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ഇ എം എസ് ആത്മകഥ | E M S Autobiography

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The autobiography of EMS Namboodiripad

304 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1969

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E.M.S. Namboodiripad

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Elamkulam Manakkal Sankaran Namboodiripad (13 June 1909 – 19 March 1998), popularly EMS, was an Indian communist politician and theorist, who served as the first Chief Minister of Kerala state in 1957–59 and then again in 1967–69. As a member of the Communist Party of India (CPI), he became the first non-Indian National Congress chief minister in the Indian republic. In 1964, he led a faction of the CPI that broke away to form the Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM).
As chief minister, Namboodiripad pioneered radical land and educational reforms in Kerala, which helped it become the country's leader in social indicators. It is largely due to his commitment and guidance that the CPM, of which he was Politburo member and general secretary for 14 years, has become such a domineering political force, playing a vital role in India's new era of coalition politics.
EMS, Kesari Balakrishna Pillai, Joseph Mundassery, M. P. Paul and K. Damodaran were architects of 'Jeevat Sahitya Prastanam', which later came to known as Purogamana Sahitya Prastanam (Progressive Association for Arts and Letters). Though Kesari was considered to be one of the visionaries of the Progressive Movement for Arts and Letters in Kerala, serious difference of opinion emerged later between full-time Communist Party activists and other personalities, namely Kesari and Joseph Mundassery. In this context, EMS famously accused Kesari of being a "Petit-Bourgeois intellectual", an appellation he later retracked. EMS also acknowledged some of the earlier misconceptions of the Communist Party with respect to the Progressive Literature and Arts Movement. This debate is known as 'Rupa Bhadrata Vivadam', an important milestone in the growth of Modern Malayalam Literature.

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December 11, 2015
വളരെയധികം സംക്ഷിപ്തമായ ഒരു ആത്മകഥ. ഉപസംഹാരത്തില്‍ ഇഎംഎസ് പറഞ്ഞിട്ടുള്ളതുപോലെ, ആത്മകഥയിലെ 'ആത്മ' വളരെ കുറവാണു്. കൂടുതലും ഒരു ചരിത്രപഠനമോ, അവലോകനമോ ആയി അനുഭവപ്പെടും. Self appreciationന്റേയും പൊങ്ങച്ചത്തിന്റേയും ഇടയിലുള്ള ആ ചെറിയ വരമ്പ് കാണാനും അതിലൂടെ അനായാസം നടക്കാനും ഇ‌എംഎസ്സിനു് സാധിച്ചിട്ടുണ്ടു്. ഞാന്‍ അറിയണമെന്നാഗ്രഹിച്ച കേരളത്തിലെ കമ്മ്യൂണിസ്റ്റ് പാര്‍ട്ടിയുടെ ആവിര്‍ഭാവവും വളര്‍ച്ചയുമൊക്കെ എത്തുന്നതിനു് മുമ്പേ തീര്‍ന്നുപോയെങ്കിലും, നല്ലൊരു വായനാനുഭവവും, ഇഎംഎസ് വെറും രാഷ്ട്രീയക്കാരന്‍ മാത്രമല്ല, നല്ലൊരു എഴുത്തുകാരന്‍ ആണെന്ന തിരിച്ചറിവും നല്‍കി ഈ പുസ്തകം.
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December 2, 2018
Autobiography- EMS Namboodiripad in English has described life in Kerala during the pre independence years, working of Indian National Congress (INC), Socialist thinking group within INC and later post independence years of life in India. India is a big nation with regional disparities and State policy issues which need to be resolved at State level. When a national political party is not able to take regional issues on priority, the party disrupts and is divided. When this division is not helpful then the person joins other political parties where he is able to find a solution to social ailments and betterment can be brought by government. Namboodiripad joined Indian National Congress then Social group of INC switched to Communist Party of India and later on to CPI (Marxist) when CPI was divided. The is a book bring fresh views on the question that social regional issues should be resolved by State Governments on priority otherwise other political parties will take advantage of their non performance and dislodged the government- as happened in Kerala. INC lost and first CPI Government was formed in Kerala. It is a worth reading book.
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December 13, 2016
Instead of going deeply into Personal emotions he managed to depict the social situation in his era.
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August 9, 2016
സരളമായ ശൈലി. പക്ഷെ ആത്മം തീരെ കുറവുള്ള ആത്മകഥ
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February 7, 2018
ഇ എം എസ് നമ്പൂതിരിപ്പാട്,ജാതിക്കോമരങ്ങൾ കൊടി കുത്തി വാണ കാലത്ത് കേരളത്തിന്റെ ഉന്നമനത്തിനായി പ്രവർത്തിച്ച അതേ വ്യക്തിത്വം.. കോണ്ഗ്രെസ്സ്കാരനായ എന്റെ രോമത്തെ പോലും ചലിപ്പിക്കാൻ സാധിച്ച തൂലിക...തിരുവനന്തപുരം മെഡിക്കൽ കോളേജിന്റെ കുട്ടികളുടെ കോളേജിനായി തന്റെ ആകെ ഉണ്ടായിരുന്ന സ്വത്ത്, ഇല്ല വിഭജനത്തിന് ശേഷം ഗവണ്മെന്റിന് എഴുതികൊടുത്ത ജീവിതം ഇന്നത്തെ ആദർശ കമ്മ്യൂണിസ്റുകൾക്ക് മാതൃകയാണ്...മുണ്ടുമടക്കി സ്വയം അഹങ്കരിക്കുന്ന ഓരോ കമ്മ്യൂണിസ്റ്റുകാരനും വായിച്ച് പടിക്കിനേടാ
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