THOPPIL MOHAMED MEERAN (1944-2019) was born in the coastal hamlet of Thengaipattinam in Kanyakumari District, Tamil Nadu. He wrote six novels and several short story collections from which these stories are taken. He won the prestigious Sahitya Akademi Award in 1997 for Saivu Narkkali. He also received many awards including the Tamilnadu Ilakkiya Perumantram Award, the Ilakkiya Chintanai Award and was honoured by the Tamil Nadu Government. He translated the biography of Vaikom Mohammed Basheer. His novels Saivu Narkkali (The Reclining Chair) and Oru Kadalora Graamatthin Kathai (The Story of a Seaside Village) have been translated.In his writings, Meeran bemoaned what man has made of man and what man has made of nature. It pained him that men who are the noblest of creations should inflict cruelty in the name of religion, caste and gender. He wrote about real people and also about those located in another reality. His writings have an enveloping compassion, an inclusive humanity and hope.