Pink Decade in Malayalam Poetry - Is the term used by some literary critics to describe the period in Malayalam literature

Malayalam literature

The term Malayalam literature refers to Literature written in Malayalam language. Malayalam is the language spoken by around 35 million people, mainly the inhabitants of the state of Kerala and the union territory of Lakshadweep Islands in India. Malayalam is a Dravidian language and thus has close...

 (roughly the late 40s and early 50s) in which a brigade of young poets inspired by the ideals of scientific socialism

Scientific Socialism

Scientific socialism is the term used by Friedrich Engels to describe the social-political-economic theory first pioneered by Karl Marx. The purported reason why this socialism is "scientific socialism" is because its theories are held to an empirical standard, observations are essential to its...

 and Marxist world view were active in creating ‘revolutionary

Revolutionary

A revolutionary is a person who either actively participates in, or advocates revolution. Also, when used as an adjective, the term revolutionary refers to something that has a major, sudden impact on society or on some aspect of human endeavor.-Definition:...

’ poetry.

The term Pink Decade is to be taken as a figurative epithet rather than in its literal sense because these poets or their works cannot be confined within the span of a single decade.

Some poets belonging to this period are P. Bhaskaran

P. Bhaskaran

Pulloottupadathu Bhaskara Menon , better known as P. Bhaskaran, was a famous Malayalam poet and lyricist of Malayalam film songs. He penned more than 3000 songs for about 250 films. He also directed 44 Malayalam feature films and 3 documentaries, produced 6 feature films and acted in several movies...

, Vayalar Ramavarma

Vayalar Ramavarma

Vayalar Ramavarma , often known as Vayalar, was a modern Malayalam poet and lyricist. His famous works include Sargasangeetham, Mulankaadu, Padamudrakal, Aayisha, Oru Judas janikkunnu.-Biography:...

. Thirunalloor Karunakaran

Thirunalloor Karunakaran

Thirunalloor Karunakaran was a renowned poet, scholar, teacher and leftist intellectual of Kerala, India.-Early life:...

, O N V Kurup, Punaloor Balan

Punaloor Balan

Punaloor Balan was an Indian writer and a poet in Malayalam. He was born on 3 January 1927 in Punaloor, Kollam district, Kerala. From his student days he was associated with the Communist movement and shot to fame during the 'Pink Decade' in Malayalam poetry.Balan wrote lyrics and songs profusely...

 ,Puthussery Ramachandran

Puthussery Ramachandran

Puthussery Ramachandran is an eminent Indian poet of the Malayalam language. He is a scholar of Dravidian liguistics and has been a professor of Malayalam for more than three decades.-Biography:...

 etc.

Though these writers initially shared some characteristics in common like a romantic vision of a classless society

Classless society

Classless society refers to a society in which no one is born into a social class. Such distinctions of wealth, income, education, culture, or social network might arise and would only be determined by individual experience and achievement in such a society.Since these distinctions are difficult to...

, a simple style directly addressing the masses and themes picked from the daily life of the common man, they later developed distinct poetic identities of their own.