Vaikom Muhammad Basheer
"Ente Thankam" (My Darling) is a short story written by Vaikom Muhammad Basheer. It is his first published work. Originally published in the now-defunct newspaper "Jayakesari" in 1937, it was later published in the collection "Vishappu" ("Hunger", 1954, Current Books) under the name "Thankam". A path-breaker in Malayalam romantic fiction, it had its heroine a dark-complexioned hunchback.