1891 മാര്ച്ച് പത്തിന് തിരുവനന്തപുരത്തെ പേരൂര്ക്കടയിലായിരുന്നു ജനനം. ഇംഗ്ലീഷിലും തമിഴിലും മലയാളത്തിലും പാണ്ഡിത്യം ഉണ്ടായിരുന്ന നടരാജപിള്ള ദ പോപ്പുലര് ഒപ്പീനിയന്, വഞ്ചികേസരി എന്നീ പത്രങ്ങളുടെ അധിപനായിരുന്നു. 1954-55 കാലഘട്ടത്തില് ധനകാര്യമന്ത്രിയായിരുന്ന അദ്ദേഹം ലോക്സഭാംഗവും ആയിരുന്നു. മന്ത്രി, നിയമസഭാ സാമാജികന്, പാര്ലമെന്റ് അംഗം, പ്രജാസഭാ മെമ്പര്, കോണ്സ്റ്റിറ്റിയുവന്റ് അസംബ്ലി മെമ്പര്, നിയമജ്ഞന്, ചരിത്രപണ്ഡിതന്, ഭാഷാപണ്ഡിതന്, പത്രാധിപര് എന്നീ നിലയില് അറിയപ്പെട്ടു. 1966 ജനുവരി പത്തിനായിരുന്നു അദ്ദേഹത്തിന്റെ അന്ത്യം.
R Valsan (pen named as Krishnadas) is the founder of Green Books Private Limited. Krishnadas and a few of his friends formed the establishment to reaffirm their commitments to Keralites and Malayalam literature. The first Chairman of GreenBooks in 2004 was Shri C G Santhakumar who was a founder member of Kerala Sastrasahityaparishath and author of several science-oriented Books. Upon his demise in 2007 Shri K V Vasudevan was elected as the chairman of the Company. He is promoter of social and cultural values while being a reputed entrepreneur in the UAE. Greenbooks started with world classics and then moved to a more traditional market by creating new products, Suvarnakathakal (Golden stories), PriyaKavithakal (Most loved poems), Biographies of outstanding persons and Children Literature. Meanwhile Greenbooks was graced by several eminent personalities like V P singh, former Prime Minster of India and Taslima Nasrin who was the exiled Bangladeshi writer. V P Singh came to Thrissur to inaugurate the Malayalam translation of his poems. Green Books Became the publisher of Taslima Nasrin who conducted a journey through out Kerala to introduce her books amidst heavy security provided by the state. The voice of the Malayali Diaspora is the strong suit of Green Books. The most successful books published in this category by Greenbooks is Aadujeevitham by Benyamin. This book has become a cultural phenomenon in Kerala and is sold over 200000copies the top landmark in Malayalam publishing. Green books have shown its prominence and unprecedented initiative in bringing the new and modern world literature from the continents and introducing to the Malayalam literature. In 2016 Head office of green books was moved to its own four storied building a fully equipped publication office with an area of 8000 sqft. Now Green Books have its own bookshops or offices in the prominent cities of Kerala, Thrissur, Thiruvananathapuram and Kozhikode.
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