KK Srivastava, Principal Accountant General, Kerala, and an acclaimed poet’s book “Shadows of the Real” has been translated into Russian language by well-known Russian poet and essayist Adolf P Shevedchikov. Russian Cultural Centre, Thiruvananthapuram, brought out the translated book on Tuesday. Veteran Malayali film actor Madhvan Nair (Madhu) released the book. An Indian Audit & Accounts Service Officer of 1983 batch, Srivastava’s poetry collections “Ineluctable Stillness”, “An Armless Hand Writes” and “Shadows of the Real” have been appreciated globally and academic papers have been presented in international literary conferences in countries like Turkey, Canada, Albania and Russia.