Second home jan2014 issue

Swamy Vivekananda

Subhash Chadra Bose

Jawaharlal Nehru

Mahathma Gandhi

Dr. Ambedkar

Sri Chithira Thirunal

G. Devarajan Vayalar Ramavarma

Kumaranasan

Ulloor S. Parameswara Iyer

A.R. Rajaraja Varma

Mermaid

T. Madhava Row

Veluthampi Dalava

Editorial

Ffn-a-bpsS Cf-b X-¼pcm³ Discovery of Indiab‑n A - t- i ‑ m‑ IN{‑Ih - À¯‑ns‑b Ph-lÀ-

e‑m s‑\l‑vdp‑ h‑nt‑ij - n‑ ¸ - n‑ ¨ - X - v.‑ H.G.Wells s‑â "Outlines of History' F¶ ]‑pk‑vXI - ¯ - n‑  \‑n¶‑v C‑u hcnIÄ D²-cn‑ ¨ - p‑ s- I ‑ m‑ ï - m‑ W - v.‑ “Amidst the tens of thousands of names of monarchs that crowd the coloumns of history, their majesties and graciousnesses and serenities and royal highnesses and the like, the name of Asoka shines and shines almost alone a star”.

C‑u h‑nt‑ij - W‑w Ff‑na- b - p‑ s‑S I‑nc‑oS- § - Ä [c‑n¨ - p‑ s- I ‑ m‑ ï‑v aä‑p]-e- `-cW - m‑ [ - n‑ I - m‑ c- n‑ I - Ä¡‑pw‑ ,‑ a‑p³`-cW - m‑ [ - n‑ I - m‑ c- n‑ I - Ä¡‑pw‑ a‑mX‑rI I‑mW‑n¨‑v P‑oh‑n¨ {‑io‑ N‑n¯ - n‑ c- X - n‑ c- p‑ \ - m‑ f - n‑ \‑pw‑ {‑io‑ D{‑Xm‑ S‑w X‑nc‑p\ - m‑ f‑n\‑pw‑ ]‑qÀ®-am‑ b‑n t‑bm‑ P‑nb‑v¡p‑ s‑a¶‑p t‑Xm‑ ¶‑p¶ - p‑ .

I‑pe‑o\ - X - b‑pw‑ Ff‑na- b‑pw‑ e‑mf‑nX - y‑ h‑pw‑ ]‑mÞ‑nX - y‑ h‑pw‑ H¯‑pt‑NÀ¶ k¼‑qÀ®h‑pw‑ k‑wi‑p² - h - p‑ a- m‑ b Hc‑p A]‑qÀÆ h‑yà‑nX‑z¯ - n‑ s‑â Da-Sb - m‑ b - n‑ c- p‑ ¶ - p‑ C‑u a‑mk‑w 16þ‑mw‑ X‑obX‑n \‑nX‑y\‑n{- Z‑ b - n‑  eb‑n¨ {‑io‑ D{‑Xm‑ S‑w X‑nc‑p\ - m‑ Ä a‑mÀ¯‑mÞ - h - À½ al‑mc- m‑ P - m‑ h - v.‑ {‑lk‑zI - m‑ e - b - f - h - n‑  X‑mc-Xt- a‑ y‑ \ s‑Nd‑nb A[‑nI‑mc- Ø - m‑ \ - § - f - n‑  Cc‑p¶ - n‑ «‑v AX‑v h‑ns‑«m‑ g- n‑ t- b ‑ ï‑n hc‑p¶ ]e k‑m[‑mc- W - ¡ - m‑ c‑pw‑ X§-fp‑ s‑S \‑nc‑mi - b‑pw‑ h‑nj‑mZ- h‑ps‑am‑ s‑¡ ad-b¡ v-‑ m‑ ³ {‑ia‑n¡ - p‑ ¶ - X‑v Al-´I - e - À¶ s‑]c‑pa- m‑ ä- ¯ - n‑ e - q‑ s - S‑ b‑mW‑v. F¶‑m b‑ph-cm‑ P - m‑ h - m‑ b - n‑ ,‑ ]c-¼c- m‑ K - X - a- m‑ b‑n e`‑n¨ ]c-am‑ [‑nI - m‑ c- h‑pw‑ I‑nc‑oS- h‑pw‑ s‑Nt‑¦m‑ e - p‑ s - a‑ m‑ s‑¡ P\‑m[ - n‑ ] - X - y‑ ¯ - n‑ \ - p‑ t‑hï‑n Hg‑nª p‑ s - I ‑ m‑ S- p‑ ¯ - n‑ «‑v Hc‑p \j‑vSt- _ ‑ m‑ [ - h‑pw‑ CÃ‑ms‑X ]‑qÀ®-a\ - t- Ê ‑ m‑ s‑S, {]P-Ifn H-cm-fmbn, k‑m[‑mc- W - ¡ - m‑ c- n‑  k‑m[‑mc- W - \ - m-bn‑ ,‑ P\-§f - p‑ s‑S Bc‑m[ - \ - m‑ ] - m‑ {- X ‑ a- m‑ b‑n P‑oh‑n¨‑v \‑mS‑p\ - o‑ § - n‑ b {‑io‑ D{‑Xm‑ S‑w X‑nc‑p\ - m‑ f - n‑ t- â ‑ X‑v Hc‑p DÂI‑rj - vS‑ a- m‑ b Pohn-Xb - m-{Xb‑mb‑nc‑p¶‑p.

ae-bm‑ f - w‑ ,‑ C‑w¥‑oj - ,v‑ k‑wk‑vIr‑ X‑w F¶‑o `‑mj-If - n‑  Bgh‑pw‑ ]c-¸p‑ a- p‑ Å Ú‑m\-k¼ - ¯ - n‑ s‑â DS-ab - m‑ b - n‑ c- p‑ ¶ At‑±l‑w Ch‑nS- s‑¯ k‑mw‑ k‑vIm‑ c- n‑ I ]c‑n] - m‑ S- n‑ I - f - n‑ s‑e Xe-sb ‑ S- p‑ ¸ - p‑ Å \‑nd-km‑ ¶ - n‑ [ - y‑ a- m‑ b - n‑ c- p‑ ¶ - p‑ . C‑w¥‑oj‑v k‑ml‑nX - y‑ k - m‑ w‑ k - vI ‑ m‑ c- n‑ I t‑aJ-eI - f - n‑ e - q‑ s - S‑ b‑pw‑ D]-\n‑ j - Z‑v k‑qà-§f - n‑ e - q‑ s - S‑ b‑pw‑ ]‑pc‑mt- W ‑ X‑nl - m‑ k - § - f - n‑ e - q‑ s - S‑ b - p‑ s - a‑ m‑ s‑¡ A\‑nÀ¤f‑w Hg‑pI - p‑ ¶ s‑Xf‑n\ - o‑ s‑cm‑ g- p‑ ¡ - m‑ b - n‑ c- p‑ ¶‑p At‑±l - ¯ - n‑ s‑â {‑]`‑mj - W - § - Ä. k‑zb‑w If‑nb - m‑ ¡ - n‑ s - ¡ ‑ m‑ ï‑pÅ At‑±l - ¯ - n‑ s‑â k‑zX-kn‑ ² - a‑mb \À½-t_ ‑ m‑ [‑w Hc‑p he‑nb a\-Ên‑ \ - p‑ a- m‑ {‑Xw‑ Ah-Im‑ i - s - ¸ ‑ «- X‑mb - n‑ c- p‑ ¶ - p‑ . F¶m kz-´w A-`n-{]m-bw B-cp-sS ap³-]nepw sh-«n-¯pd-¶p ]-db - p-¶X - n-\v A-t±-lw a-Sn Im-Wn-¨n-cp-¶nÃ.

B he‑nb a\-Ên‑ s‑â k‑mw‑ k‑vIm‑ c- n‑ I k¼-¶X - s‑b¡‑pd‑n¨‑v ]d-bp‑ t- ¼ ‑ m‑ Ä Hc‑p kz´w A\‑p`- h‑w I‑pd‑n¡ - s - «‑ . Aѳ ac‑n¨-t¸ ‑ m‑ Ä (P‑oh - n‑ ¨ - n‑ c- p‑ ¶ - t- ¸ ‑ m‑ g‑pw‑ Ncah‑mÀj‑nI - ¯ - n‑ \ - p‑ s - a‑ m‑ s‑¡ At‑±l‑w a‑m{‑Xa- m‑ W‑v AÑs‑\ t‑Um‑ . A-¸³ F¶‑v k‑wt‑_m‑ [\ s‑Nb‑vXn‑ c- p‑ ¶ - X - v.‑ )‑ ]«‑pw‑ I¨b‑pw‑ s‑Im‑ S‑p¯ - b - b - v¡ ‑ p‑ ¶ - X - n‑ \‑v a‑p³]‑v AX‑ns- \ ‑ ¡ - p‑ d- n‑ ¨ - p‑ Å AÑs‑â h‑ni‑zm‑ k - {- ] ‑ a- m‑ W - § - Ä F´‑mb - n‑ c- p‑ ¶‑ps- h ‑ ¶‑v {io ch‑o{- µ ‑ ³ X¼‑nsb-s¡ ‑ m‑ ï‑v t‑^m‑ W‑ne - q‑ s‑S At‑\z‑ j‑n¸ - n‑ ¨‑v Ad‑nª n‑ «- m‑ W‑v B h‑ni‑me-a\ - k - v¡ ‑ ³ s‑Im‑ «‑mc- ¯ - n‑  \‑n¶‑v ]«‑pw‑ I¨b‑pw‑ s‑Im‑ S‑p¯ - b - ¨‑v AÑs‑\ BZ-cn‑ ¨ - X - v.‑ X‑nc‑ph - n‑ X - m‑ w‑ I - q‑ À c‑mP-`c- W - ¯ - n‑ s‑â Ah-km‑ \ - s‑¯ I®‑nb‑mb, X‑nc‑ph - \ - ´ - ] - p‑ c- ¯ - p‑ I - m‑ c- p‑ s‑S Ah-km‑ \ - s‑¯ c‑mP‑mh - m‑ b‑, {Sn-hm³-{Uw ¢-ºn-sâ H-¶m-as - ¯ Aw-Kamb, R§Ä l‑rZ-b¯‑ns‑â k‑nw‑ l‑mk - \ - ¯ - n‑  {‑]X‑nj - vT‑ n‑ ¨n-cn¡p¶ B X‑nc‑pa- \ - Ê - n‑ \‑v {‑]W‑ma§Ä AÀ¸‑n¨ - p‑ s - I ‑ m‑ ï‑v. k‑vt\ ‑ l‑mZ- c- § - t- f ‑ m‑ s‑S, F‑w.-]n‑ .- A-¿y-¸³

al‑mc - m‑ P - m‑ h - n‑ s‑â \mSp-\o-§e - n\p a - p‑ ³]‑v Fg‑pX - n‑ h - ¨ - n‑ c - p‑ ¶ C‑u e¡¯nsâ FU‑nt- ä ‑ m‑ d - n‑ b - Â, At‑±l - ¯ - n‑ s‑â I‑mg‑vN¸ - m‑ S- n‑ \‑v IS-Ih -- n‑ c - p‑ ² - a - m‑ b‑n P‑oh‑n¨‑v a¬a-dª C‑uP‑n] - vä ‑ n‑ s‑e Hc‑p N{‑Ih - À¯‑nb - p‑ s‑Sbpw C-¶s¯ Nn-e "Ip-«n-¯¼ - p-cm-¡· - m-cp-'sSbpw [‑mÀj‑vSy‑ s‑¯ Bk‑v]Z- a - m‑ ¡ - n‑ b - m‑ W‑v. ap³ F-Un-äÀ-am-cp-sS te-J\ - § - fn A-hk - m-\a - mbn tNÀ-¯n-cn¡p¶ B I‑pd‑n¸‑v C‑u Ff‑na - b - p‑ s‑S Ipeo-\X - b - v¡v kaÀ¸‑n¡ - s - «‑ . (t]Pv 74) Sri. M.P. Aiyappan (L-0782), former Member, Kerala State Electricity Regulatory Commission is the Editor of this Magazine.

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CONTENTS

Presidential Address.....

R. Thulasi

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Secretary's Secretaire.....

Adv. K. Krishna Kumar

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s]m³-hn-f-¡m-b F-sâ X-¼pcm³ ""CXv Hcp Collector's Volume X-s¶'' B {Inkva-kn\v ]pÂss¯-e-¯nsâ aWw

_n. cmP³ a-lmcm-Pm-kv tUm. sI. i_-cn-\m-Y³ tUm. Un.-_m-_p-t]mÄ

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An Occasional Visitor

T.P. Seetharam

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From Ananthapuri to Indraprastha and Back

D. Ashok Kumar

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sIm«m-c-¡c s]m¶-¨\pw djy³ ]mepw Nw Nam Nw Cu hnjmZw...!

A`n-\-µ-\-¯nsâ ]qs¨-ïp-IÄ

Pn. tiJ-c³ \m-bÀ Fkv. A-¿-¸³ \m-bÀ Kn-cn-Pm tk-Xp-\m-Yv B-\-µw cm-P-ti-J-c³

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Orphaned Poetry

Sulochana Rammohan

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The Rise and Fall of a Giant

S.N. Nair

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"kvIm³ lukv' ho«nse Hcp apdnbn \n¶v Ggp {_m©pIfntebv¡v!

C¯n-cn- t\-cw H-¯n-cn Im-cyw: ]pkv-X-Im-`n-{]mbw Nncn¨pw Nn-cn-¸n-¨pw \n-§-fp-sS a-Wn-b³-]n-Å cm-Pp

tUm. Pn. tKm]n-\m-Yv Pn.BÀ. \m-bÀ aWn-b³-]n-Å cm-Pp

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THE LOCO PILOT

S. Balachandran

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X¼n-bvs¡mcp Nc-a-KoXw

_n. the-¸³ \m-bÀ

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Our Fifty Years toge-ther

Shyamala Gopinath

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Leila, My Little Angel

Sarah Kuruvila

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08 10

17 19 20

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""]cn-¸p-h-Sbpw bar stoolDw ]ns¶-sbmcp ]mhw sImc-§\pw'' sI. P-bi¦À kkvs]³j³ amlmßyw sI.Pn. Ipcp-hn-f

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Indian by Choice

Shalini James

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Graphics in Graphite

Gayathri Rajan

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¢ºnsâ Nne ]gb Imcy-§Ä

Fkv. _mep

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Know your Affiliated Clubs: Calcutta Rowing Club

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Know our Elders....: Sri. U. Chandu Nair

C. Govindan

55

Our Gopi Chettan... is no more with us

Dr. P. Gopinath

58

Colours of Hope and Fact

Malavika A.Nair

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A Letter from New Jersy

Akshay

60

The Journey of life!

Vaishnavi Anand

61

Editor's Enbloc:

From the Editors...

S. Jayaprakash

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A Magazine's Birth Pang

G. Sanal Kumar

64

Budgeting for a Fraud!

James K Joseph

66

""Pbm... FhnsS Fsâ BÀ«n¡nÄ?''

Nne ]gb Imcy§Ä

PbIpamÀ Pn.BÀ tUm. ]n. am-[-h -ssIaÄ

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An Artiste's / Director's Guide on How to Cook a Critic

Satish Kamath

71

A Land Less Seen...

Alexander P Jacob

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Hkn-am³Un-bmkv kn³t{Umw

Fw.-]n. A¿-y¸³

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Editor: M.P. Aiyappan Email: mpaiyappan@gmail.com Front Cover: Thiruvananthapuram's Homage, Design & Layouts: M.P. Aiyappan.

The club takes no responsibility for the statements and opinions expressed by the contributors.

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Presidential Address.....

R. Thulasi {‑]‑nb-s‑¸-« A‑wK-§s‑f‑, FÃ‑m-hÀ¡‑p‑w Fs‑â l‑rZb‑w \‑ndª {‑I‑nk‑vX‑p-ak‑v ]‑pX‑p-h-Õ-c‑m-i‑w-k-IÄ. t‑]‑mb hÀj‑w \S¶ k‑w`-h-§-f‑n X‑nc‑p-h-\-´-]‑pc‑w \‑nh‑m-k‑n-Is‑f k‑w_-Ô‑n-¨‑n-S-t‑¯‑mf‑w Gäh‑p‑w t‑hZ\ Df-h‑m-¡‑n-bX‑v \½‑ps‑S Gh-c‑p-s‑Sb‑p‑w {‑]‑nb-¦-c-\‑mb {io D{‑X‑mS‑w X‑nc‑p-\‑mÄ a‑mÀ¯‑m-Þ-hÀ½al‑mc‑mP‑mh‑ns‑â \‑mS‑p-\‑o-§-e‑m-W‑v.‑ \½‑ps‑S ¢º‑p-a‑mb‑n hf-s‑c-t‑bs‑d _Ô-a‑pÅ At‑±-l-¯‑n\‑p ¢º‑ns‑â t‑]c‑ne‑p‑w {‑]k‑n-Uâ‑v F¶ \‑ne-b‑ne‑p‑w BZ-c‑m-R‑vP-e‑n-IÄ AÀ¸‑n-¡‑p-¶‑p.

2013 \S¶ k‑w`-h-§s‑f H‑mÀ¯‑p-s‑I‑mï‑pXs‑¶ 2014 FÃ‑m A‑wK-§Ä¡‑p‑w \·b‑p‑w s‑Fi‑z-c‑yh‑p‑w Dï‑m-Is‑« F¶‑p {‑]‑mÀ°‑n-¡‑p-¶‑p.

C‑u `c-W-k-a‑nX‑n \‑ne-h‑n h¶-X‑n-\‑p-t‑ij‑w \‑mf‑n-X‑p-h-s‑c-b‑pÅ ¢º‑ns‑â {‑]hÀ¯-\-§Ä \à c‑oX‑n-b‑n \S-¯‑n-s‑¡‑mï‑p t‑]‑mI‑m³ k‑m[‑n-¨-X‑n {‑]k‑n-Uâ‑v F¶ \‑neb‑v¡‑p A`‑n-a‑m-\a‑p-ï‑v. X‑oÀ¨-b‑mb‑p‑w s‑k{‑I-«-d‑nb‑p‑w {‑SÌ‑n s‑a¼d‑p‑w I½‑nä‑n A‑wK-§f‑p‑w AX‑n\‑v A£‑oW‑w ]c‑n{‑i-a‑n-¡‑p-I-b‑p-ï‑m-b‑n. ]‑ns‑¶ \½‑ps‑S P‑oh-\-¡‑m-c‑ps‑S Bß‑mÀ°-a‑mb kl-I-cW‑w {‑]i‑wk AÀl‑n-¡‑p-¶‑p.

C‑u hÀjs‑¯ ]‑pX‑p-h-Õ-c‑m-t‑L‑m-j§Ä hfs‑c `‑wK‑n-b‑mb‑n \S-¯‑m\‑p‑w AX‑p Hc‑p h³h‑nP-b-a‑m¡‑n X‑oÀ¡‑m\‑p‑w FÃ‑m A‑wK-§t‑f‑mS‑p‑w Ah-c‑ps‑S I‑pS‑p-‑w_‑m‑w-K-§t‑f‑mS‑p‑w \½‑ps‑S P‑oh-\¡‑m-t‑c‑mS‑p‑w kP‑o-h-a‑mb‑n ]s‑¦-S‑p¯‑p h‑nP-b‑n-¸‑n-¡-W-s‑a¶‑v A`‑yÀ°‑n-¡‑p-¶‑p.

I‑qS‑ms‑X ]‑pX‑p-h-Õ-c-‑mt‑L‑m-j-]c‑n]‑mS‑nI-f‑ps‑S `‑mK-a‑mb‑n BÀ.-k‑n.-k‑n-.b‑n Z‑pc‑n-X-a-\‑p-`-h‑n-¡‑p¶ I‑y‑m³kÀ t‑c‑mK‑n-I-f‑ps‑S t‑£a-¯‑n-\‑p-t‑hï‑n ¢º‑v 25 e£‑w c‑q] ka‑m-l-c‑n-¨‑p \ÂI‑m-\‑pÅ k‑wc‑w`¯‑n\‑v k·-\-Ê‑pIf‑mb FÃ‑m A‑wK-§f‑ps‑Sb‑p‑w ]‑qÀ®-a‑mb klIcW‑w A-`‑yÀ°‑n¡‑p-¶‑p.

H‑mt‑c‑m A‑wK-§f‑p‑w Ahchc‑ps‑S Ig‑n-h‑n-\-\‑p-k-c‑n¨‑v k‑w`‑m-h\ \ÂI‑n B DZ‑ya‑w Hc‑p h³h‑nP-ba‑m¡‑n X‑oÀ¡Ws‑a¶‑p‑w At‑]-£‑n-¡‑p-¶‑p. ¢º‑ns‑â h‑nI-k\ {‑]hÀ¯-\-§-f‑n {‑][‑m-\-s‑¸-«h Gs‑X¶‑p a\-Ê‑n-e‑m¡‑n A‑wK-§-f‑ps‑S A`‑n-{‑]‑m-b-§Ä I‑qS‑n k‑z‑oIc‑n¨‑v H‑mt‑c‑m-¶‑mb‑n \S-¸‑n hc‑p¯‑n-s‑¡‑m-ï‑n-c‑n-¡-b‑m-W‑v. P‑oh-\-¡‑m-c‑ps‑S I‑pdh‑v ¢º‑v {‑]hÀ¯-\-§s‑f Hc‑p ]c‑n-[‑n-hs‑c _‑m[‑n¨‑n-c‑p¶‑ps‑h-¦‑ne‑p‑w I½‑n-ä‑n-b‑ps‑S ka-t‑b‑m-N‑n-X-a‑mb CS-s‑]-S-e‑p-IÄ I‑mcW‑w AX‑p- ]-c‑n-l-c‑n-¡‑m³ k‑m[‑n-¡‑p¶psh¶X‑p‑w C‑u Ah-k-c-¯‑n H‑mÀ¡‑p-¶‑p.

FÃ‑m-hÀ¡‑p‑w Hc‑n-¡ÂI‑qS‑n Bi‑w-kIÄ t‑\À¶‑p-s‑I‑mï‑v \‑nÀ¯‑p-¶‑p. k‑vt‑\l-]‑qÀÆ‑w \‑n§-f‑ps‑S k‑z´‑w

BÀ. X‑pfk‑n X‑nc‑ph\´]‑pc‑w‑, 24þ12þ2013.

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Secretary's Secretaire.....

Adv. K. Krishna Kumar

Dear Members, We are entering 2014, according to Chinese it is year of Horses, Symbolizing Politeness, Mystery, Energy and Good Fortune. I wish every member and their family a "Happy and Prosperous 2014".

Let me place our heart felt condolence on the demise of our respected and beloved Sri Uthradom Thirunal Marthanda Varma Maharaja who was the first member of our Club.

Our club being a Charitable Society, we can't close our eyes to suffering millions in the Society. The Committee has decided to donate surgical equipments to the peadiatric ward of The Regional Cencer Centre, Trinvandrum with the help of the members of the Club.

The estimated cost is about Rs. 25 lakhs.

As your know the Club celebrated Onam, Bakrid, Deepavali, Christmas in a befitting manner and honoured our senior members in a separate function.

The Committee has cleared all the tax liabilities (principal amount) which was pending from the year 1988 onwards.

In order to improve services in the dining areas, we are going to update our computer software.

The committee has organized to celebrate the New Year programme without taking single paisa from the club funds, but with the help of well wishers and sponsors. I thank the President, Treausrer, Joint Secretary and all the Committee Members for their whole hearted help and support. We are also planning to bring out a Members Directory soon.

