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{{short description|Indian writer of Malayalam literature (born 1948)}}
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{{Infobox writer 
| name = N. S. Madhavan
| pseudonym =
| other_name =
| image = എന്‍.എസ് മാധവന്‍.jpg
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1948|09|09}}
| birth_place = [[Cochin]], [[Cochin State]], [[Dominion of India]]<br>(present day [[Ernakulam district|Ernakulam]], [[Kerala]], India)
| occupation = Novelist, [[short story writer]], columnist, [[Indian Administrative Service|IAS]] Officer
| language = [[Malayalam]]
| alma_mater = [[Maharaja's College, Ernakulam]]
| nationality = [[Indian people|Indian]]
| genre = Novel, short story, essays
| subject = Social aspects
| notableworks = {{ublist|''Higuita''|''Thiruth''|''Chulaimedile Shavangal''|''Pancha Kanyakakal''|''Lanthan Batheriyile Luthiniyakal''}}
| movement =
| influences =
| influenced =
| spouse = Sheela Reddy
| children = [[Meenakshi Reddy Madhavan]]
| awards = {{ublist|1993 [[Padmarajan Award]]|1994 [[Odakkuzhal Award]]|1995 [[Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Story]]|2004 [[Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Novel]]|2009 [[Muttathu Varkey Award]]|2010 [[Crossword Book Award]]|2018 [[Mathrubhumi Literary Award]]}}
| website =
}}
'''N. S. Madhavan''' (born 9 September 1948) is an Indian writer of [[Malayalam literature]]. Known for his novel, ''Lanthan Batheriyile Luthiniyakal'' (Litanies of the Dutch Battery) and a host of short stories such as ''Higuita'', ''Thiruthu'', ''Chulaimedile Shavangal'' and ''Vanmarangal Veezhumpol'', Madhavan also writes football columns and travel articles. He is a distinguished fellow of [[Kerala Sahitya Akademi]] and a recipient of several major awards including [[Odakkuzhal Award]], [[Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Story]], [[Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Novel]], [[Muttathu Varkey Award]], [[Mathrubhumi Literary Award]] and [[Crossword Book Award]].

== Biography ==
N. S. Madhavan, born on September 9, 1948 in the port city of [[Kochi|Cochin]] did his school education at [[Sree Rama Varma High School]] and graduated in economics from [[Maharaja's College, Ernakulam]].<ref name="Author Details">{{Cite web |url=http://www.bookandborrow.com/AuthorDetails.asp?autID=2667 |title=Author Details |date=2017-08-19 |access-date=2017-08-19}}</ref> His post-graduate studies were at the Department of Economics, [[University of Kerala]]. During this period he began writing, and in 1970 won the top prize for his first published short story 'Shishu', in a contest organised by the Malayalam literary magazine [[Mathrubhumi]].<ref name="The 2007 Man Asian Literary Prize - Longlist Announced">{{Cite web |url=http://static1.1.sqspcdn.com/static/f/585465/6990874/1274274364427/20Jul2007.pdf?token=I4yE3lVLMRWsdSkVzGltuJ9sq0E%3D |title=The 2007 Man Asian Literary Prize - Longlist Announced |date=2007 |website=Man Asian Literary Prize |access-date=2019-02-01}}</ref> He joined the [[Indian Administrative Service]] in 1975 and started his administrative career as a member of the [[Bihar]] cadre. After serving in Bihar in various capacities, he returned to his home state in 1988.<ref name="N S Madhavan - Author of 'When Big Trees Fall'">{{Cite web |url=http://www.kayataran.com/behindscenes/madhavan.htm |title=N S Madhavan - Author of 'When Big Trees Fall' |date=2019-01-31 |website=kayataran.com |access-date=2018-11-13}}</ref>

