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Raj Nair is an author and filmmaker who writes in his native language Malayalam and English. His first poem was published at the age of eleven followed by short stories and his first novel in the year 2000, 'Nishabdathaylie Theerthadakan' (Pilgrim of Silence, DC Books). He has written and directed films including, 'Kaazhchavasthukkal' ('The Exhibits, 2004) and 'Punyam Aham' (Limpid Souls, 2010). He was born in Alleppey and spent most of his younger years in Thakazhi and Kalarcode, Kerala, India. He was educated at Harvard, the University of London.He lives in Australia. He is the grandson of famous Malayalam writer, Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai.

NOVEL REVIEW: Nishabdathayile Theerthadakan (Pilgrim of Silence) By Koyamparambath Satchidanandan, Poet Laureate

"Any attempt to restore the role of imagination in the novel and create a literary idiom is praiseworthy at a time when the element of imagination is on the wane in the genre and novels are getting more and more journalistic and closer to newspaper features crammed with superfluous details. It is in this context that Raj Nair's 'Pilgrim of Silence' (Silent Pilgrim?) that beautifully mixes reality and imagination claims our attention. Even while being structurally experimental, the novel retains its readability"