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Abstract: Chemmeen is a novel written by Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai. It was originally written in Malayalam and got published in 1956 under the same title. It got name and fame to the author. It won the National Sahitya Akadami Award in 1958. I was also adapted into a Malayalam film of the same title in 1965 which has celebrated its 50th Anniversary of the classical movie in 2015. It has been translated into as many as seventeen languages of the world. It was translated into English by Anita Nair in 2011. The novel portrays the love between Pareekutty and Karuthamma, a young couple, who love each other truly. The first belongs to Muslim community while the latter comes from the Hindu folk. Their love could not touch the heights of fulfillment because the girl was married to Palani who happens to be an orphan. The novel also discusses the emotional aspects of the love-triangle where true love has to win at last. Like many of the love stories in the world this novel also ends with death of the true lovers. They could not be united in this cruel world but they die with the impending hope that they will unite in the next world.