Ripen Mango )is the most famous poem by Vyloppilli Sreedhara Menon.
The poem portrays a mother mourning her son and was a part of a collection published in 1936, in the Onam Edition of the Mathrubhumi newspaper.
[1] Menon states the main inspiration behind this poem is the memory of his brother, who died when he was four years old.
[1] The poem uses mango imagery to trigger the mother's reminiscences of the scolding she gave her son that drove him away.
The mourning mother is consoled by her son in the form of a cool breeze.