I once again wish all members and family a "Happy New Year" and a great 2014 ahead.

God Bless you with good health and happiness.

Thanking you, 22.12.2013

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K. Krishna Kumar

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F-s‑â X-¼‑pc‑m³ C‑ub‑ns‑S Z‑nh‑wK - X - \ - m‑ b {‑io‑ a‑wK‑md- m‑ w‑ ,‑ hÀj-§Ä¡‑v a‑p³]‑v ch‑nh - À½ N‑n{‑X§ - f- p‑ s‑S Hc‑p Collection \‑nÀ½‑n¡ - p‑ ¶ - X - n‑ \mbn a‑mÀ¯‑mÞ - h - À½ al‑mc‑mP‑mh - p‑ a- m‑ b‑n NÀ¨ s‑N¿‑p¶ - X - n‑ \‑v _‑mw‑ ¥‑qc- n‑  \‑n¶‑v h¶-t¸ ‑ m‑ Ä‑, s‑]b‑nâ‑nw‑ K - p‑ I - f- p‑ s‑S t‑^m‑ t‑«m‑ I - Ä FS‑p¡ - p‑ ¶ - X - n‑ \‑v At‑±l‑w c‑mPs‑â t‑]c‑mW‑v \‑nÀt‑±i - n‑ ¨ - X - .v‑ A§s‑\ a‑wK‑md- m‑ a- n‑ e - q‑ s- S‑ b - m‑ W‑v R‑m³ c‑mPs‑\ ]c‑nN - b - s- ¸ ‑ «- X - .v‑ ]‑n¶oS‑v Ahtcm-sSm¸w ]e- N-S§ - p‑ I - f- n‑ e‑pw‑ ]s‑¦S- p‑ ¯ Ah-kc- ¯ - n‑ e - m‑ W‑v al‑mc- m‑ P - m‑ h - n‑ \‑pw‑ I‑pS‑pw‑ _ - m‑ w‑ K - § - Ä¡‑pw‑ c‑mP-t\ ‑ m‑ S‑pÅ {‑]t‑Xy‑ I - - ]-cn‑ K - W - \ - t‑\c‑n«‑v Ad‑nb - m‑ ³ Ig‑nª - X - .v‑ {‑io‑ N‑n¯ - n‑ c- X - n‑ c- p‑ \ - m‑ Ä al‑mc- m‑ P - m‑ h‑v k½‑m\ - n‑ ¨ Hc‑p I‑ym‑ a-ds- I ‑ m‑ ï‑v t‑^m‑ t‑«m‑ {‑Km‑ ^‑nb - ne‑qs‑S hfÀ¶ Hcp k‑m[‑mc- W - ¡ - m‑ c- ³ - , C¶s‑¯ \‑ne-bn‑  F¯‑nt- ¨ ‑ À¶‑n«‑pw‑ Hc‑p Ah-Im‑ i - h - m‑ Z- § - f‑pw‑ {‑] I-Sn‑ ¸ - n‑ ¡ - m‑ s‑X al‑mc- m‑ P - m‑ h - n‑ s‑â Ff‑nb - Z- m‑ k - \ - m‑ b - n‑ ,‑ {‑]n‑ b-in‑ j - y‑ \ - m‑ b‑n t‑kh\‑w \S-¯p‑ ¶ - X - m‑ W‑v c‑mP-\n‑  R‑m³ Iï {‑]t‑Xy‑ I - X - . \½‑ps‑S ¢º‑ns‑e A‑wK-§f- n‑  al‑mc- m‑ P - m‑ h - p‑ a- m‑ b‑n AS‑p¯ - n‑ S- ] - g- I - n‑ b - n‑ c- p‑ ¶ ]e {‑]a‑pJ - h - y‑ à - n‑ I - f‑pw‑ Ds‑ï¦ - n‑ e‑pw‑ al‑mc‑mP‑mh‑ns‑â s‑Im‑ ¨‑ps- I ‑ m‑ ¨‑p I‑mc‑y§ - Ä¡‑pt‑]m‑ e‑pw‑ H‑mS‑ns- b ‑ ¯‑n X‑nc‑pa- \ - Ê - n‑ s‑â a\-Êd- n‑ ª‑v {‑]hÀ¯‑n¨ - n‑ c- p‑ ¶ c‑mPs‑â t\cn-«pÅ A\‑p`- h - § - Ä t‑cJ-s¸ ‑ S- p‑ ¯‑n Hc‑p t‑eJ\‑w t‑hW-sa‑ ¶‑v Bhi‑ys‑¸«X-\p‑ k - c- n‑ ¨ - m‑ W‑v C‑u I‑pd‑n¸‑v X¿‑md- m‑ ¡ - n‑ b - X -‑ .v‑

{‑io‑ ]ß-\m‑ `- Z- m‑ k D{‑Xm‑ S‑w X‑nc‑p\- m‑ Ä a‑mÀ¯‑mW - U v‑ h - À½ al‑mc- m‑ P - m‑ h‑v \‑mS‑p\ - o‑ § - n‑ . Ig‑nª 30 hÀj-am‑ b‑n X¼‑pc- m‑ s‑\ AS‑p¯ - d- n‑ b - m‑ \‑pw‑ I‑qs‑S \S-¡m‑ \‑pw‑ F\‑n¡‑v `‑mK‑yw‑ I‑n«‑n. IÀ½\‑nc- X - ,‑ C‑ui‑zc- h - n‑ i - z‑ m‑ k - w‑ ,‑ CS-ap‑ d- n‑ b - m‑ s - X ‑ b - p‑ Å {‑]hÀ¯‑nI - Ä‑, ]g-bX - n‑ s - \ ‑ b‑pw‑ ]‑pX‑nb - X - n‑ t- \ ‑ b‑pw‑ Hc‑pt- ] ‑ m‑ s‑e Cj‑Sv s - ¸ ‑ S- p‑ ¶ a\Ê‑v GX‑ns- \ ‑ ¡ - p‑ d- n‑ ¨‑pw‑ h‑yà-am‑ b Ad‑nh - ,‑v Bc‑p £W‑n¨ - m‑ e‑pw‑ ,‑ Ft‑§m‑ «‑p £W‑n¨ - m‑ e‑pw‑ k‑zo‑ I-cn‑ ¡ - p‑ ¶ k‑z`‑mh‑w FÃ‑mw‑ s- I ‑ m‑ ï‑pw‑ \‑mS‑ns‑â s‑]m‑ ³h‑nf - ¡ - m‑ b - n‑ c- p‑ ¶‑p Fs‑â X¼‑pc- m‑ ³. {‑io‑ N‑n¯‑nc- X - n‑ c- p‑ \ - m‑ Ä al‑mc- m‑ P - m‑ h - n‑ s‑â t‑^m‑ t‑«m‑ {- K ‑ m‑ ^‑v t‑Pm‑ e‑nIÄ s‑N¿‑m\ - m‑ b‑n s‑Im‑ «‑mc- ¯ - n‑  t‑]m‑ I‑pt- ¼ ‑ m‑ Ä D{‑Xm‑ S‑w X‑nc‑p\ - m‑ f‑ns‑â Ac‑pI - n‑  R‑m³ t‑]m‑ I‑md- n‑ à - m‑ b - n‑ c- p‑ ¶ - p‑ . I‑mcW‑w ]ec‑pw‑ At‑±l - s - ¯ ‑ ¡ - p‑ d- n‑ ¨‑v ]eX‑pw‑ ]dª‑v Fs‑¶ t‑]S‑n¸ - n‑ ¨ - n‑ c- p‑ ¶ - p‑ . t‑Zj‑y¡ - m‑ c- \ - m‑ W - ,‑v i‑pW‑T v n‑ ¡ - m‑ c- \ - m‑ W‑v Fs‑¶m‑ s - ¡ ‑ b - m‑ b - n‑ c- p‑ ¶‑p AhÀ Ft‑¶m‑ S‑v ]d-ªn‑ c- p‑ ¶ - X - .v‑ F¶‑m ]‑n¶‑oS‑v AS‑p¯ - t- ¸ ‑ m‑ g‑mW‑v k‑m[‑mc- W BÄ¡‑mc- n‑ Â\‑n¶‑pw‑ ]‑mh-am‑ W‑v X¼‑pc- m‑ s- \ ‑ ¶‑v R‑m³ Ad‑nª - X - .v‑ R‑m³ Hc‑p t‑em‑ I-k© - m‑ c- n‑ b - m‑ W - .v‑ t‑em‑ I-¡m‑ g- N v‑ I - Ä F¶ ]c‑n] - m‑ S- n‑ b - ¡ v‑ m‑ b‑n t‑em‑ Is‑¯ ]e s‑Im‑ «‑mc- § - Ä I‑mW‑pI - b‑pw‑ Ah‑nS- s- ¯ ‑ BÀ-`m‑ S- a‑mb P‑oh‑nX - c- o‑ X - n‑ b‑pw‑ Bl‑mc- {- I ‑ a§-sf ‑ ¡ - p‑ d- n‑ ¨‑ps- a‑ Ã‑mw‑ R‑m³ a\-Ên‑ e - m‑ ¡ - m‑ d- p‑ a- p‑ ï - .v‑ AX‑ph - ¨ - p‑ t- \ ‑ m‑ ¡ - p‑ t- ¼ ‑ m‑ Ä Ch‑nS- s‑¯ c‑mP‑m¡ - · - m‑ À t‑Nm‑ d‑pw‑ ,‑ Ah‑nb -- e‑pw‑ ,‑ k‑m¼‑md- p‑ s- a‑ m‑ s- ¡ ‑ a‑m{- X ‑ a‑mW‑v I-gn‑ ¡ - m‑ d‑pÅ - X - .v‑ At‑§b - ä- w‑ h - s‑c t‑]m‑ b‑m AS| {- ] ‑ Y-a³hs‑c. AX‑n I‑qS‑pX - s - e ‑ m‑ ¶‑pw‑ Fs‑â Ad‑nh - n‑ e - n‑ à - .

Fs‑â t‑em‑ I-bm‑ {- X ‑ s - I ‑ m‑ ï‑v Hc‑p he‑nb t‑^m‑ t- «‑ m‑ I - f - p‑ s - S‑ b‑pw‑ h‑nU - n‑ t- b ‑ m‑ I - f - p‑ s - S‑ b‑pw‑ t‑iJ-ca- p‑ ï - m‑ b - n‑ . A-Xn‑ \‑v I‑mc- W - w‑- Fs‑â H‑mt‑cm‑ b‑m{‑Xb - n‑ e‑pw‑ t‑hï D]-tZ‑ i - h‑pw‑ A\‑p{- K ‑ l - h - p‑ s - a‑ m‑ s‑¡ X¶‑v Ab-b¡ -v‑ p‑ ¶ - Xv X¼‑pc- m‑ \ - m‑ W - .v‑ b‑m{‑X Ig‑nª‑v \‑m«‑n hc‑pt- ¼ ‑ m‑ Ä H‑mt‑cm‑ ]Sh‑pw‑ t‑\m‑ ¡‑n BI‑mw‑ £ - t- b ‑ m‑ s‑S Bk‑zZ- n‑ ¡‑p¶ - X‑p I‑mW‑pt- ¼ ‑ m‑ Ä Fs‑â t‑^m‑ t‑«m‑ I - Ä¡‑v AÀ°‑w h¶‑p F¶‑p a‑m{‑Xa- à Hc‑p t‑^m‑ t‑«m‑ {‑Km‑ ^À F¶ \‑ne-bn‑  I‑qS‑pX -  I‑qS‑pX -  N‑n{‑X§ - Ä \¶‑mb‑n FS‑p¡ - W - s- a‑ ¶ k‑z`‑mh - h‑pw‑ F\‑n¡‑p h¶‑pt‑NÀ¶‑p.

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t‑^m‑ t‑«m‑ I - f‑pw‑ X‑nc-bp‑ ¶ - I - q‑ «- ¯ - n‑ e - m‑ W‑v Hc‑p- s‑I«‑v 120 ^‑ne‑nw‑ s‑\K-äo‑ h - p‑ I - Ä R‑m³ Iï-X.v‑ 10‑,000¯n¸c‑w N‑n{‑X§ - f - p‑ s‑S s‑\K-äo‑ h - p‑ I - Ä. C{‑Xb‑pw‑ \à s‑\K-äo‑ h - p‑ I - Ä Fs‑â t‑^m‑ t‑«m‑ {- K ‑ m‑ ^‑n P‑oh‑nX - ¯ - n‑  R‑m³ Iï‑n«- n‑ à - . ic‑nb - m‑ b s‑{^ ‑ b‑nw‑ ,‑ ic‑nb - m‑ b Uh-e¸ - n‑ w‑ K - ,‑v \à s‑hf‑n¨ - w‑ ,‑ \à s‑sS‑ a‑nw‑ K‑v F¶‑nh - s- b ‑ à - m‑ w‑ s- I ‑ m‑ ï‑v Gs‑Xm‑ c‑p t‑^m‑ t‑«m‑ {- K ‑ m‑ ^ - s- d‑ b‑pw‑ AX‑ni - b - n‑ ¸ - n‑ ¡ - m‑ ³t‑]m‑ ¶-hb - m‑ b - n‑ c‑p¶‑p AX‑.v D{‑Xm‑ S‑w X‑nc‑p\ - m‑ Ä a‑mÀ¯‑mW - U v‑ h - À½b‑¡ v v‑ Xs‑â t‑Py‑ j‑T v k - t- l ‑ m‑ Z- c- ³ {‑io‑ N‑n¯ - n‑ c- X - n‑ c- p‑ \ - m‑ Ä h‑m§‑ns - ¡ ‑ m‑ S- p‑ ¯ s‑se ‑ ¡-bn‑ e‑pw‑ t‑dm‑ f‑^ v f v‑ I‑k v v‑ I‑ym‑ a-db - n‑ e‑pw‑ ]IÀ¯‑nb ^‑ne‑na‑pI - f - m‑ b - n‑ c- p‑ ¶‑p AX‑.v F¶‑p a‑m{‑Xa- à 1952-þ Ut‑¡m‑ « h‑na‑m\ - ¯‑ne - n‑ c- p‑ ¶‑v {‑io‑ ]ß-\m‑ `- k - z‑ m‑ a- n‑ t- £ ‑ {- X ‑ ¯ - n‑ s- â ‑ b‑pw‑ I\‑ym‑ I - p‑ a- m‑ c‑n a‑p\-¼n‑ s - â ‑ b‑pw‑ BI‑mi Z‑ri‑y§ - Ä D{‑Xm‑ S‑w X‑nc‑p\ - m‑ Ä k‑z´‑w I‑ym‑ a-db - n‑  k‑ml-kn‑ I - a- m‑ b‑n ]IÀ¯‑nb - X‑v ]‑p¯³ Xe-ap‑ d AX‑ni - b - t- ¯ ‑ m‑ s - S‑ b - m‑ W‑v t‑\m‑ ¡‑n¡ - m‑ W - p‑ ¶ - X - .v‑ s‑Im‑ «‑mc- ¯ - n‑ Â\‑n¶‑v I‑n«‑nb s‑\K-äo‑ h - p‑ I - f - n‑  ]‑pk‑X v I - ¯ - n‑ \‑mh - i - y‑ a- m‑ bh Ai‑zX - n‑ X - n‑ c- p‑ \ - m‑ Ä FS‑p¯ - p‑ . F\‑n¡‑v Bh-iy‑ a- m‑ bh R‑m\‑pw‑ FS‑p¯ - p‑ . F¶‑n«‑pw‑ AX‑n\ - ¸ - p‑ d‑w X‑nc‑ph - n‑ X - m‑ w‑ I - q‑ À Nc‑n{- X ‑ ¯ - n‑ s‑â,‑ X¼‑pc- m‑ s‑â t‑em‑ I-bm‑ {- X ‑ b - p‑ s‑S A]‑qÀh-ti ‑ J - c‑w _‑m¡‑n. A{‑Xbv¡p‑ Aa‑qe - y‑ h‑pw‑ A]‑qÀh-hp‑ a- m‑ b N‑n{‑X§ - f - p‑ s‑S s‑\K-äo‑ h - p‑ I - f - m‑ W‑v s‑Im‑ «‑mc- ¯ - n‑  s‑I«‑n¡ - n‑ S- ¶ - X - .v‑ C‑u s‑\Kä‑oh - p‑ I - f - p‑ s‑S {‑]n‑ â‑v F-Sp‑ ¯‑v I\-I¡ - p‑ ¶‑v s‑Im‑ «‑mc¯‑n Hc‑p K‑w`‑oc {‑]ZÀi\‑w k‑wL-Sn‑ ¸ - n‑ ¨ - p‑ . [‑mc‑mf - w‑ t- ] ‑ À Z‑qc-Øe - ¯ - p‑ \‑n¶ - p‑ t- ] ‑ m‑ e‑pw‑ h¶‑v {‑]ZÀi\‑w I‑mW‑pI - b‑pw‑ h¼‑n¨ h‑nP-ba- m‑ ¡‑pI - b‑pw‑ s‑Nb‑X v p‑ . Hc‑p] - s‑£ B {‑]ZÀi-\t- ¯ ‑ m‑ S- p‑ I - q‑ S- n‑ b - m‑ W‑v Hf‑na- § - n‑ ¡ - n‑ S- ¶ X‑nc‑ph - n‑ X - m‑ w‑ I - q‑ d- n‑ s‑â Hc‑p I‑me-L«‑w t‑^m‑ t‑«m‑ {- K ‑ m‑ ^‑nb - n‑ e - q‑ s‑S P\l‑rZb-§f - n‑ s - e ‑ ¯ - n‑ b - X - .v‑ {‑]ZÀi\h‑nPb‑w X¼‑pc- m‑ s‑\ Gs‑d kt‑´m‑ j - n‑ ¸ - n‑ ¨ - p‑ . F\‑n¡‑v Hc‑p \à k½‑m\ - h‑pw‑ X¶‑p. 120 ^‑ne‑nw‑ Cd-§p‑ ¶ - X - n‑ \ - p‑ a- p‑ ¼‑v ¥‑mk‑pI - f - n‑ e - m‑ W‑v s‑\K-äo‑ h‑v Dï‑m¡ - n‑ b - n‑ c- p‑ ¶ - s - X ‑ ¶‑pw‑ A§s‑\ Hc‑p t‑iJc‑w XS‑ns - ¸ ‑ «- n‑ b - n‑ e - m‑ ¡‑n ]t‑ï k‑q£‑n¨ - n‑ c- p‑ ¶ - p‑ s - h ‑ ¶‑pw‑ AX‑nÂ\‑n¶‑v {‑]n‑ â‑v FS‑p¡ - m‑ ³ Ig‑nb - p‑ t‑am‑ F¶‑v hÀj-§f - m‑ b‑n ]e-tc‑ m‑ S‑pw‑ Bc‑mª - n‑ c- p‑ ¶ - X - m‑ b‑pw‑ X¼‑pc- m‑ ³ Ft‑¶m‑ S‑p ]d-ªp‑ .

I‑pt‑d\‑mÄ Ig‑nª‑v U‑nP‑nä-  I‑ym‑ a- d h¶-t¸ ‑ m‑ Ä s‑]s‑«¶‑v Fs‑â a\-Ên‑  Hc‑p Bib‑w DZ‑n¨ - p‑ . R‑m³ I‑ym‑ a-db - p‑ a- m‑ b‑n X¼‑pc- m‑ s‑â

Sri. Rajan Maharajas B (R-2549) is the Managing Director, Maharajas Jewellery and Colour Lab, Thiruvananthapuram 6

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AS‑pt- ¯ ‑ ¡‑v H‑mS‑n.

X¼‑pc- m‑ ³ A¶‑p ]d-ªt‑Ãm‑ XS‑ns- ¸ ‑ «- n‑ ¡ - I - ¯‑v ¥‑mk‑v s‑\K-äo‑ h‑pI - Ä Ds‑ï¶ - .v‑ F\‑n¡‑v Hc‑p Bib‑w t‑Xm‑ ¶‑p¶ - p‑ . N‑ne-t¸ ‑ m‑ Ä AX‑n \‑n¶‑v {‑]n‑ â‑v AS‑n¡ - m‑ ³ Ig‑nt- ª ‑ ¡ - p‑ w‑ .

Ae‑] v k - a- b - ¯ - n‑ \ - p‑ Å - n‑  H¶‑pc- ï‑p XS‑ns- ¸ ‑ «- n‑ I - Ä X¼‑pc- m‑ s‑â a‑p¼‑n F¯‑n. R‑m³ AX‑nÂ\‑n¶‑v Hc‑p ¥‑mÊ‑v s‑\K-äo‑ h‑v FS‑p¯‑v CS-Xp‑ s- s‑ I ‑ b - n‑  ]‑nS‑n¨ - p‑ . ]‑ns‑¶ he-Xp‑ s- s‑ I ‑ b - n‑ s‑e I‑ym‑ ad ¢‑n¡‑v s‑Nb‑X v p‑ . A§s‑\ B s‑\K-äo‑ h - p‑ I - Ä Fs‑â I‑ym‑ a-db - n‑ e - m‑ b - n‑ .

U‑nP‑nä-  I‑ym‑ a-db - n‑ e - m‑ b s‑\K-äo‑ h - p‑ I - s‑f t‑]m‑ k‑nä- o‑ h - p‑ I - f - m‑ ¡ - m‑ ³ Ff‑p¸ - a- m‑ W - .v‑ A§-s\ ‑ {‑io‑ a‑qe‑w X‑nc‑p\ - m‑ Ä a‑pX-ep‑ Å - h - c- p‑ s‑S P‑oh‑nX - ,‑ Nc‑n{‑X a‑pl‑qÀ¯-§f - p‑ s‑S {‑]n‑ â‑v I‑n«‑n. t‑^m‑ t‑«m‑ {- K ‑ m‑ ^‑n Nc‑n{- X ‑ ¯ - n‑  F¶‑pw‑ H‑mÀ½‑nt- ¡ ‑ ï \‑na‑nj-am‑ b - n‑ c- p‑ ¶‑p AX‑,‑v t‑^m‑ t‑«m‑ {- K ‑ m‑ ^ - n‑ b - n‑  ]‑pX‑ns - b ‑ m‑ c‑p ]Ù‑mh‑v s‑h«‑n¯ - p‑ d- ¶ a‑pl‑qÀ¯‑w I - q‑ S- n‑ b - m‑ b - n‑ c- p‑ ¶ - p‑ . ad-ªp‑ I - n‑ S- ¡ - p‑ ¶ Hc‑p I‑mc‑y¯ - n‑ s‑\ H‑mÀ½‑n¸ - n‑ ¨‑v Iï‑p] - n‑ S- n‑ ¡‑m\‑pw‑ Iï‑p] - n‑ S- n‑ ¨X‑ns‑\ t‑im‑ `-tb ‑ m‑ s‑S ]‑pW‑y¯ - n‑ s- e ‑ ¯ - n‑ ¡ - m‑ \‑pw‑ X¼‑pc- m‑ \‑v a‑m{‑Xt‑a Ig‑nb - q‑ . {‑io‑ ]-ß\ - m‑ `- k - z‑ m‑ a- n‑ b - p‑ s‑S h‑n{‑Kl - ¯ - n‑  k‑zÀ®-¯n‑ f- ¡ - a- p‑ s- ï ‑ ¶‑v Iï-dn‑ ª - X‑pw‑ aä‑pÅ - h - s‑c Ad‑nb - n‑ ¨ - X‑pw‑ D{‑Xm‑ S‑w X‑nc‑p\ - m‑ Ä al‑mc- m‑ P - m‑ h - m‑ W - .v‑ b‑qt‑dm‑ ] - y‑ · - m‑ s‑c t‑Xm‑ Â]‑n¨ Gj‑yb - n‑ s‑e BZ‑yc- m‑ P‑yw‑ X‑nc‑ph - n‑ X - m‑ w‑ I - q‑ d- m‑ s - W ‑ ¶‑pw‑ ,‑ AX‑ns‑â H‑mÀ½-b¡ v‑ m‑ b‑n at‑\m‑ l - c- a- m‑ b Gäh‑pw‑ he‑nb Hä-¡Â k‑av m‑ cI‑w I‑pf-¨e - n‑  Ds‑ï¶‑pw‑ ]e-t¸ ‑ m‑ g‑pw‑ X¼‑pc- m‑ ³ ]d-bp‑ a- m‑ b - n‑ c- p‑ ¶ - p‑ .