Madhavan is married to Sheela Reddy, a book editor of ''Outlook'', an English magazine published in New Delhi. Their daughter, [[Meenakshi Reddy Madhavan]] is a well-known blogger and the author of works such as ''You Are Here'', ''Confessions of a Listmaniac'' and ''Cold Feet''.<ref name="Girls of the Mahabharata">{{Cite web |url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/girls-mahabharata-writer-meenakshi-reddy-madhavan-her-new-book-series-95331 |title=Girls of the Mahabharata |date=January 19, 2019 |website=www.thenewsminute.com |access-date=2019-01-31}}</ref><ref name="From chick-lit to epics and murder mystery, Meenakshi Reddy Madhavan is experimenting with genres and her heroines">{{Cite web |url=https://bangaloremirror.indiatimes.com/opinion/sunday-read/from-chick-lit-to-epics-and-murder-mystery-meenakshi-reddy-madhavan-is-experimenting-with-genres-and-her-heroines/articleshow/67401573.cms |title=From chick-lit to epics and murder mystery, Meenakshi Reddy Madhavan is experimenting with genres and her heroines |last=Kumari |first=Barkha |last2=Jan 6 |first2=Bangalore Mirror Bureau |website=Bangalore Mirror |language=en |access-date=2019-01-31 |last3=2019 |last4=Ist |first4=06:00}}</ref>

== Writing career ==
=== Stories ===
[[File:N S madhavan.JPG|thumbnail|N.S Madhavan]]
In the 1980s, Madhavan went through a decade-long period of [[writer's block]], until the release of his story 'Higuita' in 1990. In this work, Madhavan models his protagonist, Father Geevarghese, on [[René Higuita]], the 1990 FIFA World Cup goalkeeper for Colombia and his unconventional playing style whereby he would often abandon his goal and try to score goals, occupies the priest's imagination.<ref name="‘Higuita’ judge stages sit-in, corporation clears market garbage - Times of India">{{Cite web |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kochi/higuita-judge-stages-sit-in-corporation-clears-market-garbage/articleshow/64565744.cms |title='Higuita' judge stages sit-in, corporation clears market garbage - Times of India |website=The Times of India |access-date=2019-02-01}}</ref> Likewise, he temporarily abandons his cassock and saves a tribal girl Lucie from the clutches of the trafficker Jabbar. The short story was rated among the best Malayalam stories in the last century.<ref name="The world is round, and so is a football">{{Cite web |url=https://www.dnaindia.com/analysis/column-the-world-is-round-and-so-is-a-football-1393735 |title=The world is round, and so is a football |date=2010-06-09 |website=dna |language=en |access-date=2019-02-01}}</ref> It has since been adapted into a play, ''Higuita: A Goalie’s Anxiety at Penalty Kick'', by Sasidharan Naduvil.<ref name="11th edition of the International Theatre Festival of Kerala to holding the stage">{{Cite web |url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/theatre/itfok-2019-which-kicks-off-on-sunday-promises-to-be-a-scintillating-show/article26014283.ece |title=11th edition of the International Theatre Festival of Kerala to holding the stage |last=Ramanath |first=Renu |date=2019-01-17 |website=The Hindu |language=en-IN |access-date=2019-02-01}}</ref> ''Thiruthu'', based on the [[Demolition of the Babri Masjid|Babri Masjid demolition]], ''Chulaimedile Shavangal'' (Corpses of Chulaimed), ''Vanmarangal Veezhumpol'' (When the Big Trees Fall), ''Paryaya Kathakal'' (Synonymous Stories), ''Nilavili'' (The Cry), Muyal Vetta (Hare Hunt) and ''Nalam Lokam'' (The Fourth World) are some of his other notable short stories.<ref name="Bahrain Keraleeya Sahitya Puraskaram">{{Cite web |url=https://www.madhyamam.com/literature/literature-news/bahrain-keraleeya-samajam-literary-award-ns-madhavan-literature-news |title=Bahrain Keraleeya Sahitya Puraskaram |date=December 12, 2018 |website=Madhyamam |access-date=2019-02-01}}</ref> His stories are known to represent the uncertainties, ambiguities and tragedies of the modern world.<ref name="എഴുത്തുമുറിയിലെ ഇടിമുഴക്കങ്ങള്‍; എന്‍ എസ് മാധവന്‍റെ പഞ്ചകന്യകകള്‍-ഒരു വായന">{{Cite web |url=https://www.azhimukham.com/pacha-kanyakakal-n-s-maadhavan-short-story-vayana-chathanoor-mohan/ |title=എഴുത്തുമുറിയിലെ ഇടിമുഴക്കങ്ങള്‍; എന്‍ എസ് മാധവന്‍റെ പഞ്ചകന്യകകള്‍-ഒരു വായന |date=2014-12-28 |website=Azhimukham |language=ml |access-date=2019-02-01}}</ref>

