▁F lower ▁Upper ▁Primary ▁School , ▁for ▁a ▁short ▁period , ▁before ▁joining ▁Al ▁Far ook i ya ▁High ▁School , ▁Cher an ell ore ▁where ▁he ▁spent ▁the ▁rest ▁of ▁his ▁teaching ▁career ▁sp anning ▁ 2 7 ▁years ▁until ▁his ▁super ann u ation ▁from ▁service . ▁ ▁Val ath ▁was ▁married ▁to ▁Kr ish od h ari ▁and ▁the ▁couple ▁had ▁three ▁sons , ▁M op as ang ▁Val ath , ▁a ▁painter , ▁Ein stein ▁Val ath , ▁a ▁writer ▁and ▁S ocr ates ▁K . ▁Val ath , ▁a ▁writer ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁a ▁screen writer . ▁He ▁died ▁on ▁the ▁last ▁day ▁of ▁ 2 0 0 0 , ▁at ▁his ▁r ented ▁house ▁in ▁North ▁Par av ur , ▁at ▁the ▁age ▁of ▁ 8 2 . ▁ ▁Leg acy ▁and ▁hon ours ▁ ▁Though ▁not ▁involved ▁in ▁active ▁politics , ▁Val ath ▁was ▁attract ed ▁to ▁commun ist ▁ide als ▁and ▁his ▁works ▁focused ▁mainly ▁on ▁the ▁effects ▁of ▁capital ism ▁and ▁pover ty . ▁He ▁published ▁a ▁poem ▁on ▁Mah at ma ▁Gand hi , ▁titled ▁The ▁Light ▁of ▁the ▁ 2 0 th ▁Century ▁in ▁Math r ub h umi ▁Az h ch app ath ipp u ▁while ▁serving ▁as ▁a ▁civil ian ▁cl erk ▁in ▁British ▁Military ▁at ▁Bang al ore ▁for ▁which ▁he ▁was ▁dismiss ed ▁from ▁British ▁service . ▁Later , ▁going ▁against ▁the ▁normal ▁practice ▁followed ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 9 4 0 s , ▁he ▁pione ered ▁free