Hc‑pZ- n‑ h - k‑w AX‑pI - ï - d- n‑ b - m‑ ³ t‑]m‑ I-Ws- a‑ ¶‑v ]dª‑v X¼‑pc- m‑ s‑â I‑md‑n Fs‑¶b - p‑ w‑ I - q‑ S‑n Ib-än‑ s - ¡ ‑ m‑ ï - p‑ t- ] ‑ m‑ b - n‑ .

Fs‑â C‑ui‑zc- m‑ .... t‑]m‑ I‑p¶ - h - g- n‑ b - n‑ s‑e ]ïs‑¯ H‑mt‑cm‑ h‑oS‑pI - s - f ‑ ¡ - p‑ d- n‑ ¨‑pw‑ Ah‑nS- s‑¯ X‑ma-k¡ - m‑ s - c‑ ¡ - p‑ d- n‑ ¨‑pw‑ I‑pS‑pw‑ _-hn‑ t- i ‑ j - s- ¯ ‑ ¡‑pd‑n¨‑ps- a‑ m‑ s‑¡ At‑§b - ä‑whs‑c ]d-ªp‑ s- I ‑ m‑ ï‑nc- p‑ ¶ - p‑ . C{‑Xb - p‑ s- a‑ m‑ s‑¡ I‑mc‑yw‑ Ct‑¸m‑ g‑pw‑ F§s‑\ X¼‑pc- m‑ ³ H‑mÀ½‑n¡ - p‑ ¶‑p F¶‑v Bt‑em‑ N - n‑ ¨‑v R‑m³ AX‑ni - b - n‑ ¨ - p‑ t- ] ‑ m‑ b‑n.

Ah‑ns‑S F¯‑nb - t- ¸ ‑ m‑ Ä IS¡-cb - n‑ s‑e Z‑pc-hØ - I - ï‑v k¦S-s¸ ‑ «‑v X¼‑pc‑m³ I‑md‑n \‑n¶‑v Cd-§m‑ s‑X X‑nc‑ns‑I t‑]m‑ I‑ms‑a¶‑v ]d-ªp‑ .

X‑nc‑ph - n‑ X - m‑ w‑ I - q‑ À A\‑ng‑w X‑nc‑p\ - m‑ Ä a‑mÀ¯‑mW - U v‑ h - À½-bp‑ w‑ ,‑ U¨‑pI - m‑ c‑pw‑ X½‑ne - p‑ Å b‑p²‑w Xs‑â ]‑qÀÆ‑oI - s‑â A¶s‑¯ AhØ H‑mÀ¯‑p X¼‑pc- m‑ s‑â I®‑pI - Ä Dc‑pï‑v a‑pJ‑w h‑oÀ¯‑v H‑mÀ¯‑nc- n‑ ¡ - p‑ ¶ - X - n‑ \ - n‑ S- b - n‑  R‑m³ I‑md‑n \‑n¶‑nd- §‑n h‑nPb k‑av m‑ c-I¯ - n‑ s‑â ]S-sa‑ S- p‑ ¯‑p. ""Cd-§c- p‑ s- X ‑ ¶‑v ]d-ªm‑ e‑pw‑ Cd § - p‑ a- t- à ‑ ?” I‑pd¨‑p t‑Zj‑ys - ¸ ‑ «‑p ] - d- ª t‑¸m‑ Ä “Ch‑nS‑w hs‑c h¶‑n«‑p ]S-sa‑ S- p‑ ¡ - m‑ s‑X t‑]m‑ b‑m F\‑n¡‑p Ah‑nS‑w h-sc‑ he‑nb h‑nj-aa- m‑ I‑pw‑ X¼‑pc- m‑ t‑\'' F¶‑p- R‑m³ ]-dª - p‑ . Fs‑¶ I‑md‑n t‑Id‑m³ ]d-ªp‑ . ]‑n¶‑oS‑v ]«‑mft‑a[‑mh - n‑ I - Ä s‑Im‑ «‑mc¯ - n‑  F¯‑pt- ¼ ‑ m‑ Ä A-¶v‑ F-Sp‑ ¯ ]S-am‑ W‑v D]-lm‑ c- a- m‑ b‑n s‑Im‑ S‑p¡ - p‑ ¶ - X‑.v C-¶v‑ B k‑av m‑ cI Øe¯‑v BÀa‑nb - p‑ s‑S ]e H‑mÀ½ NS-§p‑ I - Ä \S-¡p‑ ¶ - X - m‑ b‑n Ad‑nb - m‑ ³ Ig‑nª - p‑ . X¼‑pc‑m³ s‑Xm‑ «-sX ‑ Ã‑mw‑ s‑]m‑ ³X‑nf - ¡‑w hc‑p¶ - X - m‑ b - m‑ W‑v F\‑n¡‑p I‑mW‑m³ Ig‑nª - n‑ «- p‑ Å - X - .v‑ s‑Im‑ «‑mc- ¯ - n‑ \ - I - ¯‑v Bß‑ob {‑]`‑mj - W‑w \S¯‑nbt‑¸m‑ Ä AX‑v t‑IÄ¡‑m³ Ft‑¶b‑pw‑ h‑nf‑n¨ - p‑ . Fh‑ns- S‑ t‑bm‑ b‑m{‑XIg‑nª‑p h¶ R‑m³ Cc‑p¶ - ] - m‑ t‑S Dd-§n‑ t- ¸ ‑ m‑ b - n‑ . {‑]`‑mj - W‑w FÃ‑mw‑ Ig‑nª-t¸ ‑ m‑ Ä ""c‑mP³ F´‑p t‑I«‑q'' F¶‑p X¼‑pc- m‑ ³ Ft‑¶m‑ S‑p t‑Nm‑ Z‑n¨‑q ""H¶‑pw‑ t‑I«‑nà X¼‑pc- m‑ s‑\ R‑m³ Dd-§n‑ t- ¸ ‑ m‑ b‑n'' F¶‑p ]-dª - t- ¸ ‑ m‑ Ä X¼‑pc- m‑ ³ ]d-ªX‑v ""k‑mc-an‑ à AS‑p¯ - X‑p t‑IÄ¡‑mw‑ '‑ ' F¶ ka‑m[ - m‑ \ h‑m¡‑mW - .v‑ C‑u t‑em‑ I¯‑v `‑mc‑ys‑b Gäh‑pw‑ A[‑nI‑w k‑tv \ ‑ l‑n¨ - X - m‑ c‑v F¶‑v Ft‑¶m‑ S‑v Bs‑c¦ - n‑ e‑pw‑ t‑Nm‑ Z‑n¨ - m‑  F\‑n¡‑v Hc‑p ad‑p] - S‑nt‑b DÅ‑q AX‑v {‑io‑ D{‑Xm‑ S‑w X‑nc‑p¶ - m‑ Ä a‑mÀ¯‑mW - U v‑ h - À½ al‑mc- m‑ P - m‑ h - m‑ W‑v F¶‑mW - .v‑ a\‑pj - y‑ \‑v C{‑Xb‑pw‑ k‑tv \ ‑ l‑n¡ - m‑ ³ Ig‑nb - p‑ t‑am‑ ? hÃ‑m¯ Hc‑p AX‑ni - b - a- m‑ W‑v X¼‑pc- m‑ s‑â k‑tv \ ‑ l‑w.

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FÃ‑mt- ] ‑ c- p‑ t- S‑ b‑pw‑ k‑z`‑mh‑w X¼‑pc- m‑ \‑v I‑mW‑m¸ - m‑ T- a- m‑ W - .v‑ FÃ‑mt‑]t- c‑ b‑pw‑ k‑tv \ ‑ l‑nb - ¡ v‑ m‑ \‑pw‑ X¼‑pc- m‑ \ - d- n‑ b‑mw‑ AX‑v F§s‑\ Ig‑nb - p‑ ¶‑p F¶‑v X¼‑pc- m‑ t‑\ Ad‑nb - q‑ . F´‑n\‑pw‑ X¼‑pc- m‑ \‑v ] c‑nl - m‑ c D¯c‑w {‑io‑ ]ß-\m‑ ` k‑zm‑ a‑nb - m‑ W - .v‑ a\‑pÊ - p‑ s - I ‑ m‑ ï‑p ]‑md-]n‑ f - À¡‑mw‑ F¶‑p ]dª‑p t‑I«‑n«- p‑ ï - .v‑ a\-Ên‑ s‑e {‑io‑ ]-ß\‑m`- s - \ ‑ s - I ‑ m‑ ï‑v FÃ‑m¯ - n‑ \‑pw‑ ]c‑nl - m‑ c- a- p‑ s - ï ‑ ¶‑v D{‑Xm‑ S‑w X‑nc‑p¶‑mÄ al‑mc- m‑ P - m‑ h - n‑ e - q‑ s‑S R‑m³ Iï‑p. a\‑pj - y‑ P - o‑ h - n‑ X‑w IÀ½‑w s‑Nb‑X v v‑ Bk‑zZ- n‑ ¡ - m‑ \ - p‑ Å - X - m‑ s- W ‑ ¶‑pw‑ X¼‑pc- m‑ \ - n‑ e - q‑ s‑S R‑m³ ]T‑n¨ - n‑ «- p‑ ï - .v‑ Hc‑p s‑Im‑ ¨‑pI - p‑ «- n‑ s - b ‑ t- ¸ ‑ m‑ s‑e F¶‑pw‑ ........ ]{‑X§ - f - n‑ s‑e t‑hï-s¸ ‑ « `‑mK-§Ä I{‑Xn‑ I s‑Im‑ ï‑p I«‑ps - N ‑ b‑X v v‑ Xc‑wX - n‑ c- n‑ ¨‑v ^be‑p s‑N¿‑pw‑ . hÀj-§f - m‑ b‑n AX‑v X‑pS-cp‑ ¶ - p‑ . H‑mt‑cm‑ t‑^m‑ t‑«m‑ I - Ä I‑mW‑n¨‑v IY-]d- b‑pw‑ . I‑md‑ns‑âb‑pw‑ ,‑ I‑pX‑nc- I - f - p‑ t- S‑ b‑pw‑ ,‑ IY-If‑n c‑q]‑w Iï‑v t‑]S‑nt- ¨ ‑ m‑ S- n‑ b k‑mb‑n¸ - n‑ t- â ‑ b‑pw‑ IY-]d- ª‑v \½-tf ‑ b‑pw‑ N‑nc‑n¸ - n‑ ¨‑v X¼‑pc- m‑ ³ N‑nc‑nb - ¡ v‑ m‑ ³ X‑pS-§p‑ w‑ . IY-]d- ª‑p Ig‑nb - p‑ t- ¼ ‑ m‑ Ä c‑pN‑nb - p‑ Å Fs‑´¦ - n‑ e‑pw‑ I-gn‑ b - ¡ -v‑ m‑ \‑pw‑ Xc‑pw‑ . C‑u IY-]d- ª - n‑ c- p‑ ¶ X¼‑pc- m‑ \‑mb - n‑ c- n‑ ¡‑pw‑ I‑pd-¨p‑ I - g- n‑ b - p‑ t‑¼m‑ a‑pJ‑ya- {- ´ ‑ n‑ t- b ‑ m‑ s- S‑ m‑ ,‑ Gs‑X¦‑ne‑pw‑ c‑mP‑ys‑¯ A‑¼m‑ k - n‑- U - t- d‑ m‑ t‑Sm‑ B[‑nI - m‑ c- n‑ I - a- m‑ b‑n k‑wk‑mc- n‑ ¨ - n‑ c‑n¡ - p‑ ¶ - X‑.v At‑¸m‑ Ä I‑pd-¨p‑ a- p‑ ³]‑v \½-tf ‑ m‑ S‑v IY-]d- ª - n‑ c- p‑ ¶ X¼‑pc- m‑ \‑ms‑W¶‑v t‑Xm‑ ¶‑pI - t‑b CÃ.

X¼‑pc- m‑ \ - p‑ a- m‑ b‑n Ah-km‑ \ - b - m‑ {‑X \S-¯n‑ b - X‑v C‑w¥-ïn‑ s‑e N‑mÄk‑v c‑mP-Ip‑ a- m‑ c- s‑\ I‑mW‑m\ - m‑ W - .v‑ s‑Xm‑ ®‑qä- n‑ s - b ‑ m‑ ¶‑v hbÊ‑v Ig‑nª‑v C‑u h‑mÀ²-Iy‑ ¯ - n‑ e‑pw‑ X¼‑pc- m‑ s‑â IÀ½-\n‑ c- X - s - b ‑ \‑mw‑ Iï‑p] - T- n‑ ¡ - W - w‑ . X‑nc‑ph - \ - ´ - ] - p‑ c- ¯‑v s‑Xm‑ g‑ps - s ‑ I ‑ I - t- f ‑ m‑ s‑S \‑n¡‑p¶ {‑io‑ ]-ß\ - m‑ `Z‑mk-s\ ‑ b - à N‑mÄk‑ns‑â AS‑p¯‑v F¯‑nb X¼‑pc- m‑ \ - n‑  R‑m³ Iï-X.v‑ c‑mP-Io‑ b{‑]u ‑ V‑nt- b ‑ m‑ s‑S,‑ \à Xe-sb ‑ S- p‑ t- ¸ ‑ m‑ s‑S,‑ s‑sI ‑ ¸-¯n‑ b - p‑ s‑S DÄ`‑mK‑w X½‑n t‑NÀ¯‑v h‑nc-ep‑ I - Ä I‑q«‑n¸ - n‑ S- n‑ ¨‑,‑v `‑pP-§Ä DbÀ-¯n‑ At‑cm‑ KZ‑rVK‑m{- X ‑ \ - m‑ b‑n K‑mw‑ `‑oc- y‑ a- p‑ Å i_‑Zv t- ¯ ‑ m‑ s- S‑ b - p‑ Å X¼‑pc- m‑ s- \ ‑ b - m‑ W‑v F\‑n¡‑v I‑mW‑m³ Ig‑nª - X - .v‑ B I‑mg‑N v F¶‑n AX‑ni - b - h‑pw‑ A`‑na- m‑ \ - h‑pw‑ D-fh - m‑ ¡‑n. {‑_n‑ «‑oj‑v A[‑nI - r‑ X - c- p‑ s‑S \‑nÀt‑±i‑w A\‑pk - c- n‑ ¨‑v cï‑pt- ] ‑ À¡‑p a‑m{‑Xt‑a al‑mc- m‑ P - m‑ h - n‑ s - \ ‑ m‑ ¸‑w N‑mÄk‑v c‑mP-Ip‑ a- m‑ c- s‑\ I‑mW‑m³ A\‑ph - m‑ Z‑w Dï‑mb - n‑ c- p‑ ¶ - p‑ Å - p‑ . F¶‑m X¼‑pc- m‑ s‑â CS-s] ‑ S-  I‑mcW‑w R‑m³ DÄs‑¸s - S‑ b - p‑ Å FÃ‑mh - À¡‑pw‑ A-t±‑ l - ¯ - n‑ s‑\ I‑mW‑m³ Ig‑nª - p‑ . ]X‑nh‑v b‑m{‑XI - f - n‑ s- e ‑ ¶ t- ] ‑ m‑ s‑e X¼‑pc- m‑ s‑â A\‑p{‑Kl - h‑pw‑ h‑m§‑n t‑em‑ II‑mg- N v‑ I - Ä ]IÀ¯‑m‑ \ - m‑ b‑n R‑m³ h‑nt‑Zi - t- ¯ ‑ ¡ - p‑ t‑]m‑ b - n‑ .

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Dr. K. Sabarinathan {]nb-s¸« A¿-¸³, sk¡âv tlmansâ 20þmw B\n-th-gvkdn ]Xn¸v AXoh lrZyw F¶p ]d-bmsX Xc-an-Ã. sI«n-epw, a«n-epw, DÅ-S¡ - ¯ - n epw FÃmw at\m-lcw am{X-aà - , \s½ FÃmw Ft¸mgpw th«-bmSp¶ B hnImcw þ Nostalgia (Krlm-Xp-cXzw) DWÀ¯p¶ ]pdwN« bpw, ¢ºnsâ BZy-Ime Ncn-{X-hpw, ]gb Ime-¯nsâ {]Xo-I§-fmb \½psS ap³ IpSpw-_mw-K§ - f - psS hnh-c§ - fpw ImÀ«qWp-Ifpw, Ipdn-¸p-Ifpw FÃmw AXy´w lrZblmcn-bm-bn. ]pdw N - «- b - nse motifs- \½psS tamU kvIqÄ IqSn DÄs¸-Sp-t¯ïn-bn-cp-¶p. ¢ºnsâ XpS-¡s- ¯bpw hf-À¨-sbbpw Ipdn-¨pÅ _mep-hnsâ hnh-cWw hfsc Adn-hp-IÄ \ap¡v Xcp-¶p-ïv. \½psS ¢ºv F´p-sImïpw Hcp A`n-Pm-X³ (aristocrat) Xs¶. _mep-hnsâ contribution Gähpw hne-tb-dn-bX - m-sW¶p tXm¶n. "ae-bm-äqÀ kvac-WI - Ä' DNn-Xa- mbn-. Hcn-¡epw ad-¡m-\m-hm¯ Hcp genius. At±-ls- ¯-t¸m-se-bp-Åh - À sk¡âv tlman Dïmbn-cp-¶p-htÃm F¶ Nn´t]mepw A`n-am-\I - c- a- tÃ? tPmkn-bpsS IY-bpw, ^Ìv tlman \n¶v, t^mÀ¯v tlmante-¡pÅ Btcm-lW{Iahpw (tUm. Gen-¡p«n hI) Nncn-¸n-bv¡ bpw, Nn´n-¸n-bv¡bpw sNbvXp. thWp-\m-Kh - Å - n-bpsS "_mey-Ime Nn{Xw' F¶nepw DWÀ¯n s]mbvt]mb hk-´I - m-es- ¯-¡p-dn-¨pÅ HmÀ½-IÄ. sshIp-t¶-c§-fn Fsâ AÑ-³ \mem-¦Â IrjvW] - n-Åb - psS hncepw ]nSn¨v \K-ch - oYnIfn-eq-sS-bpÅ \S¯w (amk-¯n Hcn-¡tem cïp {]mhiytam am{Xw In«p¶ "alm-`mKyw'). H¸w AÑsâ Bßkplr¯mb Fw.]n A¸³ kmdp-ap-ïm-bn-cn-¡pw. Ah-cpsS kw`m-jW-§Ä Ft¸mgpw kmlnXyNÀ¨-IÄ Xs¶-bm-hpw. BwK-ekm-ln-Xy-hpw, SmtKm-dpw, D®m-bn-hm-cy-cpw, sh×Wn Ihn-Xbpw, Ihn{-- X-b§ - f - pw, "Pn'bpw, N§-¼p-gbpw FÃm-t]-scbpw ]än ] cm-aÀin¡pw. Iq«-¯n SKP, NGP F¶o hm¡p-Ifpw tIÄ¡mw.

AhÀ bYm-{Iaw iqc-\m«p Ipª³]nÅ kmdpw, F³. tKm]m-e]nÅ (Ct±-l¯ - nsâ aI-\mWv \½psS ap³ {]kn-Uâv Pn. lco{µ³) kmdp-am-Wv. ]e-t¸mgpw Ch-cn Hcmsf ho«n sN¶v ImWp-Ibpw sN¿pw bm{X-bv¡nsS ]p¯³ N´-bnse Education Suppliesþ \n¶v t\m«v_p-¡v, ]mT-]p-kvXI - § - Ä, s]³kn XpS-§nb Fs´-¦nepw hm§p-Ibpw B³{Uq tkhn-bd- n \n¶v tImgn-bpw, \à I«veävkpw Ign-bv¡m³ Xc-s¸-Sp-Ibpw sN¿pw. ]et¸m-gmbn sabn³ tdmUv bm{X-bv¡nS-bn s{]m^-kÀ kn.sF tKm]m-e] - nÅ (_n¨p Xncp-ae - b - psS ap¯-ѳ), AXpey \mS-I\-S³ kn.sF ]c-ta-iz-c³ ]nÅ, tUm. sI `mkvIc- ³ \mbÀ, XIgn, Sn.-F³ kmÀ, \mK-hÅn kmÀ XpS§n ]e alm-cY - ³amscbpw t\cn ImWp-hm-\pÅ `mKyhpw e`n-¨n-«pïv. ^vfmjv _m¡mbn {]kn-²o-Ic- n¨ cmP-ti-Jc- ³ \mbÀ km‑ dnsâ A\p-`h - I - Y (A¬tU Im _m]v)AXoh ck-Ic- a- mbn

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tXm¶n. hmbn-¨t- ¸mÄ At±lw \dp-]p©n-cn-tbmsS \½psS ap³]n \nev¡p ¶ A\p-`qXn Dïm-bn. {io _m_p t]mfnsâ {ioIr-jvWs- \bpw, tbip-hn-t\ bpw Ipdn-¨pÅ Xmc-Xayw (cïpt]cpw ]qÀ® a\p-jy-cmbn Pohn¨ Cuiz-c· - mcm-WtÃm) Nnt´m-±o-]Iw Xs¶. {io {io\n h - m-ksâ ssZh-¯nsâ kz´w \mSv, NXn-b· - m-cpsS kz´w \mSpw IqSn-bmtWm F¶ tNmZyw XnI¨pw AÀ°-h¯ - m-Wv. kpµ-c] - m-Þy³ Xsâ sF.-F.-Fkv ]co£m hnP-b¯nsâ cl-ky-§Ä ]¦p-h¨ - Xv AXy´w ck-Ic- a- m-bn. C{Xbpw Ime§Ä¡p tijw Xncp-h\ - ´ - ] - p-c¯ - n-sâbpw hninjym tamU kvIqfn-sâbpw A`n-am-\`- m-P\ - a- mb {io kpµc]mÞys\s¡m ïv Fgp-Xn-¨Xn\v A¿-¸\v A`n-\µ - \ - § - Ä. ]mÞy-s\t¸mse {]Xn-`m-im-en-bmb Hcp hyàn-bpsS tkh\w tIc-f¯ - n\v e`n¡m-¯Xv Hcp \jvSa- m-bntà F¶pw Nn´n¨pt]mbn. {io ]ß-Ip-am-dnsâ teJ\w hfsc ImenI {]k-àn-bp-ÅXm-Wv. ae-bm-fn-sb-¸ä- n-bpÅ anYym-[m-cW - I - f - pw, \½psS kaq-l¯nse Zpjv{]-hW - X - I - f - pw, ImenI {]iv\§ - f - p-saÃmw Xpd¶p Im«p¶p At±-l¯ - nsâ teJ\w. Im¡n-bv¡p-Ånse Iem-Imc\v A`n-\µ - \ - § - Ä. F¦nepw hnI-ea- mb Snhn-þk - o-cn-be - p-IÄ krjvSn-¡p¶ Zpjv{]-hW - X - I - fpw imào-Ic- n-¡s- ¸« \½psS kv{Xok-aqlw t\cn-Sp¶ Xn·-Ifpw \½psS kaq-l¯ - n Ip«nIÄ¡v t\sc Dïm-Ip¶ ss]im-Nn-Ia- mb {Iqc-XI - fpw h¨ps]mdp¸n-bv¡m-\m-hptam?