=== Novel ===
After thirty-three years as a writer, Madhavan published his debut novel in 2003 as ''Lanthan Batheriyile Luthiniyakal''.<ref name="N S Madhavan - Author of 'When Big Trees Fall'" /> The novel is about the life on an imaginary island in the [[Kochi|Kochi backwaters]],<ref name="An illustrative journey">{{Cite web |url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/kochi/2017/mar/30/an-illustrative-journey-1587489.html |title=An illustrative journey |website=The New Indian Express |access-date=2019-02-01}}</ref> named after a 17th-century battery (''bathery'' in Malayalam) of five cannons installed on its promontory by the Dutch (''Lanthans'' in Malayalam).<ref name="Lanthan Bathery comes alive as you explore Kochi islands">{{Cite web |url=https://travel.manoramaonline.com/travel/getting-about-kerala/ernakulam/2018/09/09/lathan-bathery-comes-alive-as-you-explore-islands-of-kochi.html |title=Lanthan Bathery comes alive as you explore Kochi islands |website=OnManorama |language=en |access-date=2019-02-01}}</ref> Jessica, the young narrator of the story, is the scion of a family of carpenters with a long tradition of boat building. Her reminiscences start from the days when she was inside her pregnant mother's womb. The novel presents an intimate picture of life of the Latin Christians of the Kerala coast, descendants of poor, low-caste Hindus who were converted to Christianity by Portuguese colonists in the 16th century.<ref name="Secrets of the land with 5 cannon">{{Cite book |url=http://archive.asianage.com/books/secrets-land-5-cannon-359 |title=Secrets of the land with 5 cannon |last=Chowdhury |first=Aloke Roy |language=en}}</ref> The first edition of the novel was sold out in a month.<ref name="Sex worker's memoirs turns out to be bestseller in Kerala ">{{Cite web |url=http://www.godubai.com/gulftoday/printarc.asp?aid=41978 |title=Sex worker's memoirs turns out to be bestseller in Kerala |website=Gulf Today |access-date=2019-02-01}}</ref>

The novel is set between 1951 and 1967, the first sixteen years of Jessica life, but draws upon history going back to the time of [[Vasco Da Gama]].<ref name="Secrets of the land with 5 cannon" /> She was born at a time when people used to run away from cow-pox vaccinators as well as the period when Kerala embraced communism, which the novelist calls the ''watermelon years'' – an allusion to the verdant green-canopied Kerala with its hidden red watermelons. There are captivating descriptions of [[Latin Church|Latin catholic]] residents of the Dutch Battery preparing themselves for months prior to the staging of ''[[Charlemagne|Karalman]] Charitham'' a [[Chavittu Nadakam]] or an operatic play about [[Charlemagne]], originally written in [[Tamil language|Tamil]] and pidgin [[Latin]] by Chinnathambi Annavi in the 16th century.<ref name="Chinnathambi Annavi statue unveiled">{{Cite web |url=https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/news/national/Chinnathambi-Annavi-statue-unveiled/article20706093.ece |title=Chinnathambi Annavi statue unveiled |last=Bureau |first=Our |website=@businessline |language=en |access-date=2019-02-01}}</ref><ref name="Attired in costumes, the legend is born again">{{Cite web |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Kochi/attired-in-costumes-the-legend-is-born-again/article5429394.ece |title=Attired in costumes, the legend is born again |date=2013-12-06 |website=The Hindu |language=en-IN |access-date=2019-02-01}}</ref> Set against the background of the city of Madhavan's birth, Kochi, the ''Lanthan Batheriyile Luthiniyakal'' is a roller coaster ride through micro histories, the nascent days of a newly independent country, the growth and decline of ideas, and the randomness of events affecting human lives. Well-known Malayalam novelist [[M. Mukundan]] made the following assessment after reviewing the novel, "N.S. Madhavan has rejuvenated Malayalam fiction."<ref name="Muk">''[[M. Mukundan]] Epic Imagination: Review of Lanthanbatheriyile Luthinayakal'', The Little Magazine, New Delhi: Volume IV, Issue 4 2003</ref> He summarises the novel thus: "[The book] is all about history and imagination—the protogonists of new fiction that is in vogue."<ref name="Muk" /> Mukundan added, "The novel is heavily populated with communists, priests, carpenters, cooks, boatmen, librarians, school teachers, even tailors. At times you will come across history makers from faraway Russia – [[Joseph Stalin]], [[Imre Nagy]], [[Nikita Khrushchev]]..."<ref name="Muk" />

