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SHAJIL ANTHRU

Shajil Anthru is (born 1968, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala), a writer of short stories, poems and novels in Malayalayam language. His recent book- a collection of eleven love stories “Over a Cup of Tea” is best known for the world’s shortest story. “Over a Cup of Tea” the world’s shortest story is three worded. His famous work includes Rekshakante Varavu (Malaylam short story collection), Utharam (Malayalam novel) and Swapnagalile Pakshi (Malayalam poetry collection ). He presently lives in Trivandrum, Kerala India, where he works as a Head Of Department in Polytechnics, Government of Kerala. Contents •	1Early life and education •	2Career Early life and education[edit source] Shajil Anthru had his school education in the St Rochs School and St Josephs High School, Trivandrum. He took his Engineering degree and Post graduate Engineering degree in Applied Electronics and Instrumentation for College of Engineering, Trivandrum.

Career[edit source] As writer His father K M Anthru is a renowned short story writer in Malayalam. Inspired by his work, Shajil Anthru also started writing from his school days. His first published article was a poem “The naughty Lamb” when he was studying in Sixth standard. During his Engineering studies, he published and edited a Magazine named “Nizhalukal”. He became popular after he published his short story in Kerala Kaumudi weekend, a leading newspaper from Trivandrum. In 2010, he published his first short story collection. “Rekshakante varavu”. The style and fusion of symbolism, magical realism and love with the real life events are the highlights of his stories. He conveyed each and every word form heart to heart which made the readers startled and stunned. In 2013, he published a short novel “Utharam” in Malayalam. The story is based on a real life situation. A boy was brought before the magistrate to identify the killer of his mother. Unfortunately it was his father. The magistrate asked him. Who is this? The answer of the boy was “One who killed my mother”. This incident haunted the author for years. He took almost twelve years to complete this novel. Also the author took another sixteen years to publish the novel. The craft of this novel is beautiful and it unearth the reason why his father killed his mother without narrating anything about the couples life. In 2017, Shajil Anthru came up with a poetry collection in Malayalam. “Swapnagalile Pakshi” is a collection of 39 poems. The poems are short and simple in language. But the philosophical throughts it creates in the reader is rich and worth. In 2018, Shajil Anthru published “Over a Cup Of Tea” a collection of love stories. “Over a Cup of Tea” is the title of his lead story which is the shortest story ever published in the world. . With three words, a story is written. The untold fact is that, the story demands the involvement of the readers in completing the story. Depending upon the reader, the story could be interpreted in many ways.