This is a complete biography of the late VT Bhattathiripad, one of the most accomplished thought leaders and social reformers of modern Kerala. Translated for the first time in English by his daughter Sindhu V. Nair, this exhaustive yet comprehensive text contains in-depth interviews of the author in his last year with three historians and is also well supplemented with rare photographs. This translation is directed at students and teachers of Indian writing, modern comparative literature, the social sciences, arts and humanities, who will take away a strong narrative and insights from Kerala society – especially the Namboodiri community – in the life and times of Mr. Bhattathiripad.