Bear with Me Amma

<p>MT as he is popularly known is one of the most illustrious writers and film-makers from modern Kerala. His life's work has won him the Jnanpith Award the Sahitya Akademi Award the National Film Award and the Padma Bhushan among others. <p/>MT grew up in the village of Kudallur in Kerala and his writings constantly evoke the landscape of the years he spent there. Many of the characters in his stories are based on people who lived in this region and the stories themselves often retell incidents that happened there. <p/>The memoirs as well as the stories in this volume were chosen by MT himself. They pay homage to his childhood his craft and most importantly his Amma whose restful presence they beautifully and poignantly capture.</p>