# Rajesh Chithira

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| birth_place  = [Pathanamthitta, Kerala](/source/Pathanamthitta%2C_Kerala), India
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| occupation   = Poet, short story writer, novelist
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| notableworks = {{ubl|''Unmathathakalude Crash Landingukal''|''Tequila''|''Ulipechu''|''Jigsaw Puzzle''|''Aadi and Athma''}}
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'''Rajesh Chithira''' is an Indian poet, short story writer and novelist who  writes in [Malayalam](/source/Malayalam) language.<ref name="രാജാവ് നഗ്നനെന്ന് പറയാൻ ഭയമില്ലാത്തവർ">{{Cite web |title=രാജാവ് നഗ്നനെന്ന് പറയാൻ ഭയമില്ലാത്തവർ |url=https://www.manoramaonline.com/literature/interviews/2018/10/03/interview-with-rajesh-chithira.html |access-date=2022-10-17 |website=ManoramaOnline |language=ml}}</ref><ref name="ജലസങ്കീര്‍ത്തനം, രാജേഷ് ചിത്തിര എഴുതിയ കവിതകള്‍">{{Cite web |last=rasheed |title=ജലസങ്കീര്‍ത്തനം, രാജേഷ് ചിത്തിര എഴുതിയ കവിതകള്‍ |url=https://www.asianetnews.com/literature-magazine/literature-five-poems-by-rajesh-chithira-pz7jbd |access-date=2022-10-17 |website=Asianet News Network Pvt Ltd |language=ml}}</ref><ref name="ചാവ് കടല്‍, രാജേഷ് ചിത്തിര എഴുതിയ കവിതകള്‍">{{Cite web |last=rasheed |title=ചാവ് കടല്‍, രാജേഷ് ചിത്തിര എഴുതിയ കവിതകള്‍ |url=https://www.asianetnews.com/literature-magazine/vaakkulsavam-malayalam-poem-by-rajesh-chithira-qqixlw |access-date=2022-10-17 |website=Asianet News Network Pvt Ltd |language=ml}}</ref> Born in [Pathanamthitta](/source/Pathanamthitta), in the south Indian state of [Kerala](/source/Kerala),<ref name="രാജേഷ് ചിത്തിര യുടെ ‘ഇക്കോ സിസ്റ്റത്തിലെ പ്രാപ്പിടിയന്മാര്‍’ മികച്ച കവിത">{{Cite web |last=Says |first=Sweety |title=രാജേഷ് ചിത്തിര യുടെ 'ഇക്കോ സിസ്റ്റത്തിലെ പ്രാപ്പിടിയന്മാര്‍' മികച്ച കവിത |url=http://epathram.com/gulfnews-2010/04/13/064842-award-for-rajesh-chithira.html |access-date=2022-10-17 |language=en-US}}</ref> he has published anthologies containing poems and short stories such as ''Unmathathakalude Crash Landingukal'', ''Tequila'', ''Ulipechu'' and ''Jigsaw Puzzle'' and a children's novel, ''Aadi and Athma''.<ref name="Images of Dissimilarity">{{Cite web |title=Images of Dissimilarity |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/kochi/2015/jun/02/images-of-dissimilarity-749842.html |access-date=2022-10-29 |website=The New Indian Express|date=2 June 2015 }}</ref> He has received a number of awards which include Indian Ruminations Poetry Award, Bharat Murali Poetry Award, Galleria Award,<ref name="ഇന്ദു മേനോൻ, തോമസ് ജോസഫ്, വീരാൻകുട്ടി, രാജേഷ് ചിത്തിര എന്നിവർക്ക് ഗലേറിയ സാഹിത്യ പുരസ്കാരം">{{Cite web |title=ഇന്ദു മേനോൻ, തോമസ് ജോസഫ്, വീരാൻകുട്ടി, രാജേഷ് ചിത്തിര എന്നിവർക്ക് ഗലേറിയ സാഹിത്യ പുരസ്കാരം |url=https://www.manoramaonline.com/news/announcements/2017/03/28/06-tvm-galleria-awards-to-four.html |access-date=2022-10-17 |website=ManoramaOnline|language=ml}}</ref> Ezhuthola Award, Expatriate Book Trust Award, and Souhrudham Dot Com Award.<ref name="രാജേഷ് ചിത്തിര യുടെ ‘ഇക്കോ സിസ്റ്റത്തിലെ പ്രാപ്പിടിയന്മാര്‍’ മികച്ച കവിത" /><ref name="Poems by Rajesh Chithira">{{Cite web |last=ML |date=2022-10-16 |title=Poems by Rajesh Chithira |url=https://www.modernliterature.org/poems-by-rajesh-chithira/ |access-date=2022-10-17 |website=Modern Literature |language=en-US}}</ref>

