A poet, aged 14, beats back odds

Thiruvananthapuram | Sunday | 19th November, 2017

Summary:

“He joined this school only two months ago and we are proud to have him here,” says school Principal Usha Kumari. more-inAyyappan Adoor had his dream come true recently when his collection of poems was released at the high profile Sharjah International Book Fair. He began writing as a seven-year-old and moved from his native Adoor to Thiruvananthapuram for speech therapy and joined the school just two months ago. The real Ayyappan Adoor is Medhaj Krishna, a differently abled student of Class 8 at Raja Kesava Das NSS Higher Secondary School at Sasthamangalam in the city. “Travels gives us an exposure to new places and culture,” says Medhaj Krishna, nay Ayyappan Adoor, almost speaking in the manner of a grown up..