Edappally Raghavan Pillai

During this period, he worked as a private tuition teacher and he fell in love with one of his students who came from a rich family in Edapally.

Bhashabhivardhini Book Depot, Sreemathi weekly and Kerala Kesari magazine as well as at a local grocery shop as their accountant.

When Kerala Kesari was closed down, he moved to Kollam where he was accommodated by V. M. Narayana Pillai, a known lawyer and a relative of the girl he loved.

On 4 July 1936, when the lawyer was away from home to attend the girl's wedding, Pillai, aged 27, bathed himself clean and wore a jasmine garland before killing himself.

[10][11] It is believed that the pastoral play, Ramanan, by Changampuzha is an elegy based on the life and death of his friend Raghavan Pillai.

Changampuzha wrote a short poem, The Broken Flute, mourning the loss of his friend which reads as:[8]