A
melodious poetry of love romance
and pain, that is what Chenganpuzha Krishnapilla is to malayaly hearts. His
works were mirrors of his life and feelings, they flow from the deepest part
of his soul, spreading harmony, romance and inspiration to
whoever hears or reads it.
He never tried to preach or advocate the
complexities or dimensions of life. No wonder Krishnapilla’s poetry has been inspiring the
hearts and souls from mid-twentieth century irrespective of cast, religion, sex or financial
background.
Krishnapilla was born at Edapalli of
Ernakulam district to ‘Thekadath Narayanan menon’ and ‘Chegampuhavittil
Parukuttiamma’ on 10th October 1911. Being born in a poor family
young Krishnapilla had to face great adversities to complete his formal
education. He passed his Intermediate in 1938 from Eranakulam
maharajas college. He also studied law at madras in the year 1944.
Young Krishnapilla was bedridden
when he was working as a coir employee due to the bad habits he had picked
up by then. Lying down ailing for long four years he read wide range of
books from various languages such as Russian, German, French etc. These
literary voyage from his bed would become his base later.
‘RAMANAN’, the master piece was born
out of intense pain, sorrow & depression the poet had to face due to suicide
of his beloved friend and poet Raghavan Pilla on 7 July 1936. This single
work took
Krish as ‘Bashpangalli’ ‘kavyanarthaki’
‘Udyanalakshmi’ etc.
Chenganpuha krishpilla believed in
romance. Wrote romance and also lived a life of romantic imaginations. The
great poet died on 17th June 1948 due to acute tuberculosis
depriving the Malayalam. Literature is a world of melodies, music of love,
romance and pain but his eternal memories live in our hearts and tounges…
-
Girish Raghavan