=== Other works ===
In 2006, Madhavan published has written two plays, ''Rayum Mayum'' and ''Arbhudhavaidyan'', published together as a book, ''Randu Natakangal'', in 2006.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.amazon.in/Randu-nadakangal-N-S-Madhavan/dp/B007E4WWVA/ref=sr_1_15?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1549014641&sr=1-15&refinements=p_27%253AN.S.+Madhavan |title=Randu nadakangal |last=N. S .Madhavan |date=2006-09-07 |publisher=DC Books |language=Malayalam |access-date=2019-02-01}}</ref> His novel ''Lanthanbatheriyile Luthiniyakal'' was translated into English by [[Rajesh Rajamohan]] under the title ''Litanies of Dutch Battery'' and published in October 2010 by [[Penguin Books]]. The work was the winner of the 2010 [[Crossword Book Award]] (Indian language translations)<ref name="Crossword Book Awards - Indian literary awards">{{Cite web |url=https://www.britannica.com/art/Crossword-Book-Awards |title=Crossword Book Awards - Indian literary awards |date=2019-02-01 |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |language=en |access-date=2019-02-01}}</ref> and featured in the [[Man Asian Literary Prize]] long list<ref name="The 2007 Man Asian Literary Prize - Longlist Announced" /> and the 2011 [[The Hindu Literary Prize]] short list.<ref name="Shortlisted works for 2011 prize">{{Cite web |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/shortlisted-works-for-2011-prize/article2485103.ece |title=Shortlisted works for 2011 prize |author=Staff Reporter |date=2011-09-25 |website=The Hindu |language=en-IN |access-date=2019-02-01}}</ref> ''[[Kaya Taran]]'', the 2004 [[Hindi movie]] by [[Sashi Kumar]], is based on [[When Big Tree Falls|When Big Trees Fall]], a short story by Madhavan about the [[1984 anti-Sikh riots|homicidal attacks on the Sikhs]] that followed the [[Assassination of Indira Gandhi]], the then Indian Prime Minister.<ref name="N S Madhavan - Author of 'When Big Trees Fall'" /><ref name="Big trees, little shoots">{{Cite web |url=https://www.thehindu.com/2004/07/16/stories/2004071602492000.htm |website=[[The Hindu]] |title=Big trees, little shoots |date=2004-07-16 |access-date=2019-02-01}}{{dead link|date=April 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> He also edited one book, ''Malayala Kathakal'', composed of 60 short stories by various writers.<ref name="Malayala Kadha- 60 Kadhakal">{{Cite book |title=Malayala Kadha- 60 Kadhakal |last=N.S Madhavan (editor) |publisher=DC Books |year=2017 |oclc=1015264445 }}</ref>

