Visappu (Hunger) is a collection of short stories byVaikom Muhammad Basheer published in 1954.[1][2] The collection includes Basheer's first story "Ente Thankam" (My Darling) which is titled "Thankam" in the book.[3] This story originally appeared in theErnakulam-based newspaperJayakesari in the year 1937.[4] The other stories include "Visappu" (Hunger), "Marunnu" (Medicine) and "Pishachu" (Devil).Visappu is considered as a modern classic in south Asian literature.[5]
It is years since I have started writing stories. When did I start? I think it was from 1937. I have been living in Ernakulam since then. I was a writer by profession. I wrote a great deal. I would get my writing published in newspapers and journals. No one paid me for it. The stories were published between 1937 and 1941 inNavajeevan, a weekly published in Trivandrum in those days.
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