Kerala's own diaspora literature blooms from the creative life of the Non-Resident Keralites.

M Mukundan speaking at Mathrubhumi International Festival of Letters said that in today's time there in no exact border between regional and pravasi literature with the advent of technology which leads to taking the whole world as one. 

According to him everyone is a pravasi, even among animals they exist. For us Keralites, pravasis are only those who have migrated to Gulf countries, but in actual everyone who are not in Kerala should be termed Pravasi, he added.

The pravasi literature arises from three modes of life, to mirror the political situations of the country they live in, to keep in the nostalgia of the country they left and then to self-portray life, he added.

Noted writer Benyamin, writer of the acclaimed novel 'Aadujeevitham' (Goat Days), who was also moderator for the discussion, said that he started writing as a way to escape loneliness during his Gulf days. 

Journalist K Kannan said that more than those who live in Kerala, the non-resident Keralites celebrate being a Keralite. He also opined that the second and third generation of Keralite writers are freed from the clutches of nostalgia to experiment with new ideas in literature.