He was Born to V. N. Ramachandran and Santhamma as their eldest son.<ref name="Rajesh Chithira, Author at Spillwords">{{Cite web |title=Rajesh Chithira, Author at Spillwords |url=https://spillwords.com/author/rajeshchithira/ |access-date=2022-11-23 |website=Spillwords |date=23 November 2022 |language=en-US}}</ref> Rajesh Chithira is married to Nisha and the couple has two daughters, Akshaya and Saimeera.<ref name="ആദി ആൻഡ് ആത്മ പുസ്തകത്തെ കുറിച്ച് നോവലിസ്റ്റ് രാജേഷ് ചിത്തിര">{{Cite web |title=ആദി ആൻഡ് ആത്മ പുസ്തകത്തെ കുറിച്ച് നോവലിസ്റ്റ് രാജേഷ് ചിത്തിര |url=https://www.manoramaonline.com/global-malayali/gulf/2021/11/03/rajesh-chithira-about-his-novel.html |access-date=2022-10-17 |website=ManoramaOnline |language=ml}}</ref> He lives in [Dubai](/source/Dubai), in the United Arab Emirates.<ref name="രാജേഷ് ചിത്തിര യുടെ ‘ഇക്കോ സിസ്റ്റത്തിലെ പ്രാപ്പിടിയന്മാര്‍’ മികച്ച കവിത" /><ref name="ജലസങ്കീര്‍ത്തനം, രാജേഷ് ചിത്തിര എഴുതിയ കവിതകള്‍"/>

== Selected bibliography ==

{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" style="width:75%"
! scope="col" style="width:40%" | Title
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| ''Unmathathakalude Crash Landingukal''<ref name="ഉന്മത്തതകളുടെ ക്രാഷ് ലാന്റിംഗുകള്‍">{{Cite web |title=ഉന്മത്തതകളുടെ ക്രാഷ് ലാന്റിംഗുകള്‍ |url=https://keralabookstore.com/book/ഉന്മത്തതകളുടെ-ക്രാഷ്-ലാന്റിംഗുകള്‍/2124/ |access-date=2022-10-17 |website=KeralaBookStore.com |language=ml}}</ref> || 2011 || Poetry anthology
|-
| ''Tequila''<ref name="Tequila">{{Cite web |title=Tequila |url=https://www.indulekha.com/tequila-poetry-malayalam-english-rajesh-chithira?author_id= |access-date=2022-10-17 |website=www.indulekha.com |archive-date=17 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221017095211/https://www.indulekha.com/tequila-poetry-malayalam-english-rajesh-chithira?author_id= |url-status=dead }}</ref> || 2014 || Poetry anthology
|-
| ''Ulipechu''<ref name="ഈ പേച്ച് മൂർച്ചയുള്ള വീതുളിപ്പേച്ച്">{{Cite web |date=2016-11-22 |title=ഈ പേച്ച് മൂർച്ചയുള്ള വീതുളിപ്പേച്ച് |url=https://navamalayali.com/2016/11/23/ulippech-review-anishya/ |access-date=2022-10-17 |website=നവമലയാളി - NAVAMALAYALI |language=en-US}}</ref> || 2016 || Poetry anthology
|-
| ''Jigsaw Puzzle''<ref name="ജിഗ്സാ പസ്സൽ">{{Cite web |title=ജിഗ്സാ പസ്സൽ |url=https://keralabookstore.com/book/ജിഗ്സാ-പസ്സൽ/9731/ |access-date=2022-10-17 |website=KeralaBookStore.com |language=ml}}</ref> || 2017 || Short story anthology
|-
| ''Aadi and Athma''<ref name="ആദി ആൻഡ് ആത്മ പുസ്തകത്തെ കുറിച്ച് നോവലിസ്റ്റ് രാജേഷ് ചിത്തിര" /><ref name="ആദി ആത്മ">{{Cite web |title=ആദി ആത്മ |url=https://keralabookstore.com/book/ആദി-ആത്മ/17200/ |access-date=2022-10-17 |website=KeralaBookStore.com |language=ml}}</ref> || 2021 || Children's novel
|-
| ''Kallimullinte Ocha''<ref name="KALLIMULLINTE OCHA കള്ളിമുള്ളിന്റെ ഒച്ച">{{Cite web |last=ചിത്തിര |first=RAJESH CHITHIRA രാജേഷ് |date=2023-01-01 |title=KALLIMULLINTE OCHA കള്ളിമുള്ളിന്റെ ഒച്ച |url=https://www.amazon.in/dp/B0C1JTK1RY/ref=cm_sw_r_apan_dp_KFF6T8DJ9N418NTKM30P |access-date=2023-04-16 |publisher=LOGOS BOOKS}}</ref> || 2023 || Poetry anthology
|}

