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Books by Reshmi R Nair

The Speak Malayalam Library

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Why these are different. These are not phrasebook dumps. Every book uses the exact method from Reshmi's one-to-one lessons — script and sounds, sentence-building, graded practice, real spoken register, and the linguistics behind each rule — every answer explained, not just listed.
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Learn Malayalam

The complete spoken course, plus the alphabet for young readers.
Speak MalayalamThe Complete Colloquial Course

Speak Malayalam: The Complete Colloquial Course

19 volumes in one · 3,290 pages · script, Manglish & English

Everyday spoken Malayalam — not exam Malayalam. Nineteen volumes take you from the alphabet to advanced colloquial fluency, every answer explained. Large print; built for ADHD, SEN and dyslexic learners. You can finish it without ever reading the script.

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For childrenMalayalam Alphabet for Kids

Malayalam Alphabet for Kids

64 pages · all 56 letters · with Kerala pookalam art

Every letter — 15 vowels, 36 consonants, 5 chillus — one clear colour page each, with a word, its sound in English letters, the meaning, and a traditional pookalam medallion. No prior reading needed.

You already speak half of it

Malayalam for Hindi speakers

Hindi and Malayalam share word order, respect tiers and thousands of Sanskrit words — the grammar you fought for as a child is the grammar you already need.
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हिंदी → മലയാളംMalayalam for Hindi Speakers

Malayalam for Hindi Speakers

2,473 pages · every line in five scripts · 32,000 sentences

Every sentence appears five ways — Manglish, Malayalam, Hinglish, Hindi and English — so you can read the romanised tracks alone and still finish the whole course. 45 cheat codes, a 908-noun and 191-verb engine, and a five-level workbook.

കഥാമാല · Kathamala

Malayalam story readers for children

A garland of timeless stories retold in clear modern Malayalam — 71 stories in every volume, each with original illustrations and its own ഗുണപാഠം (moral). For ages 6–12, and for anyone reading Malayalam alone. Each volume stands alone.
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കഥാമാല ❶Volume 1

Kathamala — Volume 1

268 pages · 71 stories

Panchatantra, Aesop, Jataka and Kerala folk tales, retold to read aloud — one story a night.

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കഥാമാല ❷Stories of Wisdom

Kathamala — Volume 2: Stories of Wisdom

328 pages · 71 stories

Seventy-one stories where wit and cleverness win the day.

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കഥാമാല ❸Stories of the World

Kathamala — Volume 3: Stories of the World

324 pages · 71 stories

Seventy-one tales from cultures around the world — different places, the same human truths.

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കഥാമാല ❹Stories of Heritage

Kathamala — Volume 4: Stories of Heritage

320 pages · 71 stories

Seventy-one Kerala and Indian folk and traditional stories — the heritage, retold for young readers.

Also by Reshmi R Nair

Other languages

Two more complete spoken courses, from the same method.
For Malayalam speakersAmerican English

American English for Malayalam Speakers

2,677 pages · 32,000 sentences · 40 real conversations

Fifteen years of accent and usage corrections — how Americans actually speak, for people whose English is already good. A say-it line on every sentence, a 220-item Repair Clinic, and a 12-week plan (or a 30-day sprint).

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For English speakersSpoken Hindi Fluency

Spoken Hindi Fluency

2,895 pages · seven volumes in one · no Devanagari needed

The relaxed, fast, English-mixed Hindi spoken at home — not the textbook register. 48 structural laws, every verb conjugated, about 5,000 graded exercises with explained answers, and a 90-day plan.

Kerala life

Kerala in the kitchen and on the floor

Two books for Malayalis away from home — and for anyone who wants to cook this food properly, or build an Onam pookalam one ring at a time.
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Kerala cookbookThe Kerala Plate

The Kerala Plate

808 pages · English · everyday meals through to sadya

Traditional Malayali cooking, re-engineered for the modern kitchen. Malayali food is passed hand to hand — a fistful of this, until it smells right — which works beside your grandmother and nowhere else. This is the same food written the way a cook away from home actually needs it: exact weights, tested timings, and the reason behind every step, so you can cook by judgement once you understand why. Vegetarian and non-vegetarian, across the full traditional table.

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Kerala Colouring Books · Book 2Pookalam

Pookalam: 50 Kerala Mandala Designs to Colour

106 pages · single-sided · DRM-free, so you can print a page to colour by hand

Fifty original Onam flower-carpet patterns as clean line art, each built ring by ring from a single centre exactly like a real pookalam — no two alike. Open, uncluttered line work with room to colour, for children and adults, and for anyone who has never seen a pookalam and would like to make one. Book 2 of the Kerala Colouring Books; Book 1 is Malayalam Alphabet for Kids, above.

More from Reshmi R Nair

Maths and career guides, on VedaTopper.com

Veda Topper Maths · Books 1–10

A ten-book graded series that runs the complete maths curriculum from age 5 to age 14, with Vedic speed-maths sutras built in at the right ages — always with why it works, never just the trick. Every chapter has ten worked examples, bar models for problems a child cannot yet read through, misconception alerts, timed drills only after understanding, a full answer key and a certificate for finishing each book. Written for Veda Topper International, Irinjalakuda, Kerala.

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The Kerala Career Compass · Books 1–3

By Reshmi R Nair · Satish Kumar V. Three honest, evidence-based guides to the three decisions a Kerala student faces — after Class 10, after Plus Two, and after a degree — written by people with no seat to sell. Real odds, real money, real timelines: Plus One allotment and WGPA, VHSE and polytechnic, KEAM, NEET, JEE and CUET, coaching and drop years, studying abroad, the Kerala PSC years, and getting hired. Built for the student and the parent to work through together at a table.

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Every book follows the exact method Reshmi uses in her live one-to-one lessons — spoken-first and taught in English, built for learners in the USA, UK, Canada, Australia and the Gulf.

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