Great Elders F¶ ]wàn hfsc A[nIw {]Xo-£I - f- p-WÀ¯p¶p. _m¦À \mcm-bW - ] - nÅ tN«³ F¶ Ahn-kvac- W - o-ba- mb \½psS BZy-Ime AwKs¯ ]cn-Nb - s- ¸-Sp-¯n-bXv XnI¨pw A`n\-µ\ - mÀlw. AXp-t]mse Xs¶ A\-´] - p-cn-bn-te¡v kn\na sImïp-h¶ kp{_-ÒWyw IpSpw-_s- ¯bpw Xe-Øm-\¯ - nsâ Xne-I¡ - p-dn-bmb ]ß-\m`m Xotb-äd- n-s\-¡p-dn-¨pw DÅ teJ\w kn\nam Ncn-{X-¯nsâ Xs¶ `mK-amWv. F´p sImïpw thdn« Hcp hmb-\m-`mhw \evIp-¶X - mWv {io c-ho-{µ-\m-Ynsâ ""tSman-bpsS Bß-IY'' F¶ lrZ-bm-hÀPIamb IY. (kw`-hI - Y?) tUmKv eth-gvkn\v {]tXy-In¨pw At±-l¯nsâ auen-IX - bv¡pw (Originality) kl-Pohn kvt\l-¯n\pw ]qs¨-ïp-IÄ AÀ¸n-¡p-¶p. tUm. lcn-lc- sâ "a¨'§sf-¸ä- n-bpÅ \À½hpw, Adnhpw Hcp t]mse IeÀ¯n-bpÅ IY hfsc \¶m-bn. C{Xbpw Imew At±l-¯n-sâ-bp-Ånse lmky-Im-c³ Ft´ ]pd¯p h¶nÃ? F´mbmepw better late than never. C\nbpw C´-am-Xncn "A¿ÀhmÄ' IY-IÄ {]Xo-£n-bv¡m-at- Ãm.

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{‑]n‑ b-s¸ ‑ « {‑io‑ t‑Pm‑ k‑v (]-\¨ - n‑ ¸ - p‑ d- w‑ )‑ ,‑ It was pleasant surprise! at‑\m‑ c- a I‑pS‑pw‑ _ - ¯ - n‑ s‑e `‑mj‑mt- ] ‑ m‑ j - n‑ W - n‑ b - n‑  hc‑p¶ {‑]u ‑ VK‑w`- o‑ c- a- m‑ b t‑eJ-\§ - Ä¡‑pw‑ \‑nc‑q] - W - § - Ä¡‑ps - a‑ m‑ ¸‑w \½‑ps‑S ¢º‑ns‑â C‑u s‑Im‑ ¨‑p a‑mK-ko‑ s - \ ‑ ¡ - p‑ d- n‑ ¨ - p‑ Å {‑]t‑Xy‑ I ]c‑ma- À ih‑pw‑ A`‑n\ - µ - \ - h - m‑ ¡ - p‑ I - f - p‑ w‑ Ø‑m\‑w ]‑nS‑n¨ - X - n‑  ¢º‑v A‑wK§Äs‑¡m‑ ¸‑w R‑m\‑pw‑ A`‑na- m‑ \ - ¯ - n‑ s‑â k‑wX‑r] - X v‑ n‑ b - n‑ e - m‑ W - .v‑ \µ‑n \a-kI v‑ m‑ c- w‑ .

lco-{µsâ "kz]v\§ - f- psS lmÀUv tIm¸n' sImÅmw. ]s£ Ah-bpsS s]cnb AÀ°-§Ä ]dªp Xcp-hm³ Ip«-¸³ (Dr. MRR) \t½m-sSm¸w CÃmsXt]mb-tÃm. C\nbpw Hcp]mSv Fgp-Xm-\p-ïv. F¦nepw Npcp-¡s- «. C§ns\ Hcp "kvamc-Ii - ne' X¿m-dm¡n {]kn-²o-Ic- n¨ \½psS A`n-am-\`- m-P\ - a- mb FUn-äÀ A¿-¸\pw ¢ºv `mc-hm-ln-If- mb Xpf-kn¡pw IrjvWI - p-am-dn\pw Cu e¡-¯nse teJ-\§ - f - pw, Ihn-XI - fpw cNn¨ FÃm teJIÀ¡pw Fsâ lrZ-bw-Ka- a- mb Biw-kI - Ä. {]nb-s¸« A¿-¸³ XoÀ¨-bmbpw CXv Hcp "Collectors Volume' Xs¶. w tUm. sI. i_-cn-\m-Y³ Bi‑p] - {- X ‑ n‑ b - n‑ s‑e X‑nc-¡n‑ \ - n‑ S-bn‑  kab‑w Is‑ï¯‑n Ig‑nª e¡‑w s‑k¡â‑v t‑lm‑ a- n‑ s‑e a‑n¡ t‑eJ-\§ - f‑pw‑ a\-Ên‑ c- p‑ ¯‑n h‑mb‑n¨‑v Ah-te ‑ m‑ I - \‑w \S-¯n‑ b B \à a\-Ên‑ \‑v k‑X v p‑ X‑n. CX‑v s‑hd‑ps- a‑ m‑ c‑p \‑nc‑q] - W‑w a‑m{‑Xa- à - ,‑ ]gb H‑mÀ½-s¨ ‑ ¸ - p‑ I - Ä X‑pd¶‑v k‑z´‑w AÑs‑\b‑pw‑ , At±-l¯ - n-sâ B-ßk - p-lr¯mb Fs‑â AÑs‑\b‑pw‑ A¶s‑¯ al‑m{- ] ‑ X - n‑ `- I - s- f ‑ b‑pw‑ ]gb k‑pl‑r¯ - p‑ I - s- f ‑ b - p‑ s- a‑ m‑ s‑¡ BZ-cn‑ ¨ - p‑ s- I ‑ m‑ ï - p‑ Å Hc‑p k‑av c-Wm‑ R - P v e‑n I‑qS‑nb - m‑ W - .v‑ i_-cn‑ t- ¨ ‑ «- s‑â C‑u Bk‑zm‑ Z- \ - ¡ - p‑ d- n‑ ¸‑v F\‑n¡‑v Hc‑p collector’s items BW‑!‑v The Second Home

h¨‑v Hc‑p k‑zI‑mc‑y k‑w`‑mj - W - ¯ - n‑ \ - nS-- b‑v¡v‑ {‑io‑ D{‑Xm‑ S‑w X‑nc‑p-¶mÄ A-t±l¯‑ns‑â ]‑qÀÆ‑nI - \ - m‑ b - n‑ c- p‑ ¶ Hc‑p c‑mP‑mh - n‑ s‑â IY ]d-ªX - n‑ § - s - \ ‑ b - m‑ W - v.‑ ""X‑nc‑ph - n‑ X - m‑ w‑ I - q‑ À c‑mP‑m¡ - · - m‑ À¡‑v \À½-t_ ‑ m‑ [ - ¯ - n‑  AX‑nj - vT‑ n‑ X - a- m‑ b‑n h‑n«‑ph - o‑ g- vN ‑ I - Ä \S-¯p‑ ¶ - X - n‑ \‑pw‑ £a‑n¡ - p‑ ¶-Xn‑ \ - p‑ a- p‑ Å h‑ni‑me - a- m‑ b a\-Êp‑ ï - m‑ b - n‑ c- p‑ ¶ - p‑ . k‑mb‑v]· - m‑ c‑ps‑S `c-WI - m‑ e - ¯‑v A¶s¯ Hc‑p c‑mP‑mh - n‑ \‑v ]‑q¨-¡® - p‑ ï‑mb - n‑ c- p‑ ¶ - p‑ . AX‑ns - \ ‑ ¡ - p‑ d- n‑ ¨‑v ]e I‑nw‑ h-Z´ - n‑ I - f‑pw‑ \‑m«‑n {‑]N-cn‑ ¨ - n‑ c- p‑ ¶ - p‑ . At‑±l - s‑¯ "]‑q¨-¡® - ³‑ Xncp-ta\n' F¶‑mW‑v \‑m«‑pI - m‑ À cl-ky‑ a- m‑ b‑n h‑nf‑n¨ - n‑ c- p‑ ¶ - X - v.‑ (Xsâ H-cp ]qÀ-Æn-Is- \-¡p-dn-¨v {]P-IÄ ]-dª - n-cp¶-Xv hfsc Xp-d¶ - `m-jb - n- k-ck - a- m-bpw k-Xy-kÔ - a- mbpamWv A-t±-lw hn-hc- n¨Xv. B he‑nb a\-Ên‑ s‑\ \a‑n¡ - p‑ ¶ - p‑ .)

A¶s‑¯ N‑mI‑ym‑ · - m‑ À I‑q¯‑n\ - n‑ S- b - v¡ ‑ v‑ ]‑q¨-¡® - n‑ s- \ ‑ ¡ - p‑ d‑n¨‑v ]t‑cm‑ £ - a- m‑ b‑n If‑nb - m‑ ¡ - n‑ b - n‑ c- p‑ ¶ - X‑v B cmPmhv Bk‑zZ- n‑ ¨‑v ck‑n¨ - n‑ c- p‑ ¶ - p‑ . Hc‑p Z‑nhk‑w Hc‑p N‑mI‑ym‑ À‑, c‑mP‑mh‑v Fg‑ps-¶Å - n‑ b‑nc- n‑ ¡ - p‑ ¶ kZ-Ên‑ Âs‑h¨‑v AX‑nc- p‑ I - S- ¶ c‑oX‑nb - n‑  BZ‑ymh-km‑ \‑w "]‑q¨-¡® - ³' {‑]t‑bm‑ K‑w \S-¯n‑ . AI¯‑v AÂ]‑w aZ‑yw‑ I‑qS‑nt- ¸ ‑ m‑ b - X - m‑ b - n‑ c- p‑ ¶‑p I‑mc-Ww‑ . ]t‑£ I‑og‑vhg-¡a- \ - p‑ k-cn‑ ¨‑v I‑q¯-¼e - ¯ - n‑  \‑n¶‑v ]c‑n] - m‑ S‑n \S-¯p‑ ¶ N‑mI‑ym‑ s‑c hne-¡mt\m AdÌ‑v s‑N¿‑mt\m ]‑mS‑nà - . kl‑ns- I ‑ « c‑mP‑mh‑v I‑q¯‑pI - g- n‑ ª‑v X‑ms‑gb - n‑ d- § - p‑ t- ¼ ‑ m‑ Ä Ab‑ms‑f IÌ-Un‑ b - n‑ s‑eS- p‑ ¡ - m‑ ³ IÂ]‑n¨ - p‑ . A]-IS‑w aW-¯d- n‑ ª N‑mI‑ym‑ À I‑q¯‑v ]‑qÀ¯‑nb - m‑ ¡ - m‑ s‑X CSb‑v¡v‑ h¨‑v ]n³-`m-K¯ - p-IqsS a‑p§‑n \‑mS‑ph - n‑ «- p‑ .

I‑pt‑d¡ - m‑ e‑w Ig‑nª‑v c‑mP‑mh‑v Hc‑p DÄ\‑mS- ³ hg‑nb - n‑ e - q‑ s‑S k©-cn‑ ¡ - p‑ t- ¼ ‑ m‑ Ä Hc‑p I‑n¦-c³ N‑mI‑ym‑ s‑c Ah‑ns‑S IïX‑mb‑n Ad‑nb - n‑ ¨ - p‑ . IÂ]\ {‑]I‑mc‑w Ab‑ms‑f ssIIÄ s‑I«‑n c‑mP‑mh - n‑ s‑â a- p‑ ³]‑n l‑mP-cm‑ ¡ - n‑ ;‑ IS‑p¯ i‑n£-In‑ «- p‑ s - a‑ ¶‑pd- ¸ - m‑ b N‑mI‑ym‑ À AS‑na- p‑ S‑n \‑n¶‑v h‑nbÀ¡‑pI - b - m‑ b - n‑ c- p‑ ¶ - p‑ . ""X\‑n¡‑v Ct‑¸m‑ Ä ]‑q¨-¡® - n‑ s - \ ‑ ¡ - p‑ d- n‑ ¨‑v Fs‑´¦ - n‑ e‑pw‑ ]d-bm‑ \ - p‑ t‑ïm‑ ?‑' i‑n£‑mh - n‑ [‑n \S-¸n‑ e - m‑ ¡ - p‑ ¶ - X - n‑ \ - p‑ a- p‑ ³]‑v c‑mP‑mh‑v N‑mI‑ym‑ t‑cm‑ S‑v Bc‑mª - p‑ . s‑Xm‑ g‑ps- s‑ I ‑ t- ¿ ‑ m‑ s‑S N‑mI‑ym‑ À DWÀ¯‑n¨ - p‑ : ""AS‑nb - ³ Ct‑¸m‑ Ä ]‑q¨-bp‑ s‑S a‑p³]‑n - AI-s¸ ‑ «- n‑ c- n‑ ¡ - p‑ ¶ Fe‑nb - m‑ t‑W!‑ '‑ ' t‑Zj‑ys - a‑ m‑ s‑¡ ad¶‑v c‑mP‑mh‑v Ad‑nb - m‑ s‑X s‑]m‑ «‑n¨ - n‑ c- n‑ ¨ - p‑ t‑]m‑ b - n‑ . Ab‑mf - p‑ s‑S s‑s[ ‑ c‑ys - ¯ ‑ b‑pw‑ \À½-t_ ‑ m‑ [ - s - ¯ ‑ b‑pw‑ A`‑n\ - µ - n‑ ¨‑p s‑Im‑ ï‑v Xs‑â ssI¿‑n I‑nS¶ cï‑p hf-IÄ D‑uc‑n k½‑m\ - n‑ ¨‑v Ab‑ms‑f k‑zX-{´ ‑ \ - m‑ ¡ - n‑ . B N‑mI‑ym‑ c- p‑ s‑S A\-´c- h - I - m‑ i - n‑ I - Ä Ct‑¸m‑ g‑pw‑ B hf-IÄ Aa‑qe - y‑ \ - n‑ [ - n‑ b‑mb‑n k‑q£‑n¡ - p‑ ¶ - p‑ ï - v.‑ w MPA

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B {‑I‑nk‑va-k‑n\‑v ]‑pÂs‑s‑¯-e-¯‑ns‑â aW‑w Htc ka-bw Ir-jW -v s - \bpw {In-kX -v p-hn-s\bpw kÀ-Æo-kv Im-cy-§s - fbpw k-aI - meo-I cm-{ão-bs - ¯bpw Ip-dn-s¨m-s¡ B-[n-Im-cn-Ia - m-bn kw-km-cn-¡p-hm\pw F-gp-Xp-hm\pw I-gn-hpÅ Hc‑p A]‑qÀÆ h‑yà‑nX - z‑ a - m‑ W‑v _‑m_‑pt- ] ‑ m‑ Ä k‑md‑ns - â ‑ X - .v‑ Hc‑p t‑hZ‑m´ - nbpsS I‑mg‑N v ¸ - m‑ t- S‑ m‑ s‑S, X‑m³ ac‑n¨‑p Ig‑nª m‑  FÃ‑mt‑]s‑cb‑pw‑ t‑Iĸ‑n¡ - m‑ \ - m‑ b‑n Xs‑â Ah-km‑ \ - h - m‑ ¡ - p‑ I - Ä Ct¸mt‑g s‑dt‑¡m‑ ÀU‑v s‑Nb‑X v p‑ s‑h¨‑n«‑,v a\Ê‑v X‑nc‑n¨‑v ]gb _‑me‑y¯ - n‑ s‑e I‑pk‑rX‑n¯c§f‑nt‑eb‑¡ v p‑ w‑ b‑uÆ\-¯n‑ s‑e I‑me‑] v \ - n‑ I - h - k - ´ - ¯ - n‑ t- e ‑ b‑¡ v p‑ s‑am‑ s‑¡ \s‑½s‑Im‑ s - ï ‑ ¯ - n‑ ¡ - p‑ ¶ Hc‑p hyXykvXa‑mb a\-Ên‑ s‑â DS-a. ]p-Âs‑s¯ ‑ e - ¯ - n‑ s‑â aW-ap‑ Å {‑Ink‑a v k‑v k‑a v c-WI - fpsS- K‑rl - m‑ X - p‑ c - X - z‑ ¯ - n‑ s‑â H‑mÀ½-If - n‑ t- e ‑ b‑¡ v v‑ s‑Im‑ ï‑pt‑]m‑ I - p‑ I - b - m‑ W - ,v‑ _‑m_‑pt- ] ‑ m‑ Ä k‑mdv Cu \‑mS³ I‑pk‑rX - n‑ - I‑pd‑n¸ - n‑  - ....... tUm. U‑n.-_‑m-_‑p-t‑]‑mÄ

F{‑X \‑nj‑v¡f- ¦- a- m‑ W‑v _‑me‑yw‑ F¶‑v t‑]À¯‑pw‑ t‑]À¯‑pw‑ H‑mÀ¯‑pt- ] ‑ m‑ h - m‑ d- p‑ ï‑v R‑m³ {‑In‑ k‑vak - n‑ s- \ ‑ ¡ - p‑ d- n‑ ¨‑v Bt‑em‑ N - n‑ ¡ - p‑ t‑¼m‑ Ä. Fs‑â _‑me‑yI - m‑ e - ¯‑v cï‑pï - m‑ b - n‑ c- p‑ ¶‑p {‑In‑ k‑vak - v.‑ t‑dm‑ a‑m¡ - m‑ À F¶‑v R§Ä H‑mÀ¯-tU ‑ m‑ I - vk ‑ p‑ I - m‑ À h‑nf‑n¨ - n‑ c- p‑ ¶ - hÀ þ C¶‑v t‑dm‑ a³ It‑¯m‑ e - n‑ ¡ - À F¶‑pt- ] ‑ m‑ e‑pw‑ h¯‑n¡ - m‑ ³ ]d-bm‑ d- n‑ à - ,‑ \‑nh‑r¯ - n‑ b - p‑ s - ï ‑ ¦ - n‑  þ U‑nk‑w_ - À 25 {‑In‑ k‑vak‑v Bb‑n BN-cn‑ ¨ - p‑ h - ¶ - p‑ . b‑m¡-ss ‑ _ ‑ ä‑vkv‑ F¶‑v t‑dm‑ a‑m¡ - m‑ c- m‑  s‑Xä‑mb‑n h‑nf‑n¡ - s - ¸ ‑ «- n‑ c- p‑ ¶ R§-fm‑ I - s‑« P\‑ph - c- n‑ b - n‑ e - m‑ W‑v {‑In‑ k‑vak‑v BN-cn‑ ¨ - n‑ c- p‑ ¶ - X - v.‑ {‑In‑ k‑vXp‑ cï‑ph - «‑w P\‑n¡ - p‑ t‑am‑ F¶‑v Bs‑c¦ - n‑ e - p‑ s - a‑ m‑ s‑¡ A¶‑v t‑Nm‑ Z‑n¨ - n‑ «- p‑ ï - m‑ h - m‑ w‑ . AX‑v _‑me‑ys‑¯ At‑em‑ k - c- s - ¸ ‑ S- p‑ ¯‑p¶ t‑Nm‑ Z‑yw‑ AÃ-tà ‑ m‑ . {‑In‑ k‑vak‑v cï‑pÅ - X - n‑ \ - m‑  I‑mcf‑pw‑ cï‑pï‑v F¶X‑v a‑m{‑Xw‑ Bb‑nc- p‑ ¶‑p A¶s‑¯ kX‑yw‑ .I-t¯ ‑ m‑ e - n‑ ¡‑mt‑Zh - m‑ e - b‑w I‑ngt‑¡ ]Å‑n F¶‑mW‑v Ad‑nb - s‑¸«- n‑ c- p‑ ¶ - X - v.‑ {‑][‑m\ t‑Zh‑me - b - ¯ - n‑  \‑n¶‑v ]X‑nt- \ ‑ g‑mw‑ \‑qä‑mï‑n `‑mK‑wh - m‑ §‑n ]‑nc‑nª - h - c- m‑ W‑v B CS-hI - ¡ - m‑ c- p‑ s‑S ]‑qÀÆ‑nIÀ. AhÀ X§-fp‑ s‑S t‑Zh‑me - b‑w ]t‑{X ‑ m‑ k - ,v‑ ]‑ut‑em‑ k‑v F¶‑o As‑¸m‑ k - vt‑ X ‑ m‑ e - · - m‑ À¡‑mW‑v kaÀ¸‑n¨ - n‑ c- p‑ ¶ - X - v.‑ AX‑ps- I ‑ m‑ ï‑v Ahc‑n a‑n¡-hc‑pw‑ B ]Å‑nb - n‑ t- e ‑ ¡‑v t‑]m‑ h‑pt- ¼ ‑ m‑ t‑gm‑ t‑]m‑ b-Xn‑ \‑v t‑ijt‑am‑ R§-fp‑ s‑S ]Å‑nb - n‑  Ibd‑n t‑\À¨ CS‑pa- m‑ b - n‑ c- p‑ ¶ - p‑ .

I\‑ym‑ k - v{‑ X ‑ o‑ b - ½ - s‑b I‑mW‑ms‑X h¿. N‑ne I‑mc-Wh - · - m‑ À R§-fp‑ s‑S ]Å‑nb - n‑  CS-bv¡ ‑ n‑ s‑S Bc‑m[ - \ - b - n‑  k‑w_-Ôn‑ ¨ - n‑ c- p‑ ¶‑p. I‑qs‑S¡ - q‑ s‑S A½-bp‑ s‑S a‑p¶‑n l‑mPÀ h¨‑v Ic-bp‑ ¶ N‑ne h‑r²-P\ - § - f - p‑ s‑S a‑pJ‑w Cs‑Xg- p‑ X - p‑ t- ¼ ‑ m‑ g‑pw‑ a\-kn‑ e - p‑ ï - v.‑ Fs‑â Xe-ap‑ d- b - n‑ Âs‑¸«- h - À Ct‑¸m‑ g‑pw‑ a‑mX‑rt- Z‑ h - m‑ e - b - ¯ - n‑  hc‑pw‑ . ] gb I‑pS‑pw‑ _ - ¡ - m‑ c- n‑  N‑neÀ ]t‑cX - s‑c s‑]m‑ X‑ph - m‑ b‑n H‑mÀ¡‑p¶ B\‑oZ R‑mb-dm‑ g‑vN [‑q]-{] ‑ m‑ À°-\b - p‑ s‑S ka-b¯‑v ]c-¼c- m‑ K-Xa- m‑ b‑n ]d-ªp‑ h - c- p‑ ¶ I‑pS‑pw‑ _ - Ø - m‑ \ - § - f - n‑  {‑]m‑ À°-\m‑ ]‑qÀÆ‑w \‑n¡‑p¶ - X‑pw‑ I‑mW‑mw‑ .

