Book excerpt: Dr. K. Vinod Chandran, is a prolific writer in English and Malayalam and has wrote many articles and studies related to philosophy, literature, criticism, cultural studies, and intellectual or cultural history. He had attended many of the International Seminars on History and philosophy as a resource person, mostly held in New Delhi, Manipal, Hydrabad, and Kerala from 1990 to the present time. Area of specialization : Cultural or intellectual history , Philosophy and Literary Criticism. Born in 7-9-1955, Vinod Chandran retired in 2011 as an associate Professor and Head of the department of History, Sree Kerala varma college Thrissur, Kerala. The Title of his doctoral work is “The Counter-narratives of Power and Identity In Colonial Keralam—A reading of C.V.Ramanpilla”. The thesis, done under the supervision of Dr. K.N. Panikkar, the renowned Cultural historian of India, was submitted in 2004 to the Center of Historical studies, J.N.U. New Delhi. He was awarded PhD in 2005. The author is now preoccupied with publishing books in Malayalam, especially on The poetry and thought of Narayanaguru , on the art of C.V. Raman pilla, one of the greatest novelists of Malayalam, and on the contemporary poetry and literature of Malayalam. Presently he resides in Thrissur, Kerala.