Poetry of India 54/100: Kunchan Nambiar and the Satirical Energy of Malayalam Thullal
Part 54 of The Poetry Pulse’s 100-part journey through Indian poetry. Kunchan Nambiar is remembered for developing and popularising Ottan Thullal, a Malayalam performance tradition that combines verse, music, movement and satire. His work made literary performance lively and accessible, using humour to expose vanity, hypocrisy and social pretension. The poems are best understood as performance te…
