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{{Short description|Indian writer (1956–2019)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2020}}
{{Use Indian English|date=July 2015}}
{{Infobox writer
| name = Ashitha
| image =
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| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=y|1956|4|5}}
| birth_place = [[Pazhayannur]], [[Trichur]], [[Travancore-Cochin]], India
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=y|2019|3|27|1956|4|5}}
| death_place = [[Thrissur]], [[Kerala]], India
| occupation = Writer
| nationality = Indian
| alma_mater =
| period =
| genre = Short story, poetry, novel, translation
| subject =
| movement =
| notableworks = {{ubl|''Vismaya Chhihnangal''|''Apoorna Viramangal''|''Mazhameghangal''|''Thathagatha''|''Meera Padunnu''}}
| spouse = Raman Kutty
| partner =
| children = A daughter
| parents = Balachandran Nair<br>Thankamani Amma
| influences =
| influenced =
| awards = {{ubl|2015 [[Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Story]]|2000 [[Malayalam literary awards#Padmarajan Award|Padmarajan Award]]|1994 [[Malayalam Literary Awards#Lalithambika Antharjanam Smaraka Sahitya Award|Lalithambika Anterjanam Smaraka Sahitya Award]]|1986 [[Malayalam Literary Awards#Edasseri Award|Edasseri Award]]|Ankanam Award|Thoppil Ravi Award}}
}}
'''Ashitha''' (5 April 1956 – 27 March 2019) was an Indian writer of [[Malayalam literature]], best known for her short stories, poems and translations. She helped popularize [[haiku poems]] in Malayalam through her translations. She was a recipient of the [[Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Story]] and other honours including the [[Malayalam literary awards#Padmarajan Award|Padmarajan Award]], [[Malayalam Literary Awards#Lalithambika Antharjanam Smaraka Sahitya Award|Lalithambika Anterjanam Smaraka Sahitya Award]] and [[Malayalam Literary Awards#Edasseri Award|Edasseri Award]].

==Biography==
[[File:Maharajas Entrance.jpg|thumb|235px|Maharaja's College, Ashitha's alma mater]]
Ashitha was born on 5 April 1956<ref name="Kerala: Malayalam writer Ashita passes away">{{Cite web |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/kerala-malayalam-writer-ashita-passes-away-5644542/ |title=Kerala: Malayalam writer Ashita passes away |date=2019-03-27 |website=The Indian Express |language=en-I|access-date=2019-03-27}}</ref> in [[Pazhayannur]] in [[Thrissur district|Trichur district]] of [[Kerala]] to Kazhangottu Balachandran Nair and Thekkekarupath Thankamani Amma.<ref name="Writer Ashitha, who popularised Haiku in Kerala, passes away">{{Cite web |url=https://english.manoramaonline.com/news/kerala/2019/03/27/malayalam-writer-ashitha-dies.html |title=Writer Ashitha, who popularised Haiku in Kerala, passes away |date=2019-03-27 |website=OnManorama |language=en |access-date=2019-03-27}}</ref> She completed her schooling from [[Delhi]] and [[Bombay]] and obtained her graduate and master's degrees in English literature from [[Maharaja's College, Ernakulam]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://maharajascollege.in/template.php?id=30&page=101&catid=156&subcatid=58 |title="Famous alumni of the Department" |access-date=30 March 2014 |archive-date=4 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304002313/http://maharajascollege.in/template.php?id=30&page=101&catid=156&subcatid=58 |url-status=dead }}</ref>{{Additional citation needed|date=February 2022}}

