We talk about Vaikkom Muhammad Basheer's most irreverent works centered around Anavari Raman Nair, Ponkurishu Thoma, Ettukaali Mammoonju, and others.

We talk about the works of Joseph Annamkutty Jose, Mose Varghese, Arun Arsha, and our very own Krishnakumar Muraleedharan, among other writers.

We speak about the wonderful works of Dr Rajad R, the crime fiction by Lajo Jose and the works of Vipin Das in this episode

We speak Kanthamalacharitham, Karuthachan, Kumaran, Dravidakkallu, Saira and Duswapnam pookkunna maram,

We talk primarily about the books from Anoop Sasikumar and Ram C/o Anandhi in this episode.

We talk about TDR, S Harish, Vinoy Thomas, Francis Noronha and others, in this episode.

Part one of our conversation about contemporary literary fiction works in Malayalam, focusing on Benyamin, G R Indugopan, and K R Meera.

We talk about books (and the movie adaptations) based out of spies, undercover operations - both fiction and nonfiction.

Day of the Jackal

Odessa files

Hunt for Red October

Jack Reacher

War Machine

Departed

Infernal Affairs

Man who came in from the cold

Mission Impossible

Three Days of the Condor

Malabar House

Quantum of Menace

The Indian Spy

We speak of some important books that describe the human toll of war, starting with Kurt Vonnegut, Erich Maria Remarque, Joseph Conrad, and others.

We dive deeper into some of the memorable romantic relationshis in fiction, some obvoius and some subtle. There's also a conversation about the portrayal of physical intimacy in novels, and the fine line you tread while writing those.