PARAMESWARAN PILLAI GOVINDAPILLAI

Birthday: 1926 March 25
Birthplace: Pulluvazhi village, Perumbavoor, Ernakulam district, Kerala, India

FAMILY

Father: M N Parameswaran Pillai, middle class land-owner and farmer

Mother: K Parukkutty Amma, housewife

Wife: M J Rajamma, Retired Professor in Philosophy, University of Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram

Son: M G Radhakrishnan, Special Correspondent, India Today, Trivandrum

Daughter: R.Parvathy Devi, Public Relations Officer, Kudumbasree Project, Thiruvananthapuram

Son-in-law: V Sivan Kutty, Member of Legislature, Government of Kerala

Daughter-in-law: A Jayashree, Scientist, Liquid Propulsion Systems Centre, Indian Space Research Organization, Thiruvananthapuram

Brothers & sisters:

1. K P Gangadharan Nair, (late) former Head Master Jayakeralam High School, Pulluvazhi
2. K P Lakshmikkutty Amma ( Wife of Late P K Vasudevan Nair, former Chief Minister and CPI Leader - www.pkv.co.in )
3. M.P.Gopalan, Editor Emiritus, Hong Kong Business, Hong Kong.
4. Dr. K P Balakrishna Pillai, Manager, Jayakeralam Higher Secondary School, Pulluvazhi

EDUCATION

Qualification: Completed B A (Hons) in Economics

Colleges: Union Christian College, Aluva, Ernakulam District, St Xavier’s, Mumbai

Prominent Teachers: Kuttippuzha Krishna Pillai, M P Paul

PUBLIC LIFE

1939-41: Inmate in Sri Sankara Ashram, Kaladi, Ernakulam

1941-42: Member Student Congress, participated in Quit India movement

1946: Joined Communist Party of India

1949-51: Actively participated in All India Student Federation’s activities in Mumbai and courted arrest.

1952: Elected from Perumbavoor to Travancore-Kochi state Assembly

1953: Member, CPI State Council

1957-59: Elected from Perumbavoor to Kerala state legislature

1964: Joined Communist Party of India (Marxist)

1964-65: Arrested for political activity in the wake of Indo-China war

1965: Elected from Perumbavoor to Kerala legislature

1967-69: Elected member from Perumbavoor to the state legislature

JOURNALISM

1954-55: Journalist with New Age, CPI organ in New Delhi

1963-64: Editor, Peoples’ Publishing House, New Delhi

1964-83: Chief Editor, Desabhimani daily, CPI(M) organ.

1980-83: Chairman, Kerala Press Academi

1990’s: Editorial Board member, Arts & Ideas magazine

1990’s: Editorial Board Member, Chintha weekly, CPI(M) organ

ELECTORAL RECORD

OTHER OFFICES HELD

Member, Kerala State Library Council

Member, Syndicate, Calicut University

Founder member, Progressive Writers & Art workers Organization

State Vice President, Indian Peoples Theatre Association

Member, Kendra Sahithya Akademi

Chairman, Kerala Film Development Corporation, Thiruvananthapuram

Founder Director, Centre for Imaging Technology, Thiruvananthapuram

Founder Member, Kairali Film Society, Janasakthi Film Society

Editor, Collected Works of EMS Nampoothiripad

BOOKS

1. Isangalkkappuram
2. Viplavaprathibha
3. Keralam: Oru adhakrtha Samsthhanam
4. Sahithyavum Rashtriyavum
5. Marxist Soundarya Sasthram: Uthbhavavum Valarchayum
6. Viplavangalute Charitram
7. Sahityam: Purogathiyum Adhogathiyum
8. Poonthanam muthal Simon Vare
9. Charitrasaasthram; Puthiya manangal
10. Bhagvad Gita-Bible-Marxism
11. Mahabharatham muthal Marxism vare
12. Mar Gregoriosinte Mathavum Marxisavum
13. Svathanthryathinte Sarvadesiyatha
14. Agolavalkkaranam, Samskaram, Madhyamam
15. Kerala navothanam: Mathacharyar, mathanishedhikal
16. Frederich Engels: Snigdhanaya sahakaari, varshtanaya viplavakari
17. EMSum Malayala sahityavum
18. EMS: A biography
19. Mulkraj muthal Pavanan vare

TRANSLATIONS

1. Kattukadannal (Gadfly: Ethyl Lilyn Voynich)
2. Bhoothakalavum Munvidhikalum
3. India Charithra Vyakhyanam Marxist veekshanathil
4. Aryadravida Vivadavum Mathanirapekshathayum

Some prominent AWARDS

1. Sahitya Akademi Award
2. Swadesabhimani Award
3. Sankaranarayanan Thampi Award
4. Press Akademi Award