Vaikom Muhammad Basheer
Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai turned away from party politics and produced a moving romance in "Chemmeen" (Shrimps) in 1956. For S. K. Pottekkatt and Vaikom Muhammad Basheer, who had not dabbled in politics, the continuity is marked in the former's "Vishakanyaka" (Poison Maid, 1948) and the latter's "Ntuppuppakkoranendarnnu" (My Grandpa had an Elephant, 1951). The non-political social or domestic novel was championed by P. C. Kuttikrishnan (Uroob) with his "Ummachu" (1955) and "Sundarikalum Sundaranmarum" (Men and Women of Charm, 1958).