Writing Style of Basheer

 Writing Style of Basheer
Basheer is known for his unconventional style of language. He did not differentiate between literary language and the spoken language. He did not care about the grammatical correctness of his sentences. Basheer was shocked when he came to know that his original writings were transcribed to ‘Standardised Malayalam’ avoiding freshness and natural flow. So he insisted his publishers to publish the original one instead of the edited one. Basheer’s younger brother Abdul Khadar was a Malayalam teacher. Once while reading one of Basheer’s story, he asked Basheer, “Where are akhyas and akhyathas in this? (related with Malayalam grammar)” Basheer shouted at him saying that “I am writing in normal Malayalam and don’t correct yourself not me”.  This points out the writing style of Basheer. Without taking care of the grammar, he wrote in his own village language. He made funny remarks on himself,
regarding his lack of knowledge in Malayalam. Though his works have been translated to English and 18 Indian languages and the peculiarity of the language he uses makes the translations lose a lot of sheen.