is a rarity—a writer known as the son of two lands (Bepur and Vaikom).
Muhammad Basheer of Vaikom (commonly known as Vaikom Muhammad Basheer or the Beypore Sultan) needs little introduction. As a writer, he is remembered for his cutting and incisive attacks on political, social and religious malpractices, his rhythmic, lyrical and evocative prose, and his revolutionary use of common idioms and conversationalist ...
