The Central Sahitya Akademi too had organised a seminar on Odayil Ninnu at St. Joseph’s College, Devagiri. Mr. Onakkoor said that when Odayil Ninnu was released in 1942, there had been none like it before. Writer S. Saradakkutty said that much before terms such as “the marginalised” and “the downtrodden”, Keshava Dev had dealt with the lives of the depressed in his novels such as Odayil Ninnu. “Amma suggested that if Pappu is sent to school, he will no longer trouble us in the daytime. Writer George Onakkoor, who released the book, said that Keshava Dev’s contributions to the progressive streak in Malayalam literature was undeniable as he always stood on the people’s side.
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