Thiruvananthapuram: Malayalam poet and critic Alankode Leelakrishnan said that Malayalis will remain inseparable from poet Vayalar Ramavarma as long as love exists among human beings. Vayalar’s songs, he said, shaped the emotional imagination of at least four generations, making love a civilising force rather than a spectacle. Beyond nature and love, Vayalar’s work drew from a vast intellectual and philosophical range — from the 'Bhagavad Gita' to science and Marxist thought. His poetry, Alankode said, focused on humanity rather than religion, embracing compassion as a unifying force. “As long as love exists,” Alankode reiterated, “we cannot escape Vayalar.”