I‑ngs‑¡ ]Å‑nb - p‑ s‑S I‑mc-fn‑ \‑v Hc‑p {‑]t‑Xy‑ I - X Dï‑mb - n‑ c- p‑ ¶X‑v D®‑nt- b ‑ i - p‑ h - n‑ s‑â Hc‑p s‑Nd‑nb c‑q]‑w BW‑v. Hc‑p a¯‑mb - n‑ -

t‑¨«- \ - m‑ W‑v AX‑v hl‑n¨ - n‑ c- p‑ ¶ - X - v.‑ B t‑N«\‑v _[‑nc- \ - s - à ‑ ¦ - n‑ e‑pw‑ D‑ua Bb Hc‑p aI³ Dï‑mb - n‑ c- p‑ ¶ - p‑ . Ah\‑pw‑ R‑m\‑pw‑ AS‑p¯ I‑q«‑pI - m‑ À Bb‑nc- p‑ ¶ - p‑ . t‑Nc‑pw‑ ] - S‑n t‑Nc‑ph - . Ah\‑v a‑nï‑m³ h¿‑, F\‑n¡‑v a‑nï‑mX - n‑ c- n‑ ¡ - m‑ \‑pw‑ h¿.

I‑mS-¸d- ¼ - n‑  a¯‑mb - n‑ k - m‑ d‑pw‑ N‑nä-b¯‑v A{‑_l‑mw‑ k‑md‑pw‑ t‑\X‑m¡ - · - m‑ c- m‑ b‑n H¸‑w I‑mW‑pw‑ ,‑ AhÀ¡‑v ]‑m«‑v Dï‑mb - n‑ c- p‑ ¶ - n‑ à - .

BÄ_-eh‑pw‑ I‑pd-hv.‑ F¦‑ne‑pw‑ k`‑mt- `‑ Z‑w I‑qS‑ms‑X FÃ‑m `h-\§-fn‑ e‑pw‑ t‑]m‑ I‑pw‑ . Hc‑p t‑N§e AS‑n¨ - m‑ W‑v hch‑v h‑nf‑w_ - c‑w s‑N¿‑p¶ - X - v.‑ t‑bi‑ph - n‑ s‑\ I‑mW‑p¶ - X - m‑ b - n‑ c- p‑ ¶‑p B I‑mc-fn‑ s‑â {‑][‑m\ - s - ¸ ‑ « BIÀj-Ww‑ .

R§-fp‑ s‑S I‑mc-fp‑ I - Ä¡‑v ]‑m«‑v Dï‑v. \£-{X ‑ h - n‑ f - ¡ - p‑ I - f‑pw‑ I‑qS‑pX -  I‑mW‑pw‑ . kÔ‑yab-§p‑ ¶ - t- X ‑ m‑ s‑S ]Å‑nb - p‑ s‑S AS‑p¯‑pÅ ]Å‑n¡ - q‑ S- ¯ - n‑ s‑â ]d-¼n‑  A²‑ym‑ ] - I - c‑pw‑ h‑nZ‑ym‑ À°‑nIf‑pw‑ H¯‑pI - q‑ S- p‑ w‑ . Xt‑¼d‑pw‑ t‑N§-eb‑pw‑ \£-{X ‑ h - n‑ f - ¡ - p‑ I - f‑pw‑ Dï‑mh - p‑ w‑ . Xt‑¼À t‑N«-·m‑ À¡-Ãm‑ s‑X FS‑p¡ - m‑ ³ h¿. t‑N§e t‑N«-·m‑ À h‑n«‑pX - c- n‑ I - b‑pw‑ CÃ. ]‑ns‑¶ N‑ne \£-{X ‑ h - n‑ f - ¡ - p‑ I - Ä DÅX‑v hÃX‑pw‑ I‑n«‑nb - m‑ e - m‑ b - n‑ . ]Å‑nb - n‑  kÔ‑ym-aW‑n AS‑n¡‑pt- ¼ ‑ m‑ g- m‑ W‑v {‑Km‑ a‑w ]I-en‑ \‑v b‑m{‑Xm‑ \ - p‑ a- X‑n \ÂI‑p¶ - X - v.‑ At‑Xm‑ s‑S b‑m{‑X X‑pS-§p‑ I - b - m‑ b - n‑ .

A¶‑v k‑mâ‑mt- ¢ ‑ m‑ k‑v H¶‑pw‑ CÃ. Ct‑¸m‑ Ä {‑]N‑mc- ¯ - n‑ e - p‑ Å c‑q]‑w s‑Im‑ t‑¡m‑ t- I ‑ m‑ f t‑]äâ‑v FS‑p¯ - X - m‑ W‑v F¶‑v B\‑pj - w‑ K‑nI - a- m‑ b‑n ]d-bs - «‑ . AX‑v ]c-ky‑ ¯ - n‑ \‑v N‑neÀ D]-tb ‑ m‑ K - n‑ ¨‑p I‑mW‑p¶ - p‑ ï‑v t‑Ic-f¯ - n‑ Â. s‑Im‑ t‑¡m‑ t- ¡ ‑ m‑ f - ¡ - m‑ À {‑i²‑n¡ - m‑ ¯X‑v s‑Im‑ Å‑mw‑ . Aä‑vem‑ â‑mb - n‑  Ah-cp‑ s‑S s‑lt‑Um‑ ^ - o‑ k - n‑  Ad‑nª m‑  t‑Ik‑pï - m‑ h - p‑ w‑ ,‑ X‑oÀ¨. {‑In‑ k‑vak - n‑ t- e ‑ ¡‑v aS-§m‑ w‑ . ]¯‑nc- p‑ ] - X‑v ]‑nt‑Åc‑pw‑ \‑me©‑v A²‑ym‑ ] - I - c- p‑ w‑ . Hc‑p h‑oS‑ns‑â ]c‑nk - c- ¯‑v F¯‑nb - m‑  t‑N§e AS‑n¡ - p‑ w‑ . \‑m«‑n h‑nZ‑yp‑ Ñ - à‑n Bb‑n hc‑p¶ - t- X ‑ b - p‑ Å - q‑ . a‑n¡ h‑oS‑pI - f - n‑ e‑pw‑ CÃ. R§-fp‑ s‑S s‑]t‑{S‑ m‑ a- m‑ I - vk ‑ p‑ I - f - m‑ W‑v {‑]`‑m] - q‑ c‑w Hc‑p¡ - n‑ b - n‑ c- p‑ ¶ - X - v.‑ K‑rl-\m‑ Y - \‑pw‑ ]‑pc‑pj - · - m‑ c‑pw‑ a‑pä-¯n‑ d- § - n‑ Contd. on page: 13

Dr. D. Babu Paul IAS (retd.) (R-290) is the retd. Additional Chief Secretary & Ombudsman, Kerala 10

The Second Home

An Occasional Visitor It was a ‘diplomatic scoop’ if I can borrow the journalistic jargon; ie getting a personal piece of writing from a busy career diplomat Sri. T.P. Seetharam who was on a fleeting visit to Trivandrum, enroute to UAE for taking over as India’s Ambassador there. After ascertaining from his elder brother and former Ambassador Sri. T.P. Sreenivasan about his brief stopover at his father-inlaw’s (our Nirmalan Thampi Chettan) house, I met him there and he cheerfully agreed to write an article for the Second Home. Within that short time, he promptly emailed as agreed. It turned out to be a beautiful write up connecting the club with him and his family and a brief but informative note abourt his assignments.

T.P. Seetharam

Although a member, my visits to Trivandrum Club

have been sporadic at best, since as a diplomat, most of my time is spent outside India. My “home postings” have inevitably been to distant New Delhi and therefore visits to the Club have been limited. As I prepare to take up my next assignment, as Ambassador of India to the United Arab Emirates (UAE), I realize that I will soon be interacting with a large number of members of the Club for whom UAE is in fact a “Second Home”. Not only do many members live and work there, but many more do visit UAE on business/ holiday.

My early visits to the Club were invariably as the guest of my father-in-law Shri. Nirmalan Thampi, who seemed to know every member of the Club as they all knew him.

The bonhomie and Camaraderie that existed among members were both heart - warming and infectious. I had the privilege of meeting and sharing memorable moments with numerous distinguished members of the Club, some of whom have passed on.

Deepa and I of course have special memories of P. Subramaniam Hall, as that is where we got married. In 1981 processing colour photographs meant that the film had to be sent to Dubai, by courtesy of one or other of the Club members. As video cameras were still unknown, a renowned film maker sent his friend to film the ceremony.

The result, without adequate lighting, was described as an “art film” in which it was difficult to figure out what was happening.

My son Navneeth and daughter Devi, who are both also both members of the Club now, have as children often accompanied their grand - father to the Club to be pampered and indulged by his friends. I remember that

they were once introduced to a member who was known to own elephants. The children refused to believe that he actually did so, until next morning he sent an elephant to wake them up at Elenkath House, to their great excitement. Their admiration for “Aana Uncle” knew no bounds thereafter.

My career as an Indian diplomat has already taken me and my family to 10 countries in far corners of the world, to the Far East, Southern Africa, Europe, South East Asia and magical Islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans.

Some like China and Namibia, had hardly any Indians outside our own Embassies, while South Africa, Mauritius and Thailand had substantial populations of Indian origin.

But UAE, with 26 lakh Indian citizens {of which 5,73,289 are from Kerala} promises to be a different experience altogether. The welfare of such a large and diverse Indian community, which remits around 15 million dollars to India would naturally be a priority of the Indian Embassy which is located in the capital Abu Dhabi and the Consulate General under it in Dubai. The gulf between expectations of the community and the limitations in the outcomes that can be delivered by the Embassy and its Consulate present formidable challenges.

UAE is today India’s largest trading partner with two way trade crossing US $ 75 billion. It is also a fairly balanced trade with imports to India of US $ 39 billion and exports from India of US $ 36 billion. UAE is critical to our energy security, providing 8% of our crude imports valued at approximately US $ 15 billion. With the recent signing of a Bilateral Investment Protection and Promotion Agreement (BIPPA) between the two countries on 12 December 2013, UAE is poised to emerge

Sri. T.P. Seetharam IFS (N-1089) is Indian Ambassador to U.A.E. The Second Home

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as a major investor in India in key sectors. A High Level Task Force is in the process of identifying specific projects for investment. The traditionally close bilateral, political, diplomatic and security cooperation would intensify in the months and years ahead as the West Asian region responds to ongoing developments that have long term implications.

During the last few weeks, I had the opportunity to interact as part of my preparation ahead of taking up my new assignment with The President, Prime Minister, Chief 12

Minister, Ministers, in both New Delhi and Kerala, leaders of various political parties, senior officials, representatives of Gulf related organizations in Trivandrum, Calicut, Malappuram and Wyanad, very successful Indian businessmen with Gulf connections and those who have worked as house maids in the region. They all point to the vibrant mutually beneficial links that already exist between the two countries and the complexities of the work that await me! w The Second Home

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F¦‑ne‑pw‑ HS‑ph - n‑  Pb‑n¨ - X‑v N‑m¡-¸³ Bb‑nc- p‑ ¶ - p‑ . X¦½-bp‑ s‑S ]¯‑pa- ¡ - f‑pw‑ N‑m¡-¸s‑â a¡Ä Xs‑¶. ]‑mS‑m¯ s‑s] ‑ ¦‑nf - n‑ ,‑ X¦½ F¶ ad‑nb - ¡ - p‑ «- n‑ ,‑ ab‑ne - m‑ S‑pw‑ I‑p¶‑n N‑m¡The Second Home

HS‑p-h‑n Pb‑n-¨X‑v N‑m¡-¸³ Bb‑n-c‑p-¶‑p. X¦-½-b‑ps‑S ]¯‑p -a-¡f‑p‑w N‑m¡-¸s‑â a¡Ä Xs‑¶. ]‑mS‑m¯ s‑s‑]¦‑n-f‑n‑, X¦½ F¶ ad‑n-b-¡‑p-«‑n‑, ab‑n-e‑mS‑p‑w I‑p¶‑n N‑m¡-¸s‑â h‑o«‑n F¯‑n. i‑p`-]-c‑y-h-k‑m-b‑n-b‑mb Hc‑pÄ\‑m-S³ {‑]W-b-K‑m-Y.

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From Ananthapuri to Indraprastha and Back I have a guilty feelings with a sense of loss how I missed so for the excellent in-house talent who is no less a person than the then Managing Editor of India Today. But better be late than never. Mr. Ashok who deviated from the big family business, cut his own track very successfully in the field of journalism in Delhi, “rubbing shoulders with the high and mighty, movers and shakers.” In this article Ashok expresses his sentiments with a tinge of humour, giving a detailed graphic account of the club life his experiences here, with malice towards none, but an occasional prick for some foul nozzles. Now having established a lead with Ashok, in future we can read about the interesting details of the Delhi grapewine through his coloumns.

D. Ashok Kumar

It was the American comedian Groucho Marx who

once famously said: " I wouldn't want to belong to any club that would have a person like me as a member". He of course said it in the context of his resignation from an exclusive club in Beverly Hills, California. One surmise for his resignation is that he initially joined the club in the hope that he would meet members with whom he could discuss Shakespeare and Bernhardt, Chaucer and Voltaire, Ruskin and Booth. Instead what he found was people playing rummy, drinking cheap whisky, shooting dice and even some members using the phone booths to call women who were the wives of other members. The other surmise is that when he was told that his application for membership had been accepted, he pointed out that no club with a good reputation and claims of exclusivity could possibly accept a mere comedian like him as a member. Therefore, he opted to stay out.

Groucho died in 1977 at the ripe age of 87. The Club shut down a few years later. The club’s fault was that it failed to change with the times. When the world around changed at breakneck speed, as a post war generation showed its eagerness to embrace a prosperous age, the club stuck to its dogma of exclusivity.

Such tragedy will never befall our club. Because Trivandrum Club (TVMC) has changed with the times.

And never so much as in the last quarter century when India undertook the transition from a closed command economy to an open market. Started as the European Club sometime in the late 19th century, TVMC was a legendary private dining and drinking club where generations of Englishmen and upper crust natives gathered to indulge in

fun and, I assume, some frolic. While the revelries went on inside, the less privileged walked, cycled or drove by wondering what on earth did they do wrong that they couldn't get in. The world has changed beyond recognition in the years since and so indeed has the club. Membership once used to come at a premium that depended on who you are, where you come from and whether you were an IAS officer, doctor, engineer or, at the very least, a businessman.

The pecking order has now been reversed. The right kind of money overcomes all teething troubles.

While snooty old timers may disagree, I feel the club has changed for the better. From an ultra private and secretive enclave of the privileged few, it is now a more egalitarian club that couldn't care less about where you went to school, if at all, or what your family name is. In a way, it is a microcosm of this country’s most popular passioncricket. Once the exclusive preserve of Nawabs and erstwhile princes, Indian cricket is today dominated by young men from India’s hinterlands. The same with our club. You don’t have to be clad in pinstripes and bow-tie to enter; just make sure the mundu stays down below the knees.

I have lived away from Trivandrum for nearly three decades now. For much of this period, Delhi has been my home. The national capital gave me, in my early years, a break in journalism and more importantly, a living. As the years rolled by, it afforded me the opportunities to move up in life, rub shoulders with the high and mighty and the movers and the shakers of Indian political, business, social and cultural establishments. Let me hasten to add that Delhi also gave me my beautiful wife and two lovely children.

Sri. D. Ashok Kumar (N-876), is A Delhi based Journalist and a former Managing Editor of India Today.

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I may be a Delhite, but you cant take the Trivandrumite out of me as you cant keep me away from Trivandrum.

Because there are some things about the place that I truly miss. My mom’s cooking, for one. She is 87 years old, but when I am around, she takes charge of the kitchen.

Then I miss my brothers and my sister, my cousins and my extended family of uncles and aunts, my childhood friends, not to speak of the two gentle giants that are our family pets, Anil and Jaya. And last but not the least, I miss Trivandrum Club.

I have been visiting the club for as long as I can remember, but it was not until the mid-1980s that I became a member. Truth be told, I did not know that I had become a part of this hallowed institution until one evening during my annual sojourn to Trivandrum, I walked into the club along with my brothers and friends and was given a welcome that would have made a bridegroom blush. One of the office bearers (I think it was S Kumar, who was either president or secretary then) greeted me and pushed a card into my hand and said something to the effect of “Welcome to the Club”. I was a bit perplexed but he explained to me that on my previous visit, I had applied for a membership which had been duly approved. Indeed, I had forgotten that I had ever applied for a membership. That was then.

Now I am told, applicants for memberships suffer from sleep depravity until these are granted, following which the disorder simply disappears.

My first evening as a member of the club stretched into the wee hours. Next morning, I woke up with my head in a haze thanks to the copious quantities of the bottled stuff that so many members bought me as a gesture of welcome to the club. That was then. These days, I understand, newly inducted members hire the halls to celebrate their memberships in a manner that would make a millionaire daughter's wedding look like an end-of-the year school party. My membership cost me Rs 5000 in 1985, a princely sum those days no doubt. I understand a new membership now costs over 8 lakhs. Brave will be the IAS officer, even if he is honest and the money is part of the dowry from his rubber planter father-in- law, who will plonk Rs 8 lakhs for a club membership without coming under the radar of the Central Vigilance Commission. Ditto for engineers, while doctors are somewhat better placed. As for businessmen…. aaaah, they have their ways.

As most members are aware, TVMC is affiliated to scores of clubs across the country. I travel a lot and while I stay in hotels on official trips, me and my family always opt to stay in an affiliate club while on private visits. Be it clubs in Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkatta, Pune or Lucknow or so many others in distant places, TVMC is up there amongst the best. I know there are Doubting Thomases who will smirk at this suggestion. To them, all I can say is: The grass is not necessarily greener on the other side...

Having changed jobs recently after nearly 20 years at India Today, I have in the last ten months been a more The Second Home

frequent visitor to my hometown and to my second home, the Trivandrum Club. While in the years gone by, my visits to the club were limited to the evenings for a few games of billiards with the old timers, some of whom have now passed on, these days I often drop by as much as three times a day. My mornings start with a visit to the gym and the sauna to burn off the previous night’s excesses, following which I take a few rounds of the car park that doubles as a cricket ground in the morning. It’s the only cricket arena I know where what goes on has little in common with cricket’s reputation as a gentleman’s game.

Most afternoons, a phone call from my dear friend and “brother” Dr Mohammed Ismail hauls me back to the club for a couple of frames of snooker. He is 72 and gets a

free welcome drink that all senior citizens are entitled to, but always offers to pay for mine. In the evenings, I return for more fun on the green baize. I was in Trivandrum this past August-September for nearly three weeks and recall spurning at least half a dozen dinner invitations just to be in the club to play a few games with a young doctor I befriended only in the last two years or so. Dr Bimal John is a busy laproscopic surgeon, but when I am there, he finds time for me. He beats me 90% of the times, but at the end of the game, he always tells me “Sir, you are one of the toughest opponents to play”. No 58 year old could have asked for a bigger compliment.

There are so many other facets of the club that draw me back there. Many a morning, I go to the tennis courts, with my Canon camera and super fast lens, to click pictures. My lens is invariably focused on Prem, a restaurateur who has the girth of a Sumo wrestler and the speed of a tortoise.

Yet he manages to win games with the only weapon in his armoury--a most delectable backhand slice. Then there is Paramount Suresh who is living proof that tennis can be played without moving one’s legs. Or Pradeep, the wicketkeeper who has taken sledging to a level that the Aussies would find difficult to match. Or D Gopakumar, a k a Appyannan whose vocabulry hasn’t sobered with age.

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\‑pa- m‑ b - p‑ Å dj‑y³b‑m{‑X ad-¡m‑ \ - m‑ h - m‑ ¯ Hc‑p A\‑p`- h - a- m‑ b - n‑ c- p‑ ¶ - p‑ .

Hc‑p c‑mj‑{v S‑ o‑ b - ¡ - m‑ c- \ - m‑ s- W ‑ ¦ - n‑ e‑pw‑ \à \À½¯‑ns‑âb‑pw‑ DS-ab - m‑ W‑v s‑]m‑ ¶-¨³. F\‑n¡‑v s‑]m‑ ¶-¨s‑\ hÀj-§f - m‑ b‑n Ad‑nb - m‑ w‑ . s‑] c‑pa- ¬ Z‑pc-´¯ - n‑  \‑n¶‑v Ij‑Sv n‑ ¨‑v c£-s¸ ‑ «‑v \\ª‑v I‑pX‑nÀ¶ t‑hj-t¯ ‑ m‑ s‑S A¶‑v s‑Im‑ Ãs‑¯ a‑mX‑r`- q‑ a‑n H‑m^‑ok - n‑  h¶‑p Ib-dn‑ b c‑wK‑w R‑mt‑\m‑ À¡‑p¶ - p‑ . As‑Xm‑ s‑¡ ]g-¦Y - .