Ashitha was married to K. V. Ramankutty and had a daughter, Uma Praseedha.<ref name="books.puzha.com - Author Details">{{Cite web |url=http://www.puzha.com/malayalam/bookstore/cgi-bin/author-detail.cgi?code=586 |title=books.puzha.com - Author Details |date=2019-03-27 |website=www.puzha.com |access-date=2019-03-27 |archive-date=27 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190327090344/http://www.puzha.com/malayalam/bookstore/cgi-bin/author-detail.cgi?code=586 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="Malayalam writer Ashita passes away - Kalakaumudi">{{Cite web |url=https://www.keralakaumudi.com/en/news/kerala/general/malayalam-writer-ashita-passes-away-63404 |title=Malayalam writer Ashita passes away - Kalakaumudi |date=2019-03-27 |website=Keralakaumudi Daily |access-date=2019-03-27}}</ref> She was diagnosed with cancer in 2013 and was undergoing treatment when she died on 27 March 2019, at 62, survived by her husband, daughter and son-in-law.<ref name="എഴുത്തുകാരി അഷിത അന്തരിച്ചു">{{Cite web |url=https://www.mathrubhumi.com/news/kerala/writer-ashitha-passed-away-1.3680356 |title=എഴുത്തുകാരി അഷിത അന്തരിച്ചു |website=Mathrubhumi |language=en |access-date=2019-03-27}}</ref><ref name="Malayalam writer Ashita passes away">{{Cite news |url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ani/malayalam-writer-ashita-passes-away-119032700148_1.html |title=Malayalam writer Ashita passes away |last=ANI |date=2019-03-27 |newspaper=Business Standard|access-date=2019-03-27}}</ref>

== Legacy ==
Ashitha, who authored over 20 books,<ref name="Noted Malayalam writer Ashitha dead - Times of India">{{Cite web |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/life-style/books/features/noted-malayalam-writer-ashitha-dead/articleshow/68596303.cms |title=Noted Malayalam writer Ashitha dead - Times of India |date=2019-03-27 |website=The Times of India |language=en |access-date=2019-03-27}}</ref><ref name="Malayalam Writer and Poet Ashita Passes Away at 63">{{Cite web |url=https://www.thequint.com/news/india/malayalam-writer-and-poet-ashita-passes-away-at-the-age-of-63 |title=Malayalam Writer and Poet Ashita Passes Away at 63 |date=2019-03-27 |website=The Quint |language=en |access-date=2019-03-27}}</ref> was known to have portrayed her life experiences through short stories and poems.<ref name="പ്രശസ്ത സാഹിത്യകാരി അഷിത അന്തരിച്ചു">{{Cite web |url=https://www.mediaonetv.in/kerala/2019/03/27/writer-ashitha-passed-away |title=പ്രശസ്ത സാഹിത്യകാരി അഷിത അന്തരിച്ചു |date=2019-03-27 |website=mediaone |access-date=2019-03-27}}</ref> Counted among the most prominent women writers in Malayalam after [[Kamala Surayya]] and best known for her short stories,<ref name="Ashita, renowned Malayalam poet and writer, dies aged 63 - News Nation">{{Cite web |url=https://www.newsnation.in/india-news/ashita-renowned-malayalam-poet-and-writer-dies-aged-63-article-218411.html |title=Ashita, renowned Malayalam poet and writer, dies aged 63 - News Nation |date=2019-03-27 |website=newsnation.in |language=en |access-date=2019-03-27}}</ref> she translated a number of works of [[Alexander Pushkin]] and [[Jalāl ad-Dīn Muhammad Rūmī]] as well as many [[haiku poems|haikus]].<ref name="ആത്മകഥനത്തിന് അപൂര്‍ണവിരാമമിട്ട് മടക്കം; പ്രിയകഥാകാരിക്ക് വിട">{{Cite web |url=https://www.manoramanews.com/news/kerala/2019/03/27/ashitha-writer-passed-away.html |title=ആത്മകഥനത്തിന് അപൂര്‍ണവിരാമമിട്ട് മടക്കം; പ്രിയകഥാകാരിക്ക് വിട |date=2019-03-27 |website=Manoramanews |language=en |access-date=2019-03-27}}</ref> She also adapted the [[Ramayana]], [[Bhagavatam]], [[Jataka tales]] and [[Aithihyamala]] for children.<ref name="Noted Malayalam writer Ashitha passes away">{{Cite web |url=https://english.mathrubhumi.com/books/books-news/noted-malayalam-writer-ashitha-passes-away-literature-1.3680400 |title=Noted Malayalam writer Ashitha passes away |date=2019-03-27 |website=Mathrubhumi |language=en |access-date=2019-03-27 |archive-date=27 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190327065427/https://english.mathrubhumi.com/books/books-news/noted-malayalam-writer-ashitha-passes-away-literature-1.3680400 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Her biography, ''Athu Njanayirunnu'' (That Was I), was published by [[Shihabuddin Poythumkadavu]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://buybooks.mathrubhumi.com/product/athu-njanayirunnu/ |title=Athu Njanayirunnu |date=2019-03-27 |website=mathrubhumi.com |language=en-US |access-date=2019-03-27}}</ref> The annual [[List of Malayalam literary awards#Ashitha Memorial Literary Award|Ashitha Memorial Literary Award]] was instituted in 2022 in her memory.<ref>{{cite news |title=പ്രഥമ അഷിത സ്മാരക സാഹിത്യ പുരസ്‌കാരങ്ങള്‍ വിതരണം ചെയ്തു |newspaper=Mathrubhumi |date=30 March 2022 |url=https://www.mathrubhumi.com/literature/news/the-first-ashita-memorial-literary-awards-were-presented-1.7389794 |access-date=2 April 2024 |language=ml}}</ref>

