Being a native of India, Ayurveda has the smell and taste of the country. In ancient days only a minority used to study and practice Sanskrit language. And they could only follow the path of Ayurveda. Because, all the text of Indian Theology and Ayurveda were written in Sanskrit.
When I was studying in high school classes I started writing poems. As I felt no satisfaction in my poems, I wanted to correct them with the help of some talented persons. I could get acquaintance with celebrated poet Vayalar Rama Varma. He was a friend of my father. I went to his house with one of my poems. With reluctance I showed I showed the matter to him. He was pleased knowing that I was writing poems. He made some corrections in it and returned it back.
The world of literature is a wonderful one. If you refer its history you can convince the fact. From my childhood I read fiction and non-fiction aw well. I was interested to know the lifestyles of ancient and modern writers. I am having a special interest in reading the biographies of Artists too. Many Artists as Michaelangelo, Leonardo Da Vinci, Raphael and Rubens and the like are shining in my memory. Several novelists have written fiction based on the lives great artists and writers.
When my father was a boy, he was attacked by some ailment, which caused him lie on bed unconscious. His father and mother became anxious about it. In that time, physicians were rare. In my hometown there was an Ayurvedic Healer who belonged to a traditional Ayurvedic medical practitioner’s family.
The events of ‘The Wildfire’ take place in 1921. That time the British were ruling India. Malabar was included in the Madras Presidency and it was under the direct ruling of the British. In Malabar, the majority was Muslims and their mother tongue being Malayalam. There were another two more countries with Malayalam as their mother tongue, Cochin and Travancore. These countries were ruled by native Kings. But they, too, were under the supervision of the British Kingdom.
I started writing a novel about a seashore village and it has not been completed yet. No title has been put for it. I am in search of a title that will suit the creation even while I am writing it. I know a title will come to my mind with the completion of this work.
Set in the intriguing atmosphere of India in the early 20th century, full of mysticism, love, compassion, and political drama, The Ayurvedic Healer tells the story of Madhavan Namboodiri, a physician practicing an ancient medical science, and his enduring love for Rosalie. By healing the underprivileged, regardless of their status, touching the untouchables, he follows his beliefs and disobeys the rules of his society. His life story is set in the background of India’s struggle for freedom, the communist revolt in the Southern State of Kerala, social advancement, and the emergence of new societies. The Ayurvedic Healer sweeps the reader into an exotic place and time, rendering an intimate experience through sharing Madhavan Namboodiri’s life and love.
In The Azure of Solicitude I am trying to outline the lives of two villages situating on the bank of Lake Vembanadu, one of the big watercourses of Kerala State, India. It is mixed with reality and fantasy. That novel is being praised by readers and critics.
In my early childhood, I had a taste of drawing pictures onto my house walls with charcoal. It had helped forgetting punishments from my parents. They would make me wash the charcoal lines using water. When they realized that I was unable to stop drawing, my father gave me advice about the cleanliness of house walls.
For the past several years I have researched the bizarre world of writing and publishing, which has led me to some pleasant and some not-so-pleasant experiences. One of the truly pleasant experiences was meeting Joy J. Kaimaparamban through the AuthorNation.com online forum.