==Awards==
Madhavan, who topped the field in a literary competition conducted by Mathrubhumi in 1970 for his short story, ''Shishu'', received the [[Padmarajan Award]] for his work, ''Thiruthu'' in 1993<ref name="Winners of Padmarajan Award">{{Cite web |url=http://www.keralaculture.org/ |title=Winners of Padmarajan Award |date=2019-02-01 |website=www.keralaculture.org |language=en |access-date=2019-02-01}}</ref> and a year later, he received the 1994 [[Odakkuzhal Award]] for ''Higuita''.<ref name="Winners of Odakkuzhal Award">{{Cite web |url=http://www.keralaculture.org/ |title=Winners of Odakkuzhal Award |date=2019-02-01 |website=www.keralaculture.org |language=en |access-date=2019-02-01}}</ref> ''Higuita'' was selected for another award in 1995, the [[Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Story]];<ref name="Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Story">{{Cite web |url=http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/sp/Writers/ksa/Awards/Stories.htm |title=Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Story |date=2019-02-01 |website=Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award |access-date=2019-02-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170705154727/http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/sp/Writers/ksa/Awards/Stories.htm |archive-date=5 July 2017 |url-status=dead }}</ref> he would receive another award from [[Kerala Sahitya Akademi]] in 2004, [[Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Novel]] for ''Lanthan Batheriyile Luthiniyakal''.<ref name="N S Madhavan- Speaker in Kerala literature Festival KLF –2019">{{Cite web |url=http://keralaliteraturefestival.com/speakers_more.aspx?id=Mjk3 |title=N S Madhavan- Speaker in Kerala literature Festival KLF –2019 |date=2019-02-01 |website=keralaliteraturefestival.com |access-date=2019-02-01}}</ref> The novel was included in the long list for the 2007 [[Man Asian Literary Prize]], the prize eventually going to the Chinese novel, [[Wolf Totem]].<ref name="The 2007 Man Asian Literary Prize - Longlist Announced" /> He received one more award for ''Higuita'', the [[Muttathu Varkey Award]] in 2009<ref name="Muttathu Varkey Award presented">{{Cite web |url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-kerala/Muttathu-Varkey-Award-presented/article16604960.ece |title=Muttathu Varkey Award presented |date=2009-05-29 |website=The Hindu |language=en-IN |access-date=2019-02-01}}</ref> followed by the Padmaprabha Literary Award, the same year.<ref name="Padmaprabha Literary Award - Padma Prabha Puraskaram">{{Cite web |url=http://www.keralaculture.org/ |title=Padmaprabha Literary Award - Padma Prabha Puraskaram |date=2019-02-01 |website=www.keralaculture.org |language=en |access-date=2019-02-01}}</ref> The English translation of his novel, ''Litanies of Dutch Battery'', was shortlisted for [[The Hindu Literary Prize]] in 2011.<ref name="Shortlisted works for 2011 prize" /> [[Kerala Sahitya Akademi]] honoured him with fellowship in 2013.<ref name="Kerala Sahitya Akademi Fellowship">{{Cite web |url=http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/pdf/Akademi%20Award%20-%202013_final.pdf |title=Kerala Sahitya Akademi Fellowship |date=2014 |website=Kerala Sahitya Akademi |access-date=2019-01-31 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180613132951/http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/pdf/Akademi%20Award%20-%202013_final.pdf |archive-date=13 June 2018 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="Kerala Sahitya Akademi Fellowship recipients">{{Cite web |url=http://www.keralaculture.org/ |title=Kerala Sahitya Akademi Fellowship recipients |date=2019-02-01 |website=www.keralaculture.org |language=en |access-date=2019-02-01}}</ref> He received the Padmaprabha Literary Prize in 2015<ref name="Padmaprabha prize for N.S. Madhavan">{{Cite web |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/Padmaprabha-prize-for-N.S.-Madhavan/article15688030.ece |title=Padmaprabha prize for N.S. Madhavan |date=2010-11-15 |website=The Hindu |language=en-IN |access-date=2019-02-01}}</ref> and two awards in 2018, the [[Mathrubhumi Literary Award]]<ref name="NS Madhavan presented with Mathrubhumi Literary Award">{{Cite web |url=https://english.mathrubhumi.com/books/literature/ns-madhavan-presented-with-mathrubhumi-literary-award-1.3494235 |title=NS Madhavan presented with Mathrubhumi Literary Award |date=January 18, 2019 |website=Mathrubhumi |access-date=2019-01-31}}</ref><ref name="Mathrubhumi Literary Award for N S Madhavan">{{Cite web |url=https://english.mathrubhumi.com/books/books-news/mathrubhumi-literary-award-for-n-s-madhavan-1.3440338 |title=Mathrubhumi Literary Award for N S Madhavan |website=Mathrubhumi |language=en |access-date=2019-02-01}}</ref> and the Literary Award of the [[Bahrain]] Keraleeya Samajam.<ref name="Bahrain Keraleeya Sahitya Puraskaram" />