==Awards==
Ponnani Edasseri Smaraka Samithi selected Ashitha's work, ''Vismaya Chhihnangal'' for an [[Malayalam Literary Awards#Edasseri Award|Edasseri Award]] in 1986<ref name="Winners of Edasseri Award">{{Cite web |url=http://www.keralaculture.org/edasseri-award/578 |title=Winners of Edasseri Award |website=www.keralaculture.org |language=en |access-date=2019-03-27}}</ref> and she received the [[Malayalam Literary Awards#Lalithambika Antharjanam Smaraka Sahitya Award|Lalithambika Anterjanam Smaraka Sahitya Award]] in 1994.<ref name="എഴുത്തുകാരി അഷിത അന്തരിച്ചു - Asianet News">{{Cite web |url=https://www.asianetnews.com/kerala-news/malayalam-writer-ashitha-is-no-more-pozzu0 |title=എഴുത്തുകാരി അഷിത അന്തരിച്ചു - Asianet News |date=2019-03-27 |website=Asianet News Network Pvt Ltd |access-date=2019-03-27}}</ref> Her short story anthology, ''Thathagatha'', fetched her the [[Malayalam literary awards#Padmarajan Award|Padmarajan Award]] in 2000.<ref name="Winners of Padmarajan Award">{{Cite web |url=http://www.keralaculture.org/padmarajan-award/583 |title=Winners of Padmarajan Award |date=2019-03-27 |publisher=Department of Cultural Affairs, Government of Kerala |language=en |access-date=2019-03-27}}</ref><ref name="Malayalam writer Ashita passes away - rediff">{{Cite web |url=https://news.rediff.com/commentary/2019/mar/27/malayalam-writer-ashita-passes-away/aac52b72ddaf90c80875dd82fc8ebc43 |title=Malayalam writer Ashita passes away - rediff |website=news.rediff.com |access-date=2019-03-27}}</ref> [[Kerala Sahitya Akademi]] selected ''Ashithayude Kathakal'', another short story anthology, for its [[Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Story|annual award for story]] in 2015.<ref name="Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Story">{{Cite web |url=http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/pdf/08-08-2016/Award2015.pdf |title=Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Story |date=2019-03-27 |website=Kerala Sahitya Akademi |access-date=2019-03-27}}</ref> She was also a recipient of Ankanam Award<ref name="Malayalam short story writer and poet Ashitha passes away at 63">{{Cite web |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2019/mar/27/malayalam-poet-ashitha-passes-away-at-63-1956575.html |title=Malayalam short story writer and poet Ashitha passes away at 63 |date=2019-03-27 |website=The New Indian Express |access-date=2019-03-27}}</ref> and Thoppil Ravi Foundation Award.<ref name="Thoppil Ravi Foundation Award">{{Cite web |url=https://keralabookstore.com/about-author/ashitha/314/ |title=Thoppil Ravi Foundation Award |date=2019-03-27 |website=keralabookstore.com |access-date=2019-03-27}}</ref>

