I wish I knew of P.P. Ramachandran and his minimalism when I was growing up and trying to study Malayalam. As he says in one of his poems:

How do birds tell
Their lives with such brevity?

(ഇതിലുമേറെ
ലളിതമായ്‌ എങ്ങനെ
കിള്ളികല്ലവി
ഷ്കരിക്കുന്നു ജീവിതം)

 

( à´ªàµŠà´°àµà´³àµ‍  )

 

( Porul )