== Bibliography ==
=== Novels ===
* {{Cite book |title=Lanthan Batheriyile Luthiniyakal |last=Madhavan, N. S. |date=2003 |publisher=DC Books |isbn=8126406178 |location=[Kottayam] |oclc=54073729}}

=== Short stories ===
* {{Cite book |title=Chulaimedile Shavangal |last=Madhavan, N. S. |date=1994 |publisher=DC Books |isbn=8171303587 |location=Kōṭṭayaṃ |oclc=33331433}}
* {{Cite book |title=Thiruthu |last=Madhavan, N. S. |date=1996 |publisher=DC Books |isbn=8171306454 |location=[Kottayam] |oclc=37115281}}
* {{Cite book |title=Nilaviḷi |last=Madhavan, N. S. |date=2007 |publisher=DC Books |isbn=978-8126415274 |location=[Kottayam] |oclc=316853404}}
* {{Cite book |url=https://www.amazon.in/Higuita-N-S-Madhavan/dp/B007E4W0A8/ref=sr_1_3?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1549014641&sr=1-3&refinements=p_27%253AN.S.+Madhavan |title=Higuita |last=N.S. Madhavan |date=2012 |publisher=DC Books |asin=B007E4W0A8}}
* {{Cite book |url=https://www.amazon.com/Shisu/dp/B00VWVSJAO/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1549014430&sr=1-3 |title=Shishu (audiobook) |last=N. S. Madhavan |publisher=DC Books |year=2015 |asin=B00VWVSJAO}}
* {{Cite book |title=Pancha Kanyakakal |last=Madhavan, N. S. |publisher=DC Books |year=2015 |isbn=9788126452514 |location=Kottayam, Kerala State, India |oclc=908247775}}
* {{Cite web |url=https://www.amazon.in/Ente-Priyapetta-Kathakal-Malayalam-Madhavan-ebook/dp/B01MTQZJJA/ref=sr_1_6?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1549014641&sr=1-6&refinements=p_27%253AN.S.+Madhavan |title=Ente Priyapetta Kathakal |last=Madhavan |first=N. S. |date=2016 |publisher=DC Books |language=Malayalam |access-date=2019-02-01}}
*{{Cite book |title=Malayala Kadha- 60 Kadhakal |last=N.S. Madhavan (editor) |publisher=DC Books |year=2017 |oclc=1015264445 }}
* {{Cite book |url=https://www.goodreads.com/work/best_book/19059515-paryayakathakal |title=Paryayakathakal |last=N. S. Madhavan |publisher=DC Books |year=2000}}
* {{Cite book |title=N.S. Madhavante Kadhakal Sampooornam |last=Madhavan, N. S. |date=2011 |publisher=DC Books |isbn=9788126433056 |location=[Kottayam] |oclc=787511653}}
* ''Nalam Lokam''

=== Plays ===
* {{Cite web |url=https://www.amazon.in/Randu-nadakangal-N-S-Madhavan/dp/B007E4WWVA/ref=sr_1_15?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1549014641&sr=1-15&refinements=p_27%253AN.S.+Madhavan |title=Randu nadakangal |last=N. S .Madhavan |date=2006 |publisher=DC Books |language=Malayalam |access-date=2019-02-01}}