== Selected works ==
=== Short stories ===
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* {{Cite book |url=https://www.amazon.in/Nilavinte-Nattile-Ashitha/dp/B007E4VMWU/ |title=Nilavinte Nattile |last=Ashitha |publisher=DC Books |year=2002 |asin=B007E4VMWU }}
* {{Cite book |url=https://www.amazon.in/Mazhameghangal-Ashitha/dp/B007E4VNO2/ |title=Mazhameghangal |last=Ashitha |publisher=DC Books |year=2012 |asin=B007E4VNO2 }}
* {{Cite book |url=https://www.amazon.in/Amma-Ennotu-Parnha-Nunakal-Ashitha/dp/B00DCQKFJK/ |title=Amma Ennotu Parnha Nunakal |last=Ashitha |publisher=Green Books |year=2007 |isbn=979-8184230535 }}
* {{Cite book |title=Ashithayude Kathakal |last=Ashitha |publisher=Mathrubhumi |year=2015 |isbn=978-8182664937 }}
* {{Cite book |url=https://keralabookstore.com/book/oru-streeyum-parayathirinnath/11232/ |title=Ori Sthreeyum Parayathathu |last=Ashitha |publisher=Kerala Bhasha Institute |year=2013 |isbn=9788188420100 }}
* {{Cite book |url=https://keralabookstore.com/book/ma-faleshu/7930/ |title=Ma Faleshu |last=Ashitha |publisher=Kelkkam Audio Books |year=2015 |isbn=9780000104847 |language=ml |quote=(audio book)}}
* {{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=82523&query_desc=kw%252Cwrdl%253A%2520Ashitha |title=Vismaya chihnangal |last=Ashitha |date=1987 |publisher=Malayalam |location=Edatt}}
* {{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=327395&query_desc=kw%252Cwrdl%253A%2520Ashitha |title=Apoorna viramanghal |last=Ashitha |date=1993 |publisher=Mulberry |location=Kozhikode}}
* {{Cite book |title=Thathagatha |last=Ashitha |date=1999 }}
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=== Novels and novellas ===
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* {{Cite book |title=Mayilpeelisparsham |last=Ashitha |publisher=Melinda Books |year=2013 |isbn=978-8188420841 }}
* {{Cite book |title=Ashithayude Novallettukal |last=Ashitha |publisher=Saikatham Books |year=2017 |isbn=978-9386222152 }}
* {{Cite book |title=Ashithayude Novallettukal |last=Ashitha |publisher=Saikatham Books |year=2018 |isbn=978-9386222787 }}
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=== Poetry ===
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* {{Cite book |url=https://buybooks.mathrubhumi.com/product/meera-padunnu/ |title=Meera Paadunnu |last=Ashitha |publisher=Mathrubhumi |isbn=978-81-8266-550-7 |language=ml}}
* {{Cite book |url=https://buybooks.mathrubhumi.com/product/ashithayude-haiku-kavithakal/ |title=Ashithayude Haiku Kavithakal |last=Ashitha |publisher=Mathrubhumi |language=ml}}
* {{Cite book |url=https://buybooks.mathrubhumi.com/product/sivena-sahanarthanam/ |title=Shivena Sahanarthanam |last=Ashitha |publisher=Mathrubhumi |language=ml}}
* {{Cite book |title=Ashithayude Haiku Kavithakal |last=Ashitha |date=2014 |publisher=Green Pepper |isbn=978-8193034453 |language=ml}}
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=== Children's literature ===
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* {{cite book|author=Ashitha|title=Jaathaka Kadhakal|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8mgRDgAAQBAJ|year=2015|publisher=Malayala Manorama Co. Ltd.|isbn=978-93-83197-72-9}}
* {{cite book|author=Ashitha|title=365 Kunjukathakal|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Me4f4kM37iAC|year=2008|publisher=DC Books|isbn=978-81-264-0918-1}}
* {{Cite book |url=https://buybooks.mathrubhumi.com/product/ramayanam-kuttikalkku-220/ |title=Ramayanam Kuttikalkku |last=Ashitha |publisher=Mathrubhumi |isbn=978-81-8265-516-4 |language=ml}}
