Kasaragod, Jul 21: Noted short story writer S Hareesh has withdrawn his Malayalam novel Meesha (Moustache), which was being serialised in the Mathrubhumi Weekly, following threats from the extremist elements in Sangh Parviar.
The novel, about life in Kerala half-a-century ago, had raised the hackles of Sangh Parivar activists, who found portions of a dialogue between two characters in the novel objectionable.
On Friday, a group of BJP-Hindu Aikya Vedi activists vandalised an exhibition of books spirituality organised by Mathrubhumi Books at Thripunithura in Kochi protesting against the novel.
Award-winning author Hareesh is clerk at the Village Office at Neendoor in Kottayam by profession. He is reportedly under severe stress following threats to his family members.
"S Hareesh withdraws his novel Meesha, literature is being mob lynched, darkest day in Kerala's cultural history, lightless days to follow", Mathrubhumi Weekly editor Kamalram Sajeev tweeted shortly after the author announced his decision to withdraw his novel.
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