Sukumar Azhikode
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Dr. Sukumar Azhikode (b. May 26, 1926 Azhikode, Kerala, India) is a teacher, critic and orator, acknowledged for his contributions to Malayalam literary criticism and insights on Indian philosophy.
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[edit] Education and Career
Sukumar Azhikode completed BCom in 1946, later BT in Malayalam and MA & PhD in Sanskrit. Azhikode was a teacher at Rajas High School,Chirackal St. Aloysius College,Mangalore and Devagiri College,Kozhikode and later a principal at SNM Training College, Moottakunnam, and a professor and Pro-Vice Chancellor at Calicut University. He retired in 1986.
[edit] Awards
Azhikodes' most famous work is Thathvamasi (1984, Malayalam), an authoritative book on Indian Philosophy, Vedas and Upanishads. Thathvamasi has won twelve awards including the Indian Sahithya Academy and Kerala State Sahithya Academy Prizes, Vayalar Award and the Rajaji Award.
In Jan 2007,he refused to accept the Padma Shri conferred on him stating that``Such honours are against the Constitution. The Constitution says everyone should be treated as equal. Giving such honours at different levels, the State discriminates between people. I see the Padma Shri conferred on me as an opportunity to expose this discrimination.
[edit] Vaghbhadananda Guru
Azhikode considers the great Vagbhadananda Guru as his teacher and Guru's book Aathmavidya as the stepping stone to his later pursuits on Vedas and Upanishads. In the introduction to Thathvamasi he remembers how his father forced him to study Sanskrit during his childhood which later became the foundation for his extensive research on Indian philosophy.
Azhikode remembers the encouragement and persuasion of Malayalam writers M.T.Vasudevan Nair and NP Muhammed when he wrote the book.
[edit] Organizations and Institutions
Azhikode is the founder/president of Navabharathavedi - a socio-cultural organization. He has also worked at several newspapers including Dinabandhu, Malayala Harijan, Desamitram, Navayugam and Dinaprabha and was the Chairman of National Book Trust of India between 1993 and 1996, and also edited Malayalam newspaper Varthamanam. He is unmarried and lives at Viyyoor near Thrissur town.
[edit] Major works
- Aasante Seetakavyam
- Ramananum Malayalakavitayum (Ramanan and Malayalam Poetry)
- Mahatmavinte Margam (Way of the Mahatma)
- Purogamanasahityavum Mattum (Modern Literature and Others)
- Malayala Sahityavimarsanam (Criticism of Malayalam Literature)
- Vayanayute Swargattil (In the Paradise of Reading)
- Tatvamasi
- Malayala Sahitya Patanangal (Studies on Malayalam Literature)
- Tatvavum Manushyanum (Philosophy and Humans)
- Khandanavum Mandanavum (Destructive Criticism and Constructive Criticism)
- Entinu Bharatadare
- Azhikodinte Prabhashanangal (Speeches of Azhikode)
- Azhikodinte Falitangal (Jokes of Azhikode)
- Guruvinte Dukham (Sorrow of the Teacher)
- Aakasam Nashtapetunna India (India Losing Horizon)
- Pathakal Kazhchakal (Routes and Sights)
- Mahakavi Ulloor (The Great Poet Ulloor)
Translations to Malayalam
