Kathabeejam

Kathabeejam
Author	Vaikom Muhammad Basheer
Language	Malayalam
Genre	Play
Publisher	DC Books
Publication date	May 1945
Publication place	India
Pages	76
OCLC	311460123

Last updated April 02, 2025

Kathabeejam (The Germ of a Story) is a one-act play written by Malayalam language author Vaikom Muhammad Basheer.^[1] The play was written by Basheer in a period of few weeks and was conceived for the 16th anniversary of Samastha Kerala Sahitya Parishath.^[2] It was published as a book in May 1945 and was Basheer's only play. The protagonist of the play is a writer named Sadasivan.

References

↑ Satchidanandan (February 2008). "Sultan of story: A birth centenary tribute to Vaikom Mohammed Basheer who picked up his tales from life's poetry". Frontline . 25 (2). Archived from the original on 13 April 2014. Retrieved 13 April 2014.
↑ P. K. Parameswaran Nair (1967). History of Malayalam literature . p. 161.

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[1] Satchidanandan (February 2008). "Sultan of story: A birth centenary tribute to Vaikom Mohammed Basheer who picked up his tales from life's poetry". Frontline . 25 (2). Archived from the original on 13 April 2014. Retrieved 13 April 2014.

[2] P. K. Parameswaran Nair (1967). History of Malayalam literature . p. 161.

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