2012 \h‑w_ - À 15‑, 16 X‑ob-Xn‑ I - f - n‑  t‑am‑ k‑tv I ‑ m‑ b - n‑  t‑Icf‑ob‑w F¶ k‑wL-S\ k‑wL-Sn‑ ¸ - n‑ ¨ t‑Ic-f¸ - n‑ dh‑n Z‑n\‑mt- L ‑ m‑ j - ¯‑n ]s‑¦S- p‑ ¡ - m‑ \ - m‑ b - n‑ c- p‑ ¶‑p b‑m{‑X. KÄ^‑ns‑e h‑yh-km‑ b - n‑ b‑pw‑ a‑p³ F‑w.-]n‑ b - p‑ a- m‑ b A_‑Zv p‑ Ä hl‑m_‑v s‑NbÀa‑m\‑pw‑ \½‑ps‑S Xs‑¶ ¢º‑ns‑e as‑äm‑ c- w‑ K - a- m‑ b F³.-BÀ. lc‑nI - p‑ a‑mÀ s‑k{‑I«-dn‑ b - p‑ a- m‑ b‑mW‑v t‑Ic-fo‑ b‑w {‑]hÀ¯‑n¡ - p‑ ¶ - X - .v‑ lc‑nb - p‑ s‑S t‑\X‑rX‑z¯ - n‑ e - p‑ Å b‑m{‑Xmk‑wL-¯n‑  R§Ä I‑pd¨‑v ]{‑X¡ - m‑ c‑pw‑ Dï‑mb - n‑ c- p‑ ¶ - p‑ . kt‑½f - \ - ¯ - n‑  ]s‑¦S- p‑ ¡ - m‑ s- \ ‑ ¯ - n‑ b ]ec‑pw‑ ]e hg‑n¡ - m‑ b - n‑ c- p‑ ¶‑p t‑am‑ k‑tv I ‑ m‑ b - n‑ s- e ‑ ¯ - n‑ b - X - .v‑ t‑Pm‑ k^‑v h‑mg-b¡ v‑ ³ F‑w.-FÂ.F‑, S‑qd‑nk‑w a{‑´n‑ b - p‑ s‑S s‑s{‑ ] ‑ hä‑v s‑k{‑I«- d‑n ii‑n[c ³‑, ]{‑X¡ - m‑ c- m‑ b t‑Zi‑m`- n‑ a- m‑ \ - n‑ b - n‑ s‑e Fk‑.v B - À.- i-àn‑ [ - c- ³‑, at‑\m‑ c- a- b - n‑ s‑e t‑Pm‑ ¬ a‑pï-¡b - w‑ ,‑ Fj‑ym‑ s - \ ‑ ä- n‑ s‑e t‑Xm‑ aÊ‑,‑v a‑wK-f¯ - n‑ s‑e AP‑nX‑v I‑pa‑mÀ‑, s‑sI ‑ cf‑n S‑n.-hn‑ .- b‑ns‑e icX‑v X‑pS§‑nb - h - s - c‑ Ã‑mw‑ t‑am‑ k‑tv I ‑ m‑ b - n‑  F¯‑nb - n‑ c- p‑ ¶ - p‑ . t‑am‑ k‑tv I ‑ m‑ b‑qW‑nt- h ‑ g- k v‑ n‑ ä- n‑ b - p‑ s‑S I‑qä-³ I¬s‑h³j³ s‑kâd‑n h¨‑mW‑v t‑Ic-f¸ - n‑ d- h‑n Z‑n\‑mt- L ‑ m‑ j‑w DZ‑L v m‑ S- \‑w s‑N¿-s¸ ‑ «- X - .v‑ dj‑yb - n‑ s‑e C´‑y³ A‑w_‑mk - n‑ U - À APb‑v aÂt‑lm‑ {- X ‑ b - m‑ b - n‑ c‑p¶‑p DZ‑L v m‑ S- I - ³. t‑am‑ k‑tv I ‑ m‑ b - n‑ e - m‑ s - W ‑ ¦ - n‑  s‑Im‑ S‑pw‑ XW‑p¸ - .v‑ R§Ä \‑me‑pt- ] ‑ À s‑e\‑n³ {‑Km‑ U‑v kµÀi‑n¨ t‑ij‑w \‑me‑p aW‑nt- b ‑ m‑ s‑S I¬s‑h³j³ s‑kâ-dn‑ s - e ‑ ¯ - n‑ . s‑]m‑ ¶-¨\ - m‑ b - n‑ c‑p¶‑p S‑ow‑ e‑oUÀ. R‑m\‑pw‑ t‑Pm‑ W‑pw‑ t‑Xm‑ ak‑pw‑ A‑wK-§f - p‑ w‑ . \S¶‑p £‑oW‑n¨p. Hc‑p I‑ym‑ â‑o³ {‑]hÀ¯‑n¡ - p‑ ¶ - p‑ s - ï ‑ ¶‑v Hc‑p dj‑ym‑ ¡ - m‑ c- \ - n‑  \‑n¶‑pw‑ h‑nhc‑w I‑n«‑n. Ac-In‑ t- e ‑ m‑ a- o‑ ä- À N‑pä‑n¡ - d§‑n Hc‑p h‑n[‑w I‑ym‑ â‑o³ Iï‑p]‑nS‑n¨ - p‑ . I‑ym‑ â‑o\‑n h‑n¸-\¡‑mc- n‑ I - f - m‑ b‑n \‑n¶‑nc- p‑ ¶ - X‑v cï‑v dj‑y³ k‑pµ-cn‑ I - f - m‑ b - n‑ c- p‑ ¶ - p‑ . e‑oUÀ s‑]m‑ ¶-¨³ R§s‑f ]‑n´-Ån‑ s - ¡ ‑ m‑ ï‑v k‑pµ-cn‑ I - f - p‑ s‑S AS‑pt- ¯ ‑ ¡‑v ]‑mª‑p. R§Ä k‑wk‑mc- n‑ ¨‑p X‑pS-§p‑ ¶X‑n\‑p a‑p¼‑v Xs‑¶ s‑]m‑ ¶-¨³ Xs‑â k‑zXk‑n²-am‑ b ]‑p©‑nc- n‑ t- b ‑ m‑ s‑S \‑me‑v

N‑mbbv¡p‑ w‑ Hc‑p t‑I¡‑n\‑pw‑ H‑mÀUÀ s‑Im‑ S‑p¯ - p‑ . AX‑n\ - p‑ Å d‑q_‑nI - f‑pw‑ s‑]m‑ ¶ - ¨ - ³ Xs‑¶ a‑p³I‑qd- m‑ b‑n s‑Im‑ S‑p¯ - p‑ . X‑pSÀ¶‑v s‑]m‑ ¶-¨³ cï‑p k‑pµ-cn‑ I - t- f ‑ m‑ S‑pw‑ I‑pie {‑]i‑\ v w‑ \S-¯n‑ . cï‑p I‑q«c‑pw‑ k‑wk‑mc- n‑ ¡ - p‑ ¶ - X‑v At‑§m‑ «‑pw‑ Ct‑§m‑ «‑pw‑ a\-kn‑ e - m‑ I - p‑ ¶ - n‑ Ã‑mb - n‑ c- p‑ ¶ - p‑ . I‑mcW‑w s‑]m‑ ¶-¨³ C‑w¥‑oj - n‑ e‑pw‑ dj‑y³ k‑pµ-cn‑ IÄ dj‑y³ `‑mj-bn‑ e - p‑ a- m‑ b - n‑ c- p‑ ¶‑p k‑wk‑mc- w‑ . AhÀ¡‑ms- W ‑ ¦ - n‑  dj‑y³ `‑mj-bà - m‑ s‑X as‑äm‑ ¶‑pw‑ Xs‑¶ Ad‑nb - n‑ à - m‑ b - n‑ c- p‑ ¶‑p. CSb‑¡ v n‑ S- b‑¡ v v‑ Cc‑p I‑q«c‑pw‑ s‑]m‑ «‑n¨ - n‑ c- n‑ ¡ - p‑ ¶ - X‑p a‑m{‑Xw‑ t‑IÄ¡‑mw‑ ! dj‑y³ k‑pµ-cn‑ I - Ä Hc‑p he‑nb t‑I¡‑pw‑ \‑me‑v I«-³ N‑mbb‑pa- m‑ W‑v s‑]m‑ ¶-¨\‑v Hc‑p t‑{S‑ b‑n h¨‑v s‑Im‑ S‑p¯ - X - .v‑ s‑]m‑ ¶-¨³ X\‑n¡ - d- n‑ b - m‑ h - p‑ ¶ C‑w¥‑ojn ]‑ms‑em‑ g- n‑ ¨ N‑mb-bm‑ W‑v R§Ä¡‑v t‑hï-sX ‑ ¶‑pw‑ CX‑v I«³N‑mb - b - m‑ s- W ‑ ¶‑pw‑ ]dª‑p t‑\m‑ ¡‑n. ] t‑£ dj‑y³ k‑pµc‑nIÄ¡‑v I‑mc‑yw‑ ]‑nS‑nI - n‑ «- p‑ ¶ - n‑ à - . s‑]m‑ ¶-¨s‑\ kl‑mb - n‑ ¡ - m‑ ³ R§f‑pw‑ F¯‑n. ]t‑£ I«³ N‑mb-\o‑ «- n‑ s- ¡ ‑ m‑ ï‑v t‑S_‑nf - n‑  t‑]m‑ b‑nc- p‑ ¶‑p I‑pS‑n¡ - m‑ \ - m‑ b - n‑ c- p‑ ¶‑p s‑]¬I‑p«- n‑ I - f - p‑ s‑S \‑nÀt‑±i - w‑ . s‑]m‑ ¶-¨\ - m‑ s- W ‑ ¦ - n‑  k¦-Sh‑pw‑ t‑Zj‑yh‑pw‑ s‑Im‑ ï‑v a‑pJ‑w N‑ph¡‑p¶ - p‑ . s‑]¬I‑p«- n‑ I - t- f ‑ m‑ S‑v F{‑X ]d-ªn‑ «‑pw‑ a\-kn‑ e - m‑ I - p‑ ¶ - n‑ à - . a‑n¡‑,‑v s‑sh ‑ ä‑I v f - À‑, {‑Io‑ w‑ , I‑u,‑ B\‑na-  Fs‑¶Ã‑mw‑ H‑mt‑cm‑ c- p‑ ¯c‑pw‑ ]dª‑v t‑\m‑ ¡‑n. ^e-an‑ s - à ‑ ¶‑v Iï-t¸ ‑ m‑ Ä R‑ms‑\m‑ c‑p Aäs‑sI ‑ {‑]t‑bm‑ K - n‑ ¡ - m‑ s - a‑ ¶ - m‑ b‑n s‑]m‑ ¶-¨³. R§f‑pw‑ dj‑y³ k‑pµ-cn‑ I - f‑pw‑ t‑\m‑ ¡‑n s‑]m‑ ¶-¨³ jÀ«‑ns‑â _«¬ H‑mt‑cm‑ ¶ - m‑ b‑n D‑uc‑n. F¶‑n«‑v s‑]m‑ ¶-¨³ Xs‑â a‑md‑n s‑sI ‑ s‑Im‑ ï‑v ]i‑ph - n‑ s‑â ]‑me‑v Id-¡p‑ ¶ - X‑p t‑]m‑ s‑e s‑sI ‑ a‑p{- Z‑ I - m‑ W - n‑ ¨ - p‑ . k‑pµ-cn‑ I - Ä s‑]m‑ «‑n¨‑nc- n‑ ¨ - p‑ . AhÀ¡‑v I‑mc‑yw‑ ]‑nS‑nI - n‑ «- n‑ . "ae-t¡ ‑ m‑ ,‑ aet‑¡m‑ ' F¶‑v h‑nf‑n¨‑p s‑Im‑ ï‑v AhÀ AI-t¯ ‑ t- ¡ ‑ m‑ S‑n. X‑pSÀ¶‑v Hc‑p ]‑m{‑Xw‑ ]‑me‑pa- m‑ b‑n ]‑pd-t¯ ‑ ¡‑v h¶‑p. s‑]m‑ ¶-¨\‑pw‑ kt‑´m‑ j - a- m‑ b - n‑ . dj‑y³ `‑mj-bn‑  ]‑me‑n\‑v ae-t¡ ‑ m‑ s- b ‑ ¶ - m‑ W‑v AÀ°-sa‑ ¶‑v s‑]m‑ ¶-¨³ h‑nf‑n¨‑p ]d-ªp‑ . At‑¸m‑ g‑pw‑ dj‑y³ k‑pµ-cn‑ I - Ä s‑]m‑ ¶-¨s‑â a‑md‑nS- ¯ - n‑  Xs‑¶ t‑\m‑ ¡‑n \‑n¡‑pI - b - m‑ b - n‑ c- p‑ ¶ - p‑ . h‑m¡j‑W v w‑ : F´-ct‑S i‑nh \½‑ps‑S s‑Im‑ «‑mc- ¡ - c s‑]m‑ ¶-¨³ k‑md‑v dj‑y³ `‑mj ]T‑n¡ - m‑ ³ t‑Km‑ À¡‑n `h-\n‑  F¯‑ns - b ‑ ¶‑v t‑I¡-Wà - .v‑ Xs‑¶X - s‑¶. t‑am‑ k‑tv I ‑ m‑ b - n‑  \‑n¶‑v cï‑p dj‑y³ k‑pµ-cn‑ IÄ hc‑p¶ - p‑ ï - ® - m‑ . w

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t‑N«³h‑mh ({‑io‑ A¿-¸³ \‑mbÀ þ cï‑pt- ] ‑ c‑pw‑ Ht‑c t‑]c‑pI - m‑ c- m‑ b - X - p‑ s - I ‑ m‑ ï‑v R§Ä ]ckv]cw t‑N«³h‑mh-sb ‑ ¶‑pw‑ A\‑nb - ³h‑mh - s - b ‑ ¶ - p‑ a - m‑ W‑v h‑nf‑n¡ - m‑ d‑)‑v Fg‑pX - n‑ b - n‑ c - n‑ ¡ - p‑ ¶ - X - p‑ t- ] ‑ m‑ s‑e ""]c-k] v‑ c‑w k‑tv \ ‑ l‑n¡ - p‑ I - b‑pw‑ e‑mf‑n¡ - p‑ I - b‑pw‑ H‑ma-\n‑ ¡ - p‑ I - b‑pw‑ (Fs‑â `K-hm‑ t‑\!‑ )‑ s‑N¿‑p¶ {‑]n‑ b Z¼-Xn‑ I - Ä‑'' X½‑ne - p‑ Å N½Â‑, N½‑n¸‑n¡ - e - n‑ \‑v ""Hc‑p {‑]t‑Xy‑ I ckh‑pw‑ k‑pJh‑pw‑ Dï‑mI‑pw‑ '‑ ' F¶‑mW - t- à ‑ m‑ . N½-en‑ s‑â N½‑n¸ - n‑ ¡ - e - n‑ s - â ‑ b‑pw‑ C‑u cï‑p F¸‑nt- k ‑ m‑ U - p‑ I - f - n‑  H¶‑n Hc‑p s‑Nd‑nb ]‑mc-bp‑ ï - .v‑ C‑u {‑]m‑ b-¯n‑ e‑pw‑ ({‑]m‑ b‑w R‑m³ ]d-bp‑ ¶ - n‑ t- à ‑ .....‑) \‑nX‑yI - m‑ a - p‑ I - c - m‑ b‑n Ig‑nb - p‑ ¶ C‑u `‑mc‑ym‑ `- À¯‑m¡ - · - m‑ c - p‑ t- S‑ X‑v Hc‑pX - c‑w I‑me‑] v \ - n‑ I - ] - m‑ c - b - m‑ W - .v‑ (‑romantic jack F¶‑p ]d-bm‑ w‑ )‑ ck‑nI - i - n‑ t- c ‑ m‑ a - W - n‑ I - f - m‑ b C‑u "bph'a‑nY‑p\ - § - Ä¡‑v \À½-¯n‑ s‑â Ie-hd - b - n‑ à - m‑ ¯ `‑mh‑pI - §Ä t‑\À¶‑ps - I ‑ m‑ ï‑v Cc‑p] - X‑v hÀj-§Ä¡‑v a‑p¼‑v (s‑k¡³Uv t‑lm‑ w‑ þ1994‑) \‑nL-ïp‑ h - n‑ \‑v s‑hb‑¡ v m‑ ³ {‑ia‑n¨ Hc‑p ]‑mc X¸‑ns - b ‑ S- p‑ ¯‑v Hc‑p ]‑mc‑mh - À¯-\a - m‑ b‑n h‑oï‑pw‑ s‑hb‑¡ v p‑ I - b - m‑ W‑v Ch‑ns‑S Xes¡«nÂ.

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k-§f - Ã‑m hÀj-§Ä Xs‑¶ IS¶‑p t‑]m‑ b‑n. "s‑k¡³U‑v t‑lm‑ a‑n'‑  Ct‑X i‑oÀj-I¯ - n‑  Fs‑â Hc‑p t‑eJ\‑w {‑]X‑y£ - s- ¸ ‑ «‑nc- p‑ ¶ - p‑ . a\‑pj - y‑ \ - m‑ b‑n ]‑nd-¶m‑  P‑oh‑nX - ¯ - n‑  Hc‑n¡ - s- e ‑ ¦ - n‑ e‑pw‑ ià-am‑ b - n‑ s- «‑ m‑ ¶‑v N½‑nb - n‑ c- n‑ ¡ - W‑w F¶‑pÅX‑v Ae‑wL - \ - o‑ b - a- m‑ b t‑em‑ I\‑nba-am‑ W - v.‑ C‑u \‑nba‑w bi:ic‑oc- \ - m‑ b At‑_Z- vI ‑ À k‑mÀ F´‑vsI ‑ m‑ ï‑v C´‑y³ `c-WL - S- \ - b - n‑  DÄs‑¸S- p‑ ¯ - n‑ b - n‑ à F¶‑v R‑m³ ]e XhW BÝ-cy‑ s - ¸ ‑ «- n‑ «- p‑ ï‑!v‑ !‑ N½Â 2 Xc‑w. H¶‑v k‑zb‑w N½‑nt- ¸ ‑ m‑ h - p‑ I; F¶‑n«‑v eÖ‑n¨‑v Xe-Xm‑ g‑v¯n‑ ]c-hi - t‑\m‑ ]c-hi - t‑bm‑ Bh‑pI - . cï‑ma- t- ¯ ‑ X - ,v‑ as‑äm‑ c- m‑ Ä t‑_m‑ []‑qÀh‑w \s‑½ N½‑n¸ - n‑ ¨‑v kt‑´m‑ j - n‑ ¡ - p‑ I‑!!‑ cï‑mb - m‑ e - p‑ w‑ ,‑ ]c-kv] ‑ c‑w k‑vt\ ‑ l‑n¡ - p‑ I - b‑pw‑ e‑mf‑n¡ - p‑ I - b‑pw‑ H‑ma-\n‑ ¡ - p‑ I - b‑pw‑ s‑N¿‑p¶ {‑]n‑ b Z¼-Xn‑ I - Ä X½‑ne - m‑ I - p‑ t- ¼ ‑ m‑ Ä N½-en‑ \‑v As‑æ - n‑  N½‑n¸ - n‑ ¡ - e - n‑ \‑v Hc‑p {‑]t‑Xy‑ I ckh‑pw‑ k‑pJh‑pw‑ Dï‑mI - p‑ w‑ . ic‑nb - t‑Ã? a‑pI-fn‑  \‑nÀh-Nn‑ ¨ 2 Xc‑w N½-en‑ \‑pw‑ H‑mt‑cm‑ Z‑rj‑vSm‑ ´‑w h‑oX‑w Fg‑pX - n‑ b - n‑ «‑v I¿‑pw‑ s‑I«‑n Cc‑pt- ¶ ‑ m‑ f - m‑ ³ Fs‑¶ kZb‑w A\‑ph - Z- n‑ ¡ - p‑ I - . {‑]n‑ b-s¸ ‑ « CXc s‑a¼Àa‑mÀ¡‑pw‑ I‑pS‑pw‑ _ - m‑ w‑ K - § - Ä¡‑pw‑ Ah-ch - c- p‑ s‑S kZ‑ri - m‑ \‑p`- h - § - Ä h‑nh-cn‑ ¨‑v ""N‑w Na‑mm‑ m‑ N‑w'‑ ' F¶ Hc‑p Ø‑nc‑w ]‑wà‑n Xs‑¶ c‑q]-s¸ ‑ S- m‑ ³ C‑u t‑eJ\‑w DX-It‑W F¶‑v PKZ‑oi - z‑ c- t- \ ‑ m‑ S‑v {‑]m‑ À°‑n¡ - p‑ ¶ - p‑ . k‑w]‑qP - y‑ \ - m‑ b al‑mI - h‑n A-¸³ k‑md‑ns‑â H‑ma-\] - p‑ {- X ‑ ³ þ A¿-¸³ F¶‑v F\‑n¡‑v {‑]n‑ b-¦c- \ - m‑ b A\‑nb - ³þ hoïpw "s‑k¡³U‑v t‑lm‑ a‑n's‑â N‑pa-Xe - ¡ - m‑ c- \ - m‑ b-tX ‑ m‑ s‑S I‑mc‑y§ - Ä s‑hS‑n¸ - m‑ b‑n a‑pt‑¶m‑ «‑v s‑Im‑ ï‑pt- ] ‑ m‑ I - m‑ ³ Fs‑â {‑]m‑ À°\ kl‑mb - I - a- m‑ I - p‑ a- t- à ‑ m‑ . t‑eJ-\§ - Ä¡‑mb‑n At‑±l - ¯ - n‑ \‑v Bs‑cb‑pw‑ ka‑o] - n‑ t- ¡ ‑ ï - n‑ hc‑nà - . ad‑n¨‑v "Nd-]d‑m'‑ ¶‑v Ct‑§m‑ «‑v F¯‑ns - ¡ ‑ m‑ Å - p‑ w‑ . k‑w`h‑w 1: Øe‑w \½‑ps‑S ¢º‑ns‑â s‑X¡‑v `‑mK¯‑v s‑ab‑n³ t‑dm‑ U-cp‑ I - n‑ e - p‑ Å {‑io‑ c-am‑ t- Z‑ h‑n aµ‑nc‑w. X‑obX‑n 1966 U‑nk‑w_ - À 9. Bg‑vN þ s‑hf - f‑n. ka-bw‑ þ {‑]`‑mX‑w 8.45 aW‑n. h[‑pþ- k - p‑ K - X - .

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hc³-þF - k - v.‑ A¿-¸³ \‑mbÀ F¶ C‑u R‑m³ Xs‑¶. Ie‑ym‑ W‑w ka‑wK - f‑w \S-¶p‑ . ]‑ns‑¶,‑ DÃ‑mk - ¯ - n‑ s‑â Z‑n\-cm‑ {- X ‑ § - Ä.

1967 P‑q¬ a‑mk‑w A[‑yb - \ - h - Àj‑w Bc‑w`- n‑ ¨ - t- ¸ ‑ m‑ Ä k‑pKX s‑]c‑p´ - m‑ ¶‑n NSS h\‑nX‑m t‑Im‑ t‑fP - n‑  C‑w¥‑oj‑v A[‑ym‑ ] - n‑ I - . s‑_Ã-Sn‑ ¡ - p‑ ¶ - X - n‑ \‑v a‑p³]‑v t‑Im‑ t‑fP - n‑  F¯-Ws- a‑ ¶‑v a‑m{‑Xa- à - ,‑ X‑nIª A¨-S¡ - t- ¯ ‑ m‑ s‑S ¢‑ms‑kS- p‑ ¡ - W‑w F¶ I‑mc‑y¯ - n‑ e‑pw‑ IÀ¡i k‑z`‑mh - ¡ - m‑ c- n‑ b - m‑ W‑v C‑u "h‑ni‑me - m‑ £‑n'‑ (A¶‑v C‑u I‑ri-Km‑ {- X ‑ n‑ ¡‑v Ij‑vSn‑ ¨‑v 35 I‑nt‑em‑ {‑Km‑ w‑ a‑m{‑Xt‑a X‑q¡-ap‑ ï - m‑ b - n‑ c- p‑ ¶‑pÅ‑q; B\µX‑pµ‑ne - a- m‑ b - ,‑ Ft‑¶m‑ s- S‑ m‑ ¸ - a- p‑ Å h‑mk‑w s‑Im‑ ï‑mI‑mw‑ ,‑ 46 hÀj-¯n‑ \ - n‑ s‑S AX‑v Cc-«n‑ b - m‑ b - n‑ «- p‑ ï - ,v‑ t‑It‑«m‑ .‑) A§s‑\b - n‑ c- n‑ s‑¡ Hc‑p \‑mÄ 60 I‑p«‑nI - f - n‑  I‑qS‑pX - e - p‑ Å ¢‑mk‑n ]T‑n¸ - n‑ ¨‑p s‑Im‑ ï‑nc- n‑ ¡ - p‑ I - b - m‑ b - n‑ c- p‑ ¶ - p‑ ,‑ I£‑n. X‑nIª K‑uch-t¯ ‑ m‑ s‑S ¢‑ms‑kS- p‑ ¡ - p‑ ¶ - X - n‑ \ - n‑ S- b - n‑  s‑]s‑«¶‑v ]‑n³\‑nc- b - p‑ s‑S s‑Xm‑ «‑pa- p‑ ³]‑ne - s‑¯ \‑nc-bn‑ e - n‑ c- p‑ ¶ I‑p«‑nI - Ä Ft‑´m‑ Iï‑v D‑ud‑n¨ - n‑ c- n‑ ¡ - p‑ I - b‑pw‑ Hc‑p ]‑pk‑vXI‑w s‑sI ‑ a‑md- p‑ I - b‑pw‑ s‑N¿‑p¶ - X‑v k‑pK-X«- o‑ ¨ - d- p‑ s‑S {‑i²-bn‑ Âs‑¸«‑p. K‑uch‑w H«‑pw‑ h‑nS‑ms - X ‑ ,‑ k‑mh[‑m\‑w ¢‑mk‑n At‑§m‑ f - a- n‑ t- § ‑ m‑ f‑w \S¶‑v ]T‑n¸ - n‑ ¡ - p‑ ¶ a«‑n A[‑yb - \‑w X‑pSÀ¶‑p. ]‑pk‑vXI‑w Hc‑p B\‑pI - m‑ e - n‑ I - a- m‑ W‑v F¶‑v a\-Ên‑ e - m‑ ¡ - n‑ . At‑¸m‑ g‑pw‑ I‑p«‑nI - Ä i_‑vZa- p‑ ï - m‑ ¡ - m‑ s‑X a‑mk‑nI ]‑mk‑v s‑N¿‑pI - b‑pw‑ AaÀ¯‑n¨ - n‑ c- n‑ ¡ - p‑ I - b‑pw‑ s‑N¿‑p¶ - X‑v Iï‑p.

