{{short description|1948 Malayalam novel by Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai}} {{Italic title}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2019}} {{Use Indian English|date=December 2019}} '''''Randidangazhi''''' ({{langx|en|Two Measures}}, {{langx|ml|രണ്ടിടങ്ങഴി}}) is a Malayalam novel written by Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai in 1948. The novel tells the story of the cruelty meted out by feudal landlords to impoverished farm labourers.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20121109080906/http://www.hindu.com/fline/fl1609/16091110.htm "The end of historiography?"]</ref> A film adaptation with the same name was released in 1958.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20121109080840/http://www.hindu.com/mp/2008/08/02/stories/2008080253531300.htm "Randidangazhi 1958"]</ref>
The novel was translated into Hindi by Bharati Vidyarthi as ''Do Ser Dhan'' (Sahitya Akademi, 1957). The novel was translated into Gujarati by Kamal Jasapara as ''Be Sher Dangar'' (Sahitya Akademi, 1978).<ref name="Rao2004">{{cite book|last=Rao|first=D. S.|title=Five Decades: The National Academy of Letters, India : a Short History of Sahitya Akademi|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8JDsBBDoMccC&pg=PA48|year=2004|publisher=Sahitya Akademi|location=New Delhi|isbn=978-81-260-2060-7|page=48}}</ref> It was also translated into Telugu in 1980 and published by the Hyderabad Book Trust as Coolie Ginjalu.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Trust |first=Hyderabad Book |date=2008-05-12 |title=LIST OF BOOKS PUBLISHED SINCE 1980 |url=https://hyderabadbooktrust.blogspot.com/search/label/LIST%20OF%20BOOKS%20PUBLISHED%20SINCE%201980%20BY%20HBT |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=Hyderabad Book Trust ............... హైదరాబాద్ బుక్ ట్రస్ట్}}</ref>
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==External links== * {{Cite book |title= दो सेर धान [Do Ser Dhan] |url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.263790 |publisher=Sahitya Akademi |translator=Bharati Vidyarthi |author=Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai |date=1957 |location=New Delhi |language=hi |via=Internet Archive}}
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