Rajalakshmi

Her novel, Oru Vazhiyum Kure Nizhalukalum, has been adapted into a tele-series as well as into a play by the All India Radio.

• Name — Rajalakshmi • Born — 2 June 1930 • Birthplace — Cherpulassery, Palakkad district, Kerala, India • Died — 18 January 1965 • Place of death — Kerala, India • Occupation — Writer • Genre — Short story, novel, poetry • Notable Works — * Oru Vazhiyum Kure Nizhalukalum • Njanenna Bhavam • Uchavelyilum Ilamnilavum • Relatives — * Achutha Menon (father) • Kuttimalu Amma (mother) • Awards — * 1960 Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Novel

• Illustration — Maharaja's College, Rajalakshmi's alma mater Rajalakshmi was born on June 2, 1930, at Cherpulassery, Palakkad district of the south Indian state of Kerala to Marath Achutha Menon and Thakkathu Amayankottu Kuttymalu Amma as their youngest daughter; T. A. Sarasvati Amma, who would later become a noted mathematician and scholar, was her elder sister. She graduated in physics from Maharaja's College, Ernakulam and joined the University College Thiruvananthapuram for MA Malayalam but discontinued to move to Banaras Hindu University from where she earned a master's degree in physics. Subsequently, she started her career as a lecturer and worked in different colleges of the Nair Service Society at Perunthanni, Pandalam and Ottappalam. On January 18, 1965, Rajalakshmi started from home to College in the morning but returned home and committed suicide; her dead body was found in her room, hanging from the roof on a saree. She was aged 34 at that time.

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