The 20th session of vayanam have had Mr. Viswanathan TV, Assistant Professor of Malayalam Department at Kannur Salafi B.Ed College as the resource person introducing the book titled ‘ Appan ‘ by S Hareesh.One of the best storytellers currently in Malayalam, S Hareesh’s attentiveness to the subtleties of caste and community dynamics is impressive. So is his willingness to overcome anything that is in the way of telling a story- demands of rational boundaries and the austerity imposed by skin-deep political correctness