Thalayolaparambu, Vaikom, Travancore, British India
Abubakar -Basheer's brother
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Novel, short story, essays, memoirs
ଭାରତୀୟ ଲେଖକ
Indian author (1908–1994)
ગુજરાતી લેખક
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केरल, भारत से मलयालम कथा लेखक
മലയാളസാഹിത്യകാരൻ
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Basheer - a caricature
Abdul Rahman Muhammad Basheer
Beypore, Kerala, India
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Indiaas romanschrijver (1908-1994)
بھارتی ڈراما نگار
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భారతీయ రచయిత
I said nothing. I was shaken, unable to breathe. The whole world was asleep! My mother alone was awake! Mother brought a vessel of water and asked me to wash my hands and feet. Then she placed a plate of rice before me. She asked me nothing. I was amazed. “How did you know, Umma, that I was coming today?” Mother replied, “Oh... I cook rice and wait every night.” It was a simple statement. Every night I did not turn up, but mother had kept awake waiting for me. The years have passed. Many things have happened. But mothers still wait for their sons. “Son, I just want to see you...”
Excerpts from the story Amma
Basheer on a 2009 stamp of India
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இந்திய விடுதலைப் போராட்ட மலையாளி
ভারতীয় লেখক
Fathima Basheer
محمد بشير
Vaikom Muhammad Basheer