Kesari Balakrishna Pillai - E.M.S Namboodiripad and Pillai

E.M.S Namboodiripad and Pillai

Kesari was considered to be one of the visionaries of Progressive Movement of Arts and Letters of Kerala. However, later serious difference of opinion emerged between full-time Communist Party activists and other personalities, namely Kesari and Joseph Mundassery. In this context, E. M. S. Namboodiripad called Kesari as "Petit-Bourgeois intellectual", which later he corrected. It was Prof. T.P.Sukumaran who wrote letter to Namboodiripad requesting to re-consider his views about Kesari and his intellectual positions. Namboodiripad replied back saying he has to once again read old writings before stating anything on that subject. Later Namboodiripad publicly acknowledged the failure of Communist Party leadership in Kerala in rightly understanding the greatness of Kesari. Namboodiripad also acknowledged some of the earlier misconceptions of Communist Party with respect to Progressive Literature and Arts movement.