![]() The numerous stories which followed dealt with themes culled from widely different milieus and contexts but were uniformly successful and popular.The noted collections of his stories are Iruttinte Athmavu, Olavum Theeravum, Bandhanam, Varikkuzhi, Dare-e-Salam, Swargam Thurakkunna Samayam, Vaanaprastham and Sherlock. ![]() It was a short story delineating the pathetic plight of the artists in circus. His first book, Raktham Puranda Manaltharikal was published in 1952.MT's first literary prize came to him while he was a student at Victoria College, Palakkad - his short story 'Valarthumrigangal' (Pet Animals) won first prize in the World Short Story Competition conducted by The New York Herald Tribune, and in 1954. The story which explores the feelings of a boy too poor to have crackers of his own, as he stands listening to the sounds of crackers coming from the houses of the rich celebrating the new year festival of Vishu: an overwhelming sense of loss, the painful realization that this is the way things are and the way they're likely to stay.
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