== See also ==
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* [Karunakaran (Malayalam writer)](/source/Karunakaran_(Malayalam_writer))
* [P. F. Mathews](/source/P._F._Mathews)
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{{portal|India|Literature}}

== References ==
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== Further reading ==
* {{Cite web |last=ലേഖകൻ |first=മാധ്യമം |date=2021-08-19 |title=അഞ്ച് കവിതകൾ - Madhyamam |url=https://www.madhyamam.com/culture/rachana/5-kavithakal-by-rajesh-chithira-838585 |access-date=2022-10-17 |website=www.madhyamam.com |language=ml}}
* {{Cite web |title=രണ്ട് കവിതകൾ- രാജേഷ് ചിത്തിര |url=https://malayalam.indianexpress.com/literature/randu-kavithakal-poem-rajesh-chithira/ |access-date=2022-10-17 |website=Indian Express Malayalam |language=ml}}
* {{Cite web |date=2015-01-28 |title=ആകാശത്തോളം പോന്ന ഉപമകൾ- രാജേഷ് ചിത്തിര |url=https://navamalayali.com/2015/01/28/poetry-rajesh-chithira-feb/ |access-date=2022-10-17 |website=നവമലയാളി - NAVAMALAYALI |language=en-US}}
* {{Cite web |last=Chithira |first=Rajesh |date=2022-11-23 |title=Fish and I |url=https://spillwords.com/fish-and-i/ |access-date=2022-11-23 |website=Spillwords |language=en-US}}
* {{Cite web |title=ഉച്ചവെയിലിന്‍ ഒച്ച |url=https://malayalam.indianexpress.com/literature/uchaveylin-ocha-poem-rajesh-chithira/ |access-date=2023-04-16 |website=Indian Express Malayalam |language=ml}}

== External links ==
* {{Cite web |title=About Author Rajesh Chithira |url=https://keralabookstore.com/about-author/rajesh-chithira/1230/ |access-date=2022-10-17 |website=keralabookstore.com |language=ml}}
* {{Cite web |title=Rajesh Chithira |url=https://www.indulekha.com/index.php?route=product/author/info&author_id=1451 |access-date=2022-10-17 |website=www.indulekha.com}}
* {{Cite web |date=2021-09-18 |title=രാജേഷ് ചിത്തിര, Author at തസറാക് |url=https://thasrak.com/author/rajeshchithira/ |access-date=2022-10-17 |website=തസറാക് |language=en-US}}
* {{Cite web |title=Rajesh Chithira Read latest Exclusive News, Articles, Top Stories Rajesh Chithira |url=https://malayalam.indianexpress.com/author/rajesh-chithira/ |access-date=2022-10-17 |website=Indian Express Malayalam |language=ml}}
* {{Cite web |title=രാജേഷ് ചിത്തിര, Author at നവമലയാളി - NAVAMALAYALI |url=https://navamalayali.com/author/rajeshchithira/ |access-date=2022-10-17 |website=നവമലയാളി - NAVAMALAYALI |language=en-US}}

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