=== Essays ===
* {{Cite book |title=Puram Marupuram |last=N. S. Madhavan |publisher=Mathrubhumi Books |year=2010 |isbn=978-8182652279}}
* {{Cite book |title=Thalsamayam |last=N. S. Madhavan |publisher=Malayala Manorama Books |year=2020 |isbn=9789389649055}}

=== Articles ===
* {{Cite journal |last=Madhavan |first=N. S. |date=April 2, 2016 |title=There is little silver on the screen |url=http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/columns/there-is-little-silver-on-the-screen/article8423515.ece |journal=The Hindu}}
* {{Cite journal |last=Madhavan |first=N. S. |date=December 17, 2016 |title=Silence of the majority |url=http://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/shah-rukh-khan-raj-thackeray-raees-maharashtra-silence-of-the-majority-4430902 |journal=The Indian Express}}
* {{Cite journal |last=Madhavan |first=N. S. |date=July 11, 2016 |title=Voices in Time |url=http://indianexpress.com/article/lifestyle/books/voices-in-time-svetlana-alexievich-secondhand-time-ns-madhavan-2907553 |journal=The Indian Express}}
* {{Cite journal |last=Madhavan |first=N. S. |date=September 9, 2015 |title=What A Controversial Sri Narayana Guru Tableaux Tells Us About Kerala Politics |url=http://www.huffingtonpost.in/author/ns-madhavan |journal=Huffington Post}}

=== Translations to other languages ===
* {{Cite book |url=https://www.amazon.in/Sarmishta-N-S-Madhavan/dp/B00HR1UCRQ/ref=sr_1_10?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1549014641&sr=1-10&refinements=p_27%3AN.S.+Madhavan |title=Sarmishta |last=N.S. Madhavan (author) |last2=K. V. Shailaja (translator) |publisher=Vamsi Books |year=2005 |asin=B00HR1UCRQ|language=Tamil}}
* {{Cite book |title=Litanies of Dutch battery |last=N. S. Madhavan |last2=Rajesh Rajamohan (translator) |date=2010 |publisher=Penguin Books |isbn=9780143065029 |location=New Delhi |oclc=689015005|language=English}}
* {{Cite book |title=Beerangi Paadalgal |last=N. S. Madhavan |last2=Era. Murukan (translator) |publisher=Kizhakku Pathippagam |year=2018 |isbn=978-9386737489 |language=Tamil}}
* {{Cite book |title=Perumarangal Vizhumpozhuthu |last=N. S. Madhava (author) |last2=Nirmalya (translator) |publisher=Kalachuvadu Publications |year=2012 |isbn=9789381969601 |location=Nagarcoil |language=Tamil |oclc=845242649}}

== Further reading ==
* {{Cite web |url=http://www.littlemag.com/vox/madhavan.html |title=Afterword |last=N. S. Madhavan |website=Little Magazine |access-date=2019-02-01}}
* {{Cite web |url=http://www.littlemag.com/bloodsport/nsmadhavan.html |title=The Cry |last=N. S. Madhavan |website=Little Magazine |access-date=2019-02-01}}
* {{Cite web |url=http://www.littlemag.com/venusenvy/nsmadhavan.html |title=Kanakam |last=N. S. Madhavan |website=Little Magazine |access-date=2019-02-01}}
* {{Cite web |url=http://www.littlemag.com/sep-oct01/madhavan.html |title=Amma |last=N. S. Madhavan |website=Little Magazine |access-date=2019-02-01}}

== References ==
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== External links ==
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* {{Cite web |url=https://guftugu.in/2015/10/contributors |title=Guftugu - Contributors |date=2019-02-01 |website=Guftugu |language=en-US |access-date=2019-02-01}}
* {{Cite web |url=http://www.kayataran.com/behindscenes/madhavan.htm |title=N S Madhavan - Author of 'When Big Trees Fall' |date=2019-02-01 |website=www.kayataran.com |access-date=2019-02-01}}
* {{Cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_ggvXzYFwQ |title=Nilavili - A reading in Malayalam - NS Madhavan |last=Bangalore Literature Festival |date=December 6, 2017 |access-date=2019-02-01}}

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