"It was a wonderful experience interacting with you and appreciate the way you have planned and executed the whole publication process within the agreed timelines.”
Subrat SaurabhAuthor of Kuch Woh Pal
Bhuthatanukunnu, or Devil Mountain, is a small town in the central part of Kerala. There sits a small engineering college along with the precious memories of non-resident Indian, Ouso Joseph. Ouso is married and settled in California where he’s lived for 25 years. Despite his happy marriage and life in California, Osuo finds himself comparing his current life in the USA with his past life in India.
Thampy Antony Thekkek
Thampy Antony Thekkek is a critically acclaimed Malayalam writer, film producer, actor and activist. Born and brought up in Kerala, Thampy moved to San Francisco in his late 20s. His Indian-American experience had been a major influence on his work. Thampy walks us through some of his films, short stories and his latest novel inspired by his experience in the diaspora. He describes the freedom that Malayalam lends in his writing and how the Malayalam movie industry has a reputation of telling hard stories and how different it is from mainstream Bollywood films. Through his writing and his acting, he tells stories of the marginalized and finds beauty and complexity in even the simplest of characters. He has acted in more than 30 Malayalam and English movies and has produced internationally acclaimed films like Papilio Buddha, Calcutta News, Janaki, Made in USA, Sufi Paranja Katha, Evan Mekharoopan and Parudeesa. He won the best actor award at the Honolulu international film festival in 2005 for the English movie Beyond the Soul.
His published works include Boothanthan Kunnu (Ghost Hills - a novel), Vasco de Gama (a collection of short stories by Xlibris), Idichakkaplaammoodu Police Station (a collection of one-act plays), Mala Chavittunna Daivangal (Gods Who Step on Mountains - a book of poetry by DC Books), The Lady Biker (Mathrubhumi Books), and Pravasakadhakal (Logos English). Two more books in the pipeline for this year are Jesseela Banu’s letters (Mathrubhumi books) and Koonampara Kavala (Pappathi books).