What is going on there? Who brought that magazine to the class? Hand it over to me. Let me see what makes you laughing?”

F¶‑v Bt‑{I ‑ m‑ i - n‑ ¨ - p‑ s- I ‑ m‑ ï‑v {‑Ip²-bm‑ b S‑o¨À a‑mk‑nI ssI¡e‑m¡ - n‑ . h‑mk‑vXh - ¯ - n‑  AX‑v "a‑mX‑r`- q‑ a‑n'‑ Bg‑vN¸ - X - n‑ ¸ - m‑ b - n‑ c- p‑ ¶‑p!‑ I‑p«‑nI - Ä DÂk‑ml - t- ¯ ‑ m‑ s‑S h‑o£‑n¨ - p‑ s- I ‑ m‑ ï - n‑ c- p‑ ¶ t‑]P‑nt- e ‑ ¡‑v S‑o¨À I®‑v ]‑mb‑n¨ - p‑ . "h‑nh‑mlt‑hZ‑n'‑ F¶ ]‑wà‑nb - n‑  A¨S‑n¨‑v h¶ 4 t‑^m‑ t‑«m‑ I - f - n‑  H¶‑v R§-fp‑ s‑S h‑nh‑ml - t- ^ ‑ m‑ t‑«m‑ Bb‑nc- p‑ ¶‑p!‑ !‑ A£-cm‑ À°-¯n‑  \½‑ps‑S S‑o¨À N½‑nt- ¸ ‑ m‑ b‑n!‑ !‑ !‑

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LAURELS

K. Padmakumar Promoted Addl. Director General of Police, Kerala

C‑u k‑w`h‑w h‑o«‑n h¶‑v Ft‑¶m‑ S‑v ]d-ªt- ¸ ‑ m‑ g‑pw‑ k‑pµ-ca‑pJ - ¯‑v \‑n¶‑pw‑ aª-\n‑ d‑w a‑pg‑ph - ³ a‑md‑nb - n‑ c- p‑ ¶ - n‑ à - . R‑m\‑pw‑ H‑mÀt‑¯m‑ À¯‑v N‑nc‑n¨ - p‑ . k‑w`h‑w 2: h‑nh‑ml - s‑¯ X‑pSÀ¶‑v ]e _Ô‑pa- n‑ {- X ‑ m‑ Z‑n `h-\§-fn‑ e‑pw‑ R§Ä¡‑v k¡‑mc- § - Ä e`‑n¨ - p‑ . CX‑v Hc‑p \‑m«‑p\ - S- ¸‑v I‑qS‑nb - m‑ W - t- à ‑ m‑ . A{‑]I - m‑ c‑w k‑z´‑w h‑o«‑n\‑v AIs‑ebÃ‑ms‑X Hc‑p h‑o«‑n R§Ä Cc‑ph - c‑pw‑ kÔ‑yI - g- n‑ ª‑v A¯‑mg- h - n‑ c- p‑ ¶‑v Bk‑zZ- n‑ ¡ - m‑ \ - m‑ b‑n Ht‑c a\-tÊ ‑ m‑ s‑S F¯‑n. BX‑nt- Y ‑ b - À R§s‑f k‑zo‑ I-cW - a- p‑ d- n‑ b - n‑ t- e ‑ ¡‑v B\-bn‑ ¨ - p‑ . I‑pie{‑]i‑v\§ - Ä¡‑nS- b - n‑  s‑hf‑p¯‑v X‑pS‑p¯‑v k‑pµ-c\ - m‑ b Hc‑p _‑me³ R§-fp‑ s‑S AS‑pt‑¯¡‑v H‑mS‑ns- b ‑ ¯ - n‑ . b‑ms‑Xm‑ c‑p aS‑nb‑pw‑ I‑qS‑ms‑X Ah³ Fs‑â aS‑nb - n‑  Ib-dn‑ b - n‑ c- p‑ ¶ - p‑ . Ij‑vSn‑ ¨‑v 3 hbÊ‑v {‑]m‑ b‑w I‑mW‑pw‑ . C§s‑\b - p‑ Å a‑nS‑pa- n‑ S- p‑ ¡ - s‑c I‑mW‑pt- ¼ ‑ m‑ Ä R‑ms‑\m‑ c‑p k‑q{‑Xw‑ s‑N¿‑pI ]X‑nh - m‑ b - n‑ c- p‑ ¶ - p‑ . I‑p«‑nb - p‑ s‑S a‑q¡‑n s‑as‑à AaÀ¯‑ns - ¡ ‑ m‑ ï‑v R‑m³ Xs‑¶ Gs‑X¦ - n‑ e‑pw‑ h‑nN‑n{‑X i_‑vZw‑ ]‑pd-s¸ ‑ S‑ph‑n¡ - p‑ w‑ . I‑p«‑n AX‑v t‑I«‑v AÛ‑pX - s - ¸ ‑ S‑pw‑ !‑ A¶‑v R‑m³ a\k‑m s‑Xs‑cs - ª ‑ S‑p¯ - X‑v Hc‑p P‑o¸‑ns‑â t‑lm‑ ¬i-_vZ‑ a- m‑ W - v.‑ _‑mes‑â a‑q¡‑n h‑nc-ea- À¯‑nb - n‑ «‑v R‑m³ B i_‑vZw‑ t‑Iĸ‑n¨ - p‑ . I‑p«‑n N‑nc‑n¨ - p‑ . ""C\‑ow‑ t‑hW‑w.''

T.P. Seetharam Appointed Ambassador to U.A.E.

F¶‑v ]d-ªp‑ . k‑pKX Cs‑Xm‑ s‑¡ Iï‑v kt‑´m‑ j - n‑ ¨‑nc‑n¡‑pI - b - m‑ t- W ‑ . R‑m³ BhÀ¯‑n¨ - p‑ . At‑¸m‑ Ä ""R‑m³ It‑ï''‑, A¦‑nÄ Xs‑¶b - m‑ W‑v i_‑vZw‑ t‑Iĸ‑n¡ - p‑ ¶ - X - v.‑ ""Fs‑â a‑q¡Ã‑m!‑ !‑ !‑ '‑ ' F¶‑v I‑p«‑n. ""Bc‑v ]dª‑p? t‑am‑ s‑â a‑q¡‑n \‑n¶‑pw‑ Xs‑¶b - m‑ W‑v i_‑vZw‑ .‑ '' F¶‑v R‑m³ h‑mZ‑n¨ - p‑ . AS‑p¯ - n‑ c- p‑ ¶ k‑pK-Xt- b ‑ m‑ S‑v i_‑vZw‑ t‑Iĸ‑nt- ¨ ‑ m‑ f - t‑W F¶‑v R‑m³ B‑wK‑yw‑ I‑mW‑n¨ - p‑ . _‑me-\m‑ s‑W¦ - n‑  Fs‑â N‑pï‑n \‑n¶‑pw‑ Z‑rj‑vSn‑ a‑mä‑p¶ - n‑ à - . Hc‑p h‑nPb‑n Ft‑¶m‑ W‑w R‑m³ Ahs‑â a‑q¡‑n ]X‑ns‑b h‑nc AaÀ¯‑n.

Fs‑â `‑mc‑y A\-§n‑ b - n‑ Ã‑!!‑ Zb-\o‑ b - a- m‑ b‑n R‑m³ k‑pKs‑X t‑\m‑ ¡‑n.

F¶‑n«‑v H¶‑pI - q‑ S‑n _‑mes‑â a‑q¡‑n h‑nc AaÀ¯‑n. t‑M t‑l!‑ !‑ k‑pK-X,‑ Z‑pj‑vS,‑ A\-§n‑ b - n‑ à F¶‑v a‑m{‑Xa- Ã‑, Hc‑p s‑]m‑ «‑n¨ - n‑ c‑n I‑qS‑n!‑ !‑ R‑m³ »‑o¨-Sn‑ ¨‑p!‑ {‑]m‑ t‑bm‑ K - n‑ I ^e‑nX - ¡ - m‑ c- y‑ ¯ - n‑  kl[Àa‑nW‑n Fs‑¶¡ - m‑ Ä a‑p¶‑ne - m‑ s- W ‑ ¶‑v t‑_m‑ [‑ya- m‑ b - n‑ . ""t‑lm‑ t‑IS‑mb‑n t‑It‑«m‑ t‑am‑ t‑\'' F¶‑v ]dª‑v hà h‑n[h‑pw‑ I‑p«‑nb - p‑ s‑S a‑p¶‑n XS‑nX - ¸ - n‑ . BX‑nt- Y ‑ b - À c‑pN‑nI - c- a- m‑ b `£W‑w h‑nf-¼p‑ t‑¼m‑ Ä R‑m³ hÃ‑ms‑X h‑nbÀ¯‑nc- p‑ ¶‑p!‑ !‑ w

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From Ananthapuri to Indraprastha and Back

and yet seems universally loved: or TJ Mohammed Faizal who tells his family that he's going for a workout in the club gym where all I have seen him him do is to lie on the massage chair that is timed to give him a long nap; or D Retna Kumar, a k a Kannappan whose streaks of silence would make Manmohan Singh look like a motormouth.

TVMC has changed beyond recognition from the time I joined. But the more things change, the more they remain the same. It’s not often that I go to the bar, but on the rare times I do, it fills my heart to see Anandan and Ayyappan, the barmen who probably poured me my first drinks at the club bar, happy to see me and eager to serve 18

me. In the billiards room, where I took my baby steps on the table (long before I became a member as a dependent of my late brother D Radhakrishnan), Thankappan Maash still chides me for making a bad shot, just the way he did 40 years ago.

All good things must come to an end. And one of the best moments of a holiday in Trivandrum comes when it is over. It’s great when it is happening but then you realize you have to get on with real life. It’s not all that rosy in Indraprastha as it is in Ananthapuri. But that’s the life I chose more than three decades ago. No regrets. w The Second Home

C‑u h‑nj‑mZ‑w‑...! {‑io‑ aX‑n K‑nc‑nP - m‑ t- k ‑ X - p‑ \ - m‑ Y - n‑ s‑â Ih‑nX h‑mb‑n¨‑p X‑oÀ¶-t¸ ‑ m‑ Ä Hc‑p ]gb l‑nµ‑n K‑m\-am‑ W‑v H‑mÀ½-bn‑  h¶-Xv‑. ""Gb‑v ]‑qs‑am‑ «- p‑ I - t‑f h‑nj‑mZ‑w ]‑qï‑nc- n‑ ¡ - m‑ s‑X ]‑p©‑nc- n‑ ¡ - q‑ ... Ah³ hc‑pt- ¼ ‑ m‑ Ä X‑o¡-\p‑ I - Ä¡‑v I‑mä‑qX‑n s‑Im‑ S‑p¡ - q‑ ...‑'' s‑I.-]n‑ . I‑pa‑mc - ³ Xs‑â AX‑nY‑n F¶ k‑n\‑na- b - n‑  Hc‑n¡ - e‑pw‑ hc‑m¯ Hc‑p h‑nc‑p¶ - p‑ I - m‑ c - s‑â IY-bm‑ W - t‑Ãm‑ ]d-bp‑ ¶ - X - v‑. AX‑pt- ] ‑ m‑ s‑e \½Ä H‑mt‑cm‑ c - p‑ ¯ - c - p‑ s - S‑ b‑pw‑ DÅ‑n Hc‑p I‑m¯‑nc - n‑ ¸ - p‑ ï - v‑. hc‑ps - a‑ ¶‑v Hc‑p Dd-¸p‑ a- n‑ à - m‑ ¯ AX‑nY - n‑ b‑v¡v‑ t‑hï‑n, ]‑pc‑pj - m‑ ´ - c - § - Ä \‑oï‑pt- ] ‑ m‑ I - p‑ ¶ I‑m¯‑nc - n‑ ¸ - v‑. AX‑v Fs‑¶¦ - n‑ e‑pw‑ \‑nd-th ‑ ä- s - ¸ ‑ S- p‑ s - a‑ ¶ {‑]X‑o£ - b - m‑ W‑v P‑oh‑nX-s¯ ‑ a‑pt‑¼m‑ «‑p \b‑n¡ - p‑ ¶ - X - v‑. k‑nc-If - n‑  elc‑n ]IÀ¶‑p Xc‑p¶ - X - v‑. t‑Icf k‑ml‑nX‑y A¡‑mU - a‑n A‑wK-am‑ b K‑nc‑nP - b - p‑ s‑S Ih‑nX I‑qS‑pX -  h‑ni-Ie - \‑w s‑N¿‑p¶ - n‑ Ã. AX‑v kl‑rZ- b - c - m‑ b h‑mb-\¡ - m‑ À¡‑v h‑nS‑p¶ - p‑ .

Kn-cn-Pm tk-Xp-\m-Yv

P· i‑m]-§-f-d‑p¯‑v \‑o‑, Fs‑¶ _Ô\ h‑na‑p-à-b‑m¡‑nþ a®‑n-t‑\‑mS‑p‑, t‑NÀ¯‑m-e‑p‑w; aS‑n-t‑b‑mS‑p t‑NÀ¯‑me‑p‑w.

K‑m\‑m-ßI kÔ‑y-I-t‑f‑mS‑v X‑mf‑m-ßI \‑nÀhr-X‑n-I-t‑f‑mS‑v X‑me-h‑rµ ]¨-I-t‑f‑mS‑v Xf‑nÀ¡‑m¯ s‑\S‑p-h‑oÀ¸‑n-t‑\‑mS‑v C\‑n kÃ‑m-]-§-f‑n-Ãþ

C‑u t‑N‑mZ‑y‑w‑!

s‑]¬I‑p-X‑n-cs‑b ]‑q«‑nb t‑Xc‑nÂ

BhÀ¯‑n¨‑p s‑I‑mt‑ï-b‑n-c‑p¶‑p

D¬a-b‑ps‑S aµ-l‑m-k-t‑¯‑ms‑S

""\‑o Fh‑n-s‑S-b‑m-b‑n-c‑p¶‑p C{‑Xb‑p‑w I‑me‑w?''

{‑]I‑mi t‑hK-§-f‑ps‑S \Z‑n-IÄ \‑o´‑n

\‑o hc‑p-s‑a¶‑v Ad‑n-b‑m-a‑m-b‑n-c‑p¶

{‑]`‑mX I‑nf‑n-I-f‑ps‑S N‑nd-I‑p-IÄ a‑p¯‑n

\‑ni‑m-K-Ô‑n-I-f‑ps‑S i‑m]-t‑aä‑v

R‑m³ \‑ns‑â Ac‑p-I‑n hc‑p-s‑a¶‑v

\‑ne‑m-h-k‑vX-a‑n-¡‑p-t‑¼‑mÄ \‑o

t‑Zh-Z‑q-X‑n-IÄ Ad‑n-b‑n-¨-X‑n-Ãt‑b‑m?

hc‑p-s‑a-¶-d‑n-b‑m-a‑m-b‑n-c‑p-¶‑p.

\‑o Fh‑n-s‑S-b‑m-b‑n-c‑p¶‑p C{‑Xb‑p‑w I‑me‑w?

k‑zc-§Ä a‑pd‑nª t‑Zh I‑oÀ¯-\-§Ä

al‑m\Z‑n-IÄ X‑nc-¨‑p-ï‑p-I-f‑mÂ

C{‑µ‑nb-§-f‑n h¶‑p ]‑nS-b‑p-t‑¼‑mÄ

I‑pe ]ÀÆ-X-§Ä s‑I‑mS‑p-¦‑m-ä‑p-I-f‑mÂ

\‑r¯-h‑p‑w... ]‑m«‑p-a‑n-Ã‑ms‑X

Aá‑n k‑mb-´\-§Ä þ A£-at‑b‑ms‑S

k‑z]‑v\-§-f‑p‑w‑, ]‑qh‑p-a‑n-Ã‑m-s‑X... \‑o Hc‑n-¡Â hc‑p‑w C‑u I‑nc‑oS‑w i‑nc-Ê‑n AW‑nb‑p‑w C‑u h‑nj‑m-Z‑w‑, a‑ng‑n-b‑n Fg‑p-X‑p‑w.

Fs‑¶ a‑mt‑d‑mS‑p t‑NÀ¡‑p‑w.‑! w

Smt. Girija Sethunath (w/o Sri. K.S. Sethunath, Our Treasurer) is Member, Kerala Sahitya Academy.

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A`‑n-\-µ-\-¯‑ns‑â ]‑qs‑¨-‑p-IÄ

Anandam Rajasekharan

t‑Icf KhÀ®-dm‑ b - n‑ c - p‑ ¶ PÌ‑ok‑v k‑pJ‑vtZ‑ h‑v k‑nw‑ K‑v I‑mM‑v Hc‑p {‑]k‑wK - ¯ - n‑  ]d-ªX‑v C§-s\ ‑ b - m‑ b‑nc - p‑ ¶ - p‑ . t‑Ic-fo‑ b - À ]e I‑mc‑y§ - f - n‑ e‑pw‑ C³U‑yb - n‑ s‑e aä‑p ]e k‑wØ‑m\ - § - f - n‑ e - p‑ Å - h - t- c ‑ ¡ - m‑ Ä a‑p³]‑ne‑mW - v‑. h‑nZ‑ym‑ ` - y‑ m‑ k - w‑ ,‑ i‑pN‑nX - z‑ w‑ ,‑ Ø‑nX‑n ka-Xz‑ w‑ ,‑ `£-Wc - o‑ X - n‑ ,‑ Ie‑m k‑mw‑ k‑v¡m‑ c - n‑ I t‑aJ-eI - Ä A§s‑\ ]e-Xn‑ e - p‑ w‑ . F¶‑m Hc‑p I‑mc‑y¯ - n‑  \‑n§Ä Gäh‑pw‑ ]‑pd-In‑ e - m‑ W - v‑. opening upþ a\-Êp‑ X - p‑ d - ¶‑p N‑nc‑n¡‑m³; \‑n§-fp‑ s‑S BË‑mZ- {- ] ‑ I - S- \ - § - Ä k‑zb‑w \‑nb-{´ ‑ n‑ X - a - m‑ b h‑n[¯‑ne‑mW - v‑. s‑]m‑ «‑n¨ - n‑ c - n‑ t- ¡ ‑ ï - n‑ S- ¯v Hc‑p ]‑p©‑nc - n‑ A{‑XX - s - ¶ ‑ . R§Ä ]©‑m_ - n‑ I - Ä kt‑´m‑ j Ah-kc - § - f - n‑  AS‑n¨ - p‑ s - ] ‑ m‑ f - n‑ ¡ - p‑ ¶ - h - c - m‑ W‑v. CX‑pt- ] ‑ m‑ s - e ‑ b - m‑ W‑v A`‑n\ - µ - n‑ t- ¡ ‑ ï ka-b¯‑pw‑ \µ‑n{- ] ‑ I - S- n‑ ¸ - n‑ t- ¡ ‑ ï kµÀ`-§f - n‑ e‑pw‑ h‑m¡‑pI - f - n‑ e‑pw‑ {‑]hÀ¯‑nb - n‑ e‑pw‑ ]‑ni‑p¡ - p‑ I - m‑ W - n‑ ¡ - p‑ ¶ - h - c - m‑ W‑v ae-bm‑ f - n‑ I - Ä. \½‑ps‑S ka‑ql - ¯ - n‑ \‑v s‑s] ‑ X‑rI - a - m‑ b‑n¡‑n«‑nb P‑mU-bp‑ s‑S ^e-am‑ s - W ‑ ¶ - p‑ t- X ‑ m‑ ¶ - p‑ ¶ - p‑ , C‑u Ø‑nX‑n h‑nt‑ij - w‑ .

Ch‑ns‑S B\µ‑w t‑N¨‑n hfs‑c AÀ°-h¯ - m‑ b D]-tZ‑ i - § - f‑pw‑ K‑pW-]m‑ T ‑ §-fp‑ a - m‑ W‑v C‑u s‑Nd‑nb t‑eJ-\¯ - n‑  ]d-ªn‑ c - n‑ ¡ - p‑ ¶ he‑nb I‑mcy-§f - n‑ e - q‑ s‑S \a‑p¡‑v ]IÀ¶‑pX - c - p‑ ¶ - X - v‑.

A`‑n\- µ- \‑w Gä‑ph- m‑ § - m‑ \ - m‑ b‑n Cj‑vSs - ¸ ‑ S- m‑ ¯ - h - À Bc‑pw‑ Xs‑¶ I‑mW‑pI - b - n‑ à - . AX‑v hfs‑c s‑Nd‑nb I‑mc‑y¯ - n‑  \‑n¶‑mb‑m t‑]m‑ e‑pw‑ . Hc‑p a‑nI-¨{- ] ‑ I - S- \‑w AX‑v GX‑v t‑aJ-eb - n‑  Bb‑me‑pw‑ AX‑v Bk‑zZ- n‑ ¡ - p‑ t- ¼ ‑ m‑ Ä AX‑v I‑mg‑vNh - ¨ - h - s‑c Ad‑nb‑n¡ - p‑ t- ¼ ‑ m‑ Ä AhÀ¡‑v I‑n«‑p¶ Bl‑vfm‑ Z‑w H¶‑pt- h ‑ s‑d Xs‑¶b‑mW - v.‑ A`‑n\ - µ - n‑ ¡ - p‑ ¶ \a‑p¡‑p e`‑n¡ - p‑ ¶ Bß-kw‑ X - r‑ ] - vX ‑ n‑ b - p‑ w‑ . \Ã-hm‑ ¡‑v H‑mX‑ph - m‑ ³ {‑Xm‑ W‑nb - p‑ ï - m‑ I - W‑w F¶‑v s‑sZ‑ h-t¯ ‑ m‑ S‑pÅ {‑]m‑ À°\ F{‑X AÀ°-h¯ - m‑ W - v.‑ \à h‑m¡‑pI - Ä\ ÂI‑n ]‑ni‑p¡ - c- m‑ I - m‑ s‑X [\‑nI - c- m‑ I - m‑ w‑ .

