The book is a reminiscence of the life that the author lived from childhood to the day, when the country was getting ready to celebrate the Silver Jubilee of Independence. It vividly gives the ring side view of the happenings on the ground, seen by the author as a school boy, a highly motivated student leader, a budding journalist, a full-time freedom fighter, an evolving writer, a cultural ambassador and a political leader. The surging spirit of the freedom struggle around him and the ground level happenings during the period that formed the early part of his life are traced with details of the events and the participants, including leaders who guided the events.
This memoir gives information on every struggle undertaken by the people in quest of freedom, from boycott of Simon Commission in 1927, Salt Satyagraha in 1930, Individual Satyagraha, Do or die call by Gandhiji to Quit India movement in 1942, his own participation in the latter ones with meticulous details, as seen and felt by a freedom fighter. It also contains the jail life and the fellow prisoners, some of them meeting with tragic ends in the prison itself. Later the coverage shifts to the early evolution of the nation, his becoming one of the cogs in the wheel, the first general election, his Parliament days, followed by different administrative roles that he meritoriously served.
Anubhavachurulukal is a unique literary piece, containing the first-hand narration from a person moulded in the crucible of freedom struggle, possessing the flair for writing, and who has lived through one of the most eventful periods of history of this great nation. The book also sketches the personalities of various leaders, literary, social and cultural figures of the period with whom he comes into contact with from close quarters. The book also traces the history of the places and personalities that emerged in his mind while passing different places on his way to the jail. In a nut shell, the author, through this book, bares not only his life story but the story of a nation and its people in a period spanning most part of the twentieth century.
During the release of second edition of 'Anubhavachurulukal' at Jawahar Bhavan, Kannur in 2007.Sitting on the Dias are Kadannappally Ramachandran, Vanidas Elayavoor, Dr. Sasidharan, Ms. Sukanya
The first edition was published by DC Books, Kottayam in the year 1987. A second edition was brought out in the year 2007 by Samayam Publications, Kannur. A function was held at Kannur to commemorate the release of the second edition. Shri. Kadannappally Ramachandran
The Second Edition
