When was Malcolm Sathiyanathan Adiseshiah born?
Malcolm Adiseshiah
Malcolm Sathiyanathan Adiseshiah (18 April 1910– 21 November 1994),[1] was an Indian development economist and educator. In 1976 he was awarded the Padma Bhushan by the Government of India, a civilian award given for "distinguished service of a high order...without distinction of race, occupation, position or sex."[2] In 1998 the UNESCO created ‘The Malcolm Adiseshiah International Literacy Prize’ in recognition of his contribution to education and literacy.
S. L. Puram Sadanandan
Sadanandan was born on April 15, 1928, in S. L. Puram in Alappuzha district to P.Narayanan and Karthyayani. He started writing plays while studying in school and associated himself with the trade union activities in his village. He became a strong sympathizer of the Indian Communist Party witnessing the hardships of the poor workers around him and had close contacts with Communist leaders like R.Sugathan. He took part in the Punnapra-Vayalar uprising and was arrested and imprisoned and could not pursue his formal studies further . However, he withdrew himself from active politics following the split in the Communist party. He was founder of "Kalpana Theatres" and "Suryasoma Theatres" at S.L. Puram. He has written more than 60 plays. His first drama, "Kudiyirakku", was staged when he was only 16 years old. He entered the filmworld by writing the dialogues for the film Sreekovil in 1962. He had written script for famous Malayalam film of the 1960s, "Chemmeen". He wrote scripts for more than 135 films and many of them won state and national awards. In 1965 he got the national award for the best screen play for the film "Agniputhri".