When I went, Jecintha Joseph, the novelist who had eloped from the literary field after penning down down 55-novels in Malayalam was busy shifting to a new house at East Hill in Kozhikode. She answered the repeated sounds of the calling bell with a smile on her face . ``Just come in, I was waiting for you,'' she said. As I accompanies her to the living room, she informed that she will be shifting to her new house at East Hill on next day.
The novelist was living with her daughter in Kozhikode for the past two-and-half years. She moved from Kollam to Kozhikode when her daughter Anju secured admission at the East Hill Government Engineering College. ``I come along with Anju as I couldn't sleep even a single night without her,'' she said out of motherly affection. Besides, she wanted loneliness to concentrate fully on writing since she is planning for a come back to the literary field after a long break.
The 52-year-old novelist, who started writing at the age of twelve believes life is all about love and helping others in need, has penned down 55-novels, 125-short stories, 25-screenplays and seven radio dramas so far. She even wrote a script for a drama.
She wrote majority of her works before getting married to Telesco of Kollam in 1987. She was very much active in the field till her marriage. Gradually lack of interest from her husband detached her from the world of words which she loved more than her life.
``At times I found it even difficult to take breath,'' said Jecintha in a low voice.
Though she feels the personal turmoil played a villain in her writing profession, she never let others know about it. Her smile which resembles that of a child helped her bury everything deep inside her heart.
She had also won numerous awards including Nana award for her screenplay ``Theeram thedunna Thiragal''.
The writer who is longing for a come back has written a screenplay for film and talks are on which can't be discussed at this stage, she replied to an answer about my question on present projects. She said she is planning to write a novel on Kozhikode. ``I like the city and the people very much,'' she quipped. Well she is even have a dream of directing a movie, she said.
Jecintha who consider writer Kakkanadan as her mentor said she will write an autobiography. ``I believe honesty of writer and I want to say the truth,'' she said.
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