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'' and published as a book by National Book Stall in 1973. It is a rambling, incomplete kind of autobiography by the noted

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author. The book also includes Basheer's conversations with Sreedharan,

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, and Punalur Rajan."Works by Vaikom Muhammad Basheer"

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1973 non-fiction books Indian autobiographies Books by Vaikom Muhammad Basheer Literary memoirs Literary autobiographies Malayalam-language books Works originally published in Indian newspapers {{lit-bio-book-stub