* {{Cite book |url=https://buybooks.mathrubhumi.com/product/bhagavatham-kuttikalkku-2/ |title=Bhagavatham Kuttikalkku |last=Ashitha |publisher=Mathrubhumi |language=ml}}
* {{Cite book |url=http://www.puzha.com/malayalam/bookstore/cgi-bin/book-detail.cgi?code=4990 |title=Kuttikalude Aithihyamala |last=Ashitha |publisher=DC Books |year=2007 |access-date=27 March 2019 |archive-date=27 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190327090342/http://www.puzha.com/malayalam/bookstore/cgi-bin/book-detail.cgi?code=4990 |url-status=dead }}
* {{Cite book |title=Kochurajakumaran |last=Ashitha |publisher=Melinda Books |year=2015 |isbn=978-9383885381}}
* {{Cite book |url=https://onlinestore.dcbooks.com/books/kunjhu-njandum-amma-njandum#; |title=Kunjhu Njandum Amma Njandum |last=Ashitha |publisher=Mambazham |year=2018 |isbn=9789352821907 |access-date=27 March 2019 |archive-date=27 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190327135625/https://onlinestore.dcbooks.com/books/kunjhu-njandum-amma-njandum#; |url-status=dead }}
* {{Cite book |url=https://onlinestore.dcbooks.com/books/chemmariyadinte-soothram |title=Chemmariyadinte Soothram |last=Ashitha |publisher=Mambazham |year=2018 |isbn=9789352821921 |access-date=27 March 2019 |archive-date=27 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190327135049/https://onlinestore.dcbooks.com/books/chemmariyadinte-soothram |url-status=dead }}
* {{Cite book |url=https://onlinestore.dcbooks.com/books/kotiyum-kurukkanum |title=Kottiyum Kurukkanum |last=Ashitha |publisher=Mambazham |year=2018 |isbn=9789352821884 |access-date=27 March 2019 |archive-date=27 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190327135344/https://onlinestore.dcbooks.com/books/kotiyum-kurukkanum |url-status=dead }}
* {{Cite book |url=https://onlinestore.dcbooks.com/books/kothiyan-kakka |title=Kothiyan Kakka |last=Ashitha |publisher=Mambazham |year=2018 |isbn=9789352821860 |access-date=27 March 2019 |archive-date=27 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190327135103/https://onlinestore.dcbooks.com/books/kothiyan-kakka |url-status=dead }}
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=== Translations ===
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* {{Cite book |title=Rumi Paranja Kathakal |last=Ashitha |publisher=Mathrubhumi |language=ml}}
* {{Cite book |title=Parayam Namukku Kathakal |last=Ashitha |publisher=Read Me Books |date=2017 |isbn=978-8193422526}}
* {{Cite book |title=Peter Enna Muyalum Mattu Kathakalum |first=Beatrix |last=Potter |translator=Ashitha |publisher=Mathrubhumi Books |year=2016 |isbn=9788182669529 |edition=First |location=Kozhikode, Keralaṃ, India |oclc=971034780}}
* {{Cite book |title=Heidi |first=Johanna |last=Spyri |translator=Ashitha |publisher=Mathrubhumi Books |year=2017 |isbn=9788182671591}}
* {{Cite book |title=Padhavinyaasangal: 32 Russian kavithakal |translator=Ashitha |date=1999 |publisher=Cosmo books |location=Thrissur}}
* {{Cite book |title=Tao: Guruvinte vazhi |last=Laotsu |translator=Ashitha |date=2003 |publisher=Sorba Publications |location=Ayiloor |isbn=9789382279419}}
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=== Memoirs ===
* {{Cite book |url=https://www.amazon.in/Athu-Njanayirunnu-Ashitha/dp/B07P7N27PK/ |title=Athu Njanayirunnu |last=Ashitha |last2=Poythumkadavu |first2=Shihabuddin |date=2019 |publisher=Mathrubhumi |asin=B07P7N27PK}}

