 His married again in 1957 when he was in the sixties and working at the All India Radio; Seethalekshmi Dev, his second wife was a known novelist and was much younger to him in her thirties.Jothydev Kesavadev, their son, is a diabetologist and a pioneer in telemedicine in diabetes care.Keshavadev died on July 1, 1983, at the age of 78.