Date:22/08/2008 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2008/08/22/stories/2008082250450200.htm

Kerala - Thiruvananthapuram

‘Non-resident writers deserve special respect’

Staff Reporter

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Even though Malayalam literature cannot be divided into a ‘swadeshi’ wing and a ‘non-resident’ wing, writers in Malayalam who live abroad should be given special respect considering their limitations, Education Minister M.A. Baby has said.

He was speaking at a programme organised here to release a book written by non-resident Indian novelist Karoor Soman.

Mr. Baby said this in response to a suggestion made at the programme that a special prize be instituted to encourage non-resident writers in Malayalam, a press note issued here said.