=== Others ===
* {{Cite book |title=Vishnu Sahasranamam |last=Ashitha |date=2015 |publisher=Saikatham Books |isbn=978-9382909286}}
* {{Cite book |title=Sneham Thanne Snehathilezhuthiyathu (Ashithayude Kathukal) |last=Ashitha |date=2015 |publisher=Green Pepper |isbn=978-9385253065}}

=== In compilations ===
* {{Cite book |url=https://catalog.uoc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=218890&query_desc=kw%252Cwrdl%253A%2520Ashitha |title=Antharjanam Muthal Ashitha Vare |last=Rajeevkumar |first=M. |date=1984 |publisher=Paridhi Publications, Thiruvananthapuram |location=Paridhi Publications, Thiruvananthapuram}}

== See also ==
{{Portal|India|Literature}}
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* [[List of Malayalam literary awards#Ashitha Memorial Literary Award|Ashitha Memorial Literary Award]]
* [[List of Malayalam-language authors by category]]
* [[List of Malayalam-language authors]]
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==References==
{{Reflist|30em}}

== Further reading ==
* {{Cite web |url=https://www.vanitha.in/justin/writer-ashitha-facebook-post-related-cancer.html |title='This Ashitha is a bleeding warrior, wounded waging the war of life' - writer Ashitha |date=2019-03-27 |website=vanitha.in |access-date=2019-03-27}}
* {{Cite web |url=https://www.mathrubhumi.com/books/fiction/ashithayude-haiku-kavithakal-1.3257678 |title=Haiku Poems of Ashitha |date=2019-03-27 |website=Mathrubhumi |language=en |access-date=2019-03-27 |archive-date=26 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190326215546/https://www.mathrubhumi.com/books/fiction/ashithayude-haiku-kavithakal-1.3257678 |url-status=dead }}
* {{Cite web |url=https://www.mathrubhumi.com/books/interview/ashitha-share-his-life-experience-with-shihabuddin-poythumkadavu-last-part--1.3408552 |title=As we reach there, father says, Look at those pigs, she is born to them' |last=Shihabuddin Poythumkadavu |website=Mathrubhumi |language=ml |access-date=2019-03-27 |quote=Ashitha in conversation with Shihabuddin Poythumkadavu |archive-date=27 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190327065430/https://www.mathrubhumi.com/books/interview/ashitha-share-his-life-experience-with-shihabuddin-poythumkadavu-last-part--1.3408552 |url-status=dead }}
* {{Cite news |url=https://www.thehindu.com/books/books-reviews/ashitha-articulates-the-profundity-of-the-simplest-moments-through-haiku-in-ashithayude-haiku-kavithakal/article25556697.ece |title=Small is beautiful |last=Pillai |first=Meena T. |date=2018-11-22 |newspaper=The Hindu |language=en-IN |access-date=2019-03-27}}

== External links ==
* {{Cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GMM6wh49kv0 |title=Noted Malayalam Writer Ashitha Passes Away |last=Mathrubhumi News |date=2019-03-26 |website=YouTube |access-date=2019-03-27}}
* {{Cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tc4KmASirrI |title=Noted Malayalam writer Ashitha passed away |last=Asianet News |date=2019-03-26 |website=YouTube |access-date=2019-03-27}}
* {{Cite journal |title=Our Contributors |journal = Indian Literature|volume = 58|issue = 4 (282)|date=2014 |pages=204–208 |jstor = 44753811}}
* {{Cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pe-rFRjeCHI |title=KELKAAM Audio Books - ASHITHA-yude VISHU VISHESHANGAL |last=Kerala Book Store |date=2016-04-13 |website=YouTube |access-date=2019-03-27}}

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Ashitha writer - Revision history

GeorgiannaMoberg at 05:54, 2 May 2026