BOOK REVIEW

                                 BALYAKKALA SAKHI

                       ‘Balyakkala sakhi is’ one of the famous love stories of Vaikam Muhammed Basheer. It is an everlasting work of Malayalam literature.No reader can forget the characters Majeed and Suhra and their tragic love. The story of novel depends on their love affair.

                           In the beginning of novel, the writer tells us about their childhood. Majeed belongs to a high class family. But his neighbor Suhra is very poor. They grew up together by seeing the pains and joys of life. Along with that their love also began to grow as a secret one. But situations changed in both of their life. Majeed was forced to leave his home by his father and when he returned things were different. Suhra was married and it made him very desperate. He tries to meet her and understands that she is not happy in her marital life. The story goes on. Majeed gets involved with marring off his sisters and making his life move forward with his job as a news paper boy in the city. He gives up the job when he looses his left leg in an accident. He does not inform this to any one. One day he gets a letter from his mother and happened to know that Suhra is dead. He lives on by earning money from cleaning the vessels in hotel.

                            This story is a simple and touching love story of Majeed and Suhra. It has a powerful theme and rhythm. This story gives memorable experience to the reader’s minds.