H‑mw‑ h‑mM‑vta‑ a\k‑n {‑]X‑nj - vT‑ n‑ X‑m at‑\m‑ t- a‑ h - m‑ N‑n {‑]X‑nj - vS‑ n‑ X‑w F¶‑mW‑v D]-\n‑ j - ¯‑v a{‑´w‑ i‑m´‑n a{‑´w‑ . Fs‑â h‑m¡‑v a\-Ên‑  Dd-¨X - m‑ b - n‑ c- n‑ ¡ - s - «‑ . Fs‑â a\Ê‑v h‑m¡‑n Dd-¨X - m‑ b - n‑ c- n‑ ¡ - s‑« F¶‑v {‑]m‑ À°‑n¡ - p‑ t- ¼ ‑ m‑ Ä \½‑ps‑S h‑m¡‑pI - Ä l‑rZ-b¯ - n‑  \‑n¶‑pw‑ DX‑nÀ¶-hb - m‑ b - n‑ c- n‑ ¡ - W - s- a‑ ¶‑pw‑ Bß‑mÀ°X DÄs‑¡m‑ Å‑p¶ - h - b - m‑ b - n‑ c- n‑ ¡ - W - s - a‑ ¶‑pw‑ i‑m´‑na- {- ´ ‑ ¯ - n‑ s‑â AÀ°-Xe - §Ä k‑qN‑n¸ - n‑ ¡ - p‑ ¶ - p‑ . {‑]k‑n² k‑n\‑na- m‑ \ - S- ³ a[‑pk - m‑ À Hc‑n¡ -  ]d-ªp‑ . \½‑ps‑S Bf‑pI - Ä I‑qI‑nh - n‑ f - n‑ ¡ - m‑ ³ a‑nS‑p¡ - c‑pw‑ s‑sI ‑ b-Sn‑ ¡ - m‑ ³ aS‑nb - p‑ Å - h-cp‑ s - a‑ ¶ - m‑ W - v.‑ F{‑X ic‑nb - m‑ W - v.‑ Bb‑nc- ¯ - n‑ t- e ‑ s‑d Bf‑pI - Ä \‑nd-ªn‑ c- n‑ ¡ - p‑ ¶ Hc‑pk - Z- Ê - n‑  Hc‑p\ - à {‑]I-S\‑w Ig‑nb - p‑ t- ¼ ‑ m‑ Ä s‑sI ‑ b-Sn‑ ¨‑v t‑{] ‑ m‑ Õ‑ml - n‑ ¸ - n‑ ¡ - p‑ ¶ - X‑v h‑nc-en‑  F®‑mh - p‑ ¶ - h - À

a‑m{‑Xw‑ . h‑m¡‑pI - Ä s‑Im‑ ï‑pÅ A`‑n\ - µ - \‑w ]‑qs‑¨ï‑v \ÂI‑p¶ - X - n‑ t‑\¡ - m‑ Ä \Ã-Xv.‑ ]‑pj‑v]§ - Ä s‑Im‑ ï‑pÅ s‑Nï‑v I‑pd-¨p‑ Z- n‑ h - k‑w Ig‑nª - m‑  h‑mS‑nt- ¸ ‑ m‑ I - p‑ w‑ . F¶‑m \Ã-hm‑ ¡ - p‑ I - Ä¡‑pÅ \‑ndh‑pw‑ `‑wK‑nb‑pw‑ aWh‑pw‑ F{‑XI - m‑ e - a- m‑ b - m‑ e‑pw‑ h‑mS‑nt- ¸ ‑ m‑ I - p‑ ¶ - X - à - . h‑m¡‑pI - Ä¡‑v as‑äm‑ c‑p hi‑w I‑qS‑nb - p‑ ï - v.‑ \Ã-Xà - m‑ ¯ h‑m¡‑pIÄ {‑]t‑bm‑ K - n‑ ¨ - m‑  AX‑v I‑mX‑pI - Ä¡‑v Dï‑m¡ - p‑ ¶ {‑hW‑w Gs‑d¡ - m‑ e‑w Ig‑nª m‑ e‑pw‑ ia‑n¡ - n‑ à - . ac-¯n‑ s‑â s‑Im‑ ¼‑pI - Ä a‑pd‑n¨ - m‑  AX‑v ]‑ns‑¶b‑pw‑ I‑nf‑nÀ¡‑pw‑ . I‑m«‑pX‑o h¶‑m h\‑w ]‑ns‑¶b‑pw‑ Xg¨‑v hf-cp‑ w‑ . AX‑pt- ] ‑ m‑ s- e ‑ b - à t‑I«‑pI - q‑ S- m‑ ¯ h‑m¡‑pIÄ {‑]t‑bm‑ K - n‑ ¨ - m‑ Â.

A`‑n\ - µ - \‑w Ad‑nb - n‑ ¡ - m‑ ³ h‑m¡‑pI - Ä¡‑v A¸‑pd- ¯‑v Hc‑p `‑mjb‑pï - v.‑ Hc‑p B‑wK‑y`- m‑ j - . AX‑mW‑v N‑n¼‑p{‑Z (N‑qï - p‑ h - n‑ c-  hf¨‑v XÅ-hn‑ c- e - n‑ t- \ ‑ m‑ S‑v t‑NÀ¯‑p] - n‑ S- n‑ ¨‑v aä‑pa- q‑ ¶ - p‑ h - n‑ c- e - p‑ I - Ä AIä‑n t‑at‑em‑ «‑v \‑nÀ¯‑ns - ¡ ‑ m‑ ï - p‑ Å a‑p{‑Z)‑ GX‑p`- m‑ j - ¡ - m‑ c- \‑pw‑ C‑u a‑p{‑ZI - m‑ W - n‑ ¨ - m‑  a\-Ên‑ e - m‑ ¡ - m‑ ³ h‑nj-aa- n‑ à - . Ct‑¸m‑ g- s‑¯ `‑mjb‑n "Dj‑mÀ‑' "D{‑K³' "k‑q¸À' F¶-Xn‑ s‑â ]c‑ym‑ b - w‑ . \½Ä s‑Im‑ S‑p¡ - p‑ ¶ A`‑n\ - µ - \‑w Gä‑ph - m‑ § - p‑ ¶ - b - m‑ Ä \s‑½ h‑nf‑n¨‑v \µ‑n {‑]I‑mi - n‑ ¸ - n‑ ¡ - p‑ t- ¼ ‑ m‑ Ä AXmWv X‑oÀ¨-bm‑ b‑pw‑ \a‑p¡‑v I‑n«‑p¶ A`‑n\ - µ - \‑w.

A`‑n\ - µ - \‑w þ A`‑n\ - µ - \‑w A`‑n\ - µ - \‑w. w

Smt. Anandam Rajasekharan is the w/o. the late K.R. Rajasekharan Nair, our former President.

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The Second Home

Orphaned Poetry I still, remember twenty years back in the club we had to find the English word for Ip´n-cn¡w acw but none among us knew the word. Immediately on a phone call from her husband Mr. Ram Mohan, prompt came the reply from Smt. Sulochana ‘Frank-in-cense tree, showing her mastery over the language, (The Europeans had the fore-thought of planting these trees in our club premises since no bird will nest in it and hence no bird droppings which we all enjoy today).

Here in this unique piece of verse the poetess attempts a rare concoction of medicine and poetry. The uncommonalities surpass the mundane to create a sublime lived experience - poetry.

Sulochana Rammohan

Orphaned Poetry

Poetry can also be born in hospital waiting rooms.

Like the insecure wails of new born babies it infiltrates the imagination at unexpected moments Poetry floats through the cold breeze bearing smells of disinfectant and disease It settles inside The nasal cavity as a lasting agony.

Sickness and suffering thread memories and strive to bind poetry to life.

Poetry brushes away those gossamer bindings in thorough indifference and walks the hospital corridors waiting for Death.

Poetry fades yellow and falls upon the dying perception

one by one silently just like winter leaves.

When smiling familiar faces disrupt the solitary waiting offering solace and support, Poetry sprouts white wings and flies out the barred window.

I see it spread wings and fill the grey sky as an unnamed white bird.

Waiting then becomes a forlorn reminder of parting, nostalgic and painful.

Orphaned poems destined to be born in hospital waiting rooms are short lived.

They wander the verandas as soulless sprites, never loved, fated never to be cuddled to the warmth of life. w

Smt. Sulochana Rammohan is the w/o Sri. S. Ram Mohan our former President & Secretary.

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The Rise and Fall of a Giant

S.N. Nair

“Kundara is a wonderful country under the control of the Kundarians.” These are the words of the Divan C.P. Ramaswamy Iyer. But in the 70’s while passing the Alind, Kundara everyday enroute to Kerala Ceremics, where I worked as Shift Engineer, I had a feeling that the “Kundarians” had no control over the ‘gated and walled’ giant ALIND. In those days FACT and ALIND were the flagship companies of Kerala. Both were started by the some Seshasayee brothers in the same Kundara campus (FACT was shifted to Aluva and taken over by the Central Govt. later and ALIND was set up here in Kundara). Both rose to the pinnacles of glory and both went the Titanic way. “ Time and Tide waits for no man” we should add to the dictum “Technology” and “Management” also.

FACT is struggling to remain afloat but ALIND went down the deep fathoms.

Here Sri. S.N. Nair, who started as Engineer at ALIND and retired as its Chairman recalls with awe and agony the rise and fall of his dear conglomerate.

T

he Saga of an Industrial Institution, with a humble beginning established in the village of Kundara, famous for “Kundara Vilambaram’’ and large deposits of rare white clay, situated on the bank of Kanjiramkottu Kayal, (Famous for “Karimeen”, a delicacy) a branch of Ashtamudi Lake, which grew into a Multinational Company during '80s. This is non other than Aluminium Industries Ltd. popularly known as “ALIND”.

What a Fantastic RISE!

• An institution, where well known political leaders had their base through trade union movement, S/Shri. R. Sreekantan Nair, T.V. Thomas, K.R. Gouri Amma, Baby John, Oommen Chandy, T.K. Divakaran, R. Balakrishna Pillai, Mallikarjuna Rao to name a few.

• An institution which produced management leaders, like S/Shri. M. Ayyappan (CMD HLL), C.M.A. Nayar (Exe. Director-Retd.), Alsthom France, Ramachandran Pillai (Chairman NTC), N. Sreekumar (President(Retd.)

Appolo Tyres), Gopala Pillai (Chairman, Keltron and former CM, FACT, KINFRA) and so on.

• An institution which amply rewarded its shareholders with handsome dividends.

• An institution which honoured its commitment to the Government, the then highest paid corporate payer of ‘taxes & duties’ in Kerala.

• An institution which believed that its employees were its great assets, making them one of the highest paid in the country • An institution which believed and practiced acquiring latest technology - Aluminium for electrical applications from Alcan Laboratories Canada; Propersy Continuous Casting and Rolling from Italy; Special

Steel Wire Technology from Kokkoku Kosesaku Japan; Gas Technology for EHV Switch Gears from Alsthom France; Vaccum Technology for MV Switch Gears from Mitsubishi Japan; Cable Making Machinery Technology from Miyasaky Japan; Material Handling Equipment Technology from Kurimoto Japan; Electronics Technology for Protection Relays from Alsthom France • An institution which expanded and went places Mannar, Trivadrum, Madras, Hyderabad, Secunderabad, Hirakud, and globally to Nigeria and became the very first Kerala based Multinational company.

• An institution which was one of the first in the country to export value added products - Cables, Machinery and Turnkey Projects earning much needed foreign exchange. It earned many National Awards including the prestigious President’s Award for the best 'Cable Exporter'.

• An institution which promoted entreprneurship by supplying equipments and offering technology, resulting in New Promoters establishing units - Southern Cables

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Mavelikara, Bangalore Cables Bangalore, Intrans for Resin Cast Current Transformers Ernakulam and Cable Making Equipments by Radaelli Hyderabad, Machino Tech Hyderabad & Ransur Mactech Bombay.

• An institution which promoted sports - a Football Team of National standard with Olympian Moideen Kutty, Indrapalan, George and Madhavan Nair to name a few and a Table Tennis Team with Bona Thomas, Asha Nayar (d/o the author) both state champions & so on.

Besides sports, promoted an Arts & Music Club, under whose auspicies Celebrities were honoured. It also provided a forum for renowned orators to hold debates.

• An institution, which believed that fruits of an Industrial Establishment should be shared with the society where it is located and created a football court, a tennis court, a badminton court, a swimming pool, an auditorium and an “Ayyappa” temple - all for the benefit of the society, besides its own employees.

Beholden to Sir. CP Ramaswamy Iyer, the then Diwan of Travancore, who invited promoters from across the border, Seshasayee Brothers,who also promoted FACT, TCC and Forest Industries, besides ALIND, with a visionary MD, Sri BVD Menon, who picked up one of the best talents in the country, Sri VGG Nayar as GM and a marketing luminary Sri Peer Mohammed. Thereafter it was a story of continuous growth, with vertical integration of Products & The Second Home

Projects, into a Multi Product, Multi State, Multinational Company.

And What a FALL!

But ALAS! As the proverb goes, all good, things come to an end! With the abolition of the Managing Agency System during’80s, Seshasayee Bros. had to leave, since they did not have the necessary financial control of the company, leaving the management to a senile Board. Thereafter there was no strategic planning and resulting in stagnation of growth signaling downfall.

This coupled with lack of any initiave from the State Govt., poor industrial climate of Kerala and labour militancy, many units had to be closed and ALIND was declared a “sick Company.” w

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t‑aP‑nwK‑n (k‑vIm‑ \‑nwK‑)v‑ GX‑m\‑pw hÀjs‑¯ {‑]hÀ¯‑n ]c‑nNbw a‑m{‑Xw e£ya‑n«‑ ps‑Im‑ ï‑v X‑nc‑ph\´]‑pc¯‑v F¯‑nb‑, a²yX‑nc‑phnX‑mwI‑qd‑pI‑mc\‑mb Fs‑¶ C‑u al‑m\Kc¯‑ns‑â `‑mKa‑mb‑n a‑md¯¡h‑n[w D‑uj‑vaf k‑vt\ ‑ l k‑ul‑rZ¯‑ne‑qs‑S \‑ni_‑vZ t‑{] ‑ cW \ÂI‑nb GX‑m\‑pw k‑pl‑r¯‑p¡f‑n Hc‑mf‑mb‑, s‑k¡³U‑v t‑lm‑ a‑ns‑â FU‑näÀ Ø‑m\w ]X‑ns‑\m‑ ¶‑mw Xh‑ Wb‑pw h‑nPbIca‑mb‑n t‑Xm‑ f‑nt‑eä‑nb Fs‑â k‑pl‑r¯‑v A¿¸s‑â Bhiyw‑, X‑nI¨‑pw A\ya‑mb‑nc‑p¶ X‑nc‑ph\´]‑pc¯‑p h¶‑v Hc‑p hyà‑nb‑n X‑pS§‑nb {‑]Ø‑m\w Gg‑p i‑mJIf‑ne‑mb‑n \‑nch[‑n kl{‑]hÀ¯Is‑c DÄs‑¡m‑ ï‑ps‑Im‑ ï‑v C¶s‑¯ \‑neb‑nt‑e¡‑v hfÀ¶‑ph¶X‑ns‑â "clky]ÀÆw' s‑k¡³U‑v t‑lm‑ a‑n\‑p t‑hï‑n H‑mÀ½¡‑pd‑n¸‑mb‑n Fg‑pX‑pI F¶X‑mW‑v. Bh‑pwh‑n[w {‑ia‑n¨‑p,‑ k‑pl‑rs‑¯,‑ X‑m¦t‑fm‑ S‑pÅ FÃ‑m k‑ul‑rZk‑v]µ\§t‑fm‑ S‑pw I‑qS‑n R‑m\‑nX‑p A§s‑b Ge‑v]n‑ ¡‑p¶‑p. hÀjw 1989. CX‑n\‑p a‑p³]‑,v‑ X‑nc‑ph\´]‑pcw Iï‑n«nÃ‑m¯‑, {‑Km‑ a¯‑n P\‑n¨‑,v‑ {‑Km‑ a‑m´c‑o£¯‑n hfÀ¶‑,v‑ t‑Im‑ «bs‑a¶ s‑Im‑ ¨‑p ]«W¯‑n s‑aU‑n¡Â h‑nZ‑ym`‑ymkw ]‑qÀ¯‑nb‑m¡‑nb Hc‑p k‑m[‑mcW t‑Um‑ I‑vSÀ‑, I‑pS‑pw_h‑pa‑mb‑n a‑p³]c‑nNba‑nà - m‑ ¯ X‑nc‑ph\´]‑pc¯‑v GX‑m\‑pw hÀjs‑¯ t‑kh\w a‑m{‑Xa‑pt‑±i‑n¨‑ps‑Im‑ ï‑v t‑Nt‑¡d‑p¶‑p. R§f‑ps‑S s‑Nd‑nb I‑pS‑pw_¯‑n R‑m\‑pw `‑mcyb‑pw‑, Gg‑pw \‑me‑pw hbÊ‑pÅ cï‑p s‑]¬a¡f‑pw a‑m{‑Xw. X‑nc‑ph\´]‑pcs‑¯ {‑]Ya k‑n.ä‑n.‑, AÄ{‑Sm‑ k‑uï‑v k‑vIm‑ \‑nwK‑v s‑kâd‑mb "{‑Sn‑ h‑m³{‑Uw k‑vIm‑ ³ Bâ‑v d‑nkÀ¨‑v s‑kâd‑nÂ' I¬kÄ«â‑v t‑dU‑nt‑bm‑ fP‑nÌ‑mb‑n t‑Pm‑ e‑nb‑n {‑]t‑h i‑n¡‑pt‑¼m‑ Ä‑, Cc‑p]¯‑n\‑me‑p hÀj§Ä¡‑p t‑ijw C¯cs‑am‑ c‑p H‑mÀ½¡‑pd‑n¸‑v Fg‑pt‑Xï‑nhc‑ps‑a¶‑v {‑]X‑o£‑n¨‑nc‑p¶t‑Xb‑nÃ.

I‑mcWw X‑nc‑ph\´]‑pcw F¶ \Kc¯‑n i‑nj‑vSP‑oh‑nXw Xf¨‑nS‑m³ B{‑Kl‑n¨‑nc‑p¶‑ns‑öX‑pXs‑¶. s‑Xm‑ g‑n ]c‑nNbw t‑\S‑nb t‑ijw P\‑n¨X‑pw ]T‑n¨X‑pa‑mb \‑m«‑n t‑Pm‑ e‑nb‑pw P‑oh‑nXh‑pw X‑pSc‑m\‑mb‑nc‑p¶‑p B{‑Klw. F¶‑m h‑n[‑naXw ad‑n¨‑mb‑nc‑p¶‑p.

A¶s‑¯ X‑nc‑ph\´]‑pcw C¶‑p I‑mW‑p¶X‑n \‑n¶‑pw Gs‑d hyXyk‑vXa‑mb‑nc‑p¶‑p. R§Ä X‑makw X‑pS§‑nb

i‑mk‑vXawKew h‑r¯‑nb‑pÅX‑pw‑, i‑m´a‑mbX‑pa‑mb Øew Xs‑¶b‑mb‑nc‑p¶‑p. h‑ml\§Ä H‑mS‑n¡‑ph‑m³ _‑p²‑na‑p«‑ p t‑Xm‑ ¶‑n b‑nc‑p¶‑nÃ. s‑Xc‑ph‑pIÄ a‑pd‑n¨‑p IS¡‑ph‑m³ a‑n\‑nä‑pIÄ I‑m¯‑p \‑nÂt‑¡ï‑nb‑pw h¶‑nc‑p¶‑nÃ. ]¨¸‑p\‑ndª {‑]i‑m´ k‑pµca‑mb Hc‑p a‑pJa‑pï‑mb‑nc‑p¶‑p X‑nc‑ph\´]‑pc¯‑n\‑v A¶‑v. t‑dm‑ U‑pIÄ C¶s‑¯t‑¸m‑ s‑e B[‑p\‑nIa‑mb‑nc‑ps‑¶¦‑ne‑pw h‑ml\¯‑nc¡‑v A\‑p`hs‑¸«‑nc‑p¶‑nÃ. k‑uIcya‑mb‑n I‑md‑pIÄ ]‑mÀ¡‑v s‑Nb‑vXv‑ t‑£{‑XZÀi\w \S¯‑ms‑a¶‑p a‑m{‑Xa‑mb‑nc‑p¶‑nà {‑io‑ ]Z‑va\‑m` k‑zm‑ a‑ns‑b s‑Xm‑ g‑m³ \‑oï I‑yqh‑n I‑m¯‑p\‑nÂt‑¡ï‑nb‑pw h¶‑nc‑p¶‑nÃ. s‑k{‑It‑«d‑nt‑bä‑n\‑p a‑p³]‑n C¶‑p I‑mW‑p¶X‑p t‑]m‑ s‑eb‑pÅ t‑Im‑ e‑mle§Ä H¶‑pw CÃ‑mb‑nc‑p¶‑p. a‑me‑n\y ¡‑q¼‑mc§f‑ps‑S Z‑pÀKÔw \‑nc¯‑pIf‑n X‑nI¨‑pw A\ya‑m b‑nc‑p¶‑ps‑h¶‑pXs‑¶ ]db‑mw. \‑na‑ vt‑ \‑m¶Xa‑mb `‑qXe {‑] I‑rX‑nb‑m A\‑p{‑Kl‑oXa‑mb C‑u \Kcw Hc‑p ag s‑]b‑vXp‑ Ig‑nª‑m I‑pf‑n¨‑v Hc‑p k‑pµc‑n¡‑p«‑ nb‑mb‑n a‑md‑nb‑nc‑n¡‑pw.

B[‑p\‑nI k‑n\‑na‑mi‑meIt‑fm‑ ,‑ t‑jm‑ ¸‑nwK‑v a‑mf‑pIt‑fm‑ CÃ‑m X‑nc‑p¶ B I‑me¯‑pw CÃ‑mb‑vab‑ps‑S hÃ‑mb‑va s‑XÃ‑pt‑a A\‑p`hs‑¸«nc‑p¶‑nÃ. s‑Im‑ Ã‑pw‑, s‑Im‑ eb‑pw‑, ]‑nS‑n¨‑p]d‑nb‑pw, s‑Im‑ e]‑mXIw k‑ma‑qlyh¡c‑n¡s‑¸« s‑Im‑ «t‑j³ kwL-§f‑pw \‑ndª Hc‑p ka‑qlw R§Ä¡¶‑v k¦Â¸‑n¡‑m³t‑]m‑ e‑pw Ig‑nª‑nc‑p¶‑nÃ. I‑qS‑ms‑X h‑nh‑n[§f‑mb b‑m{‑Xm‑ k‑uIcy§f‑pw h‑nZ‑ym`y‑mk k‑mwk‑v¡m‑ c‑nI aÞe§f‑ns‑e a‑nIh‑pw‑, k‑m²yXIf‑pw Hc‑p {‑]t‑XyI BIÀjWw Xs‑¶b‑mb‑nc‑p¶‑p. N‑pc‑p¡¯‑n R§Ä X‑nc‑ph\´]‑pcs‑¯ t‑kv\ ‑ l‑n¡‑ph‑m\‑pw k‑z´w \‑ms‑S¶t‑]m‑ s‑em‑ c‑p {‑]X‑oX‑n Ad‑nb‑ms‑X t‑_m‑ [aÞe¯‑n I‑pS‑nt‑bd‑m\‑pa‑nSb‑mb‑n. C‑u \‑mS‑ns‑â {‑]I‑rX‑nb‑pw kwk‑vIm‑ ch‑pw s‑\©‑nS‑n¸‑ps‑aÃ‑mw DÄs‑¡m‑ Å‑m³ a\¸‑qÀÆa‑ms‑bm‑ c‑p {‑iaw Bhiya‑mb‑nc‑p¶‑nà F¶‑p k‑mcw.

Fs‑â k‑vs]js‑se ‑ t‑kj³ Ct‑aP‑nwK‑v (Scan‑) Bb‑nc‑p¶-Xn‑ \‑me‑pw A¡‑me¯‑v k‑vIm‑ \‑nwK‑v Ø‑m]\§Ä h‑ncfa‑mb‑nc‑p¶X‑n\‑me‑pw s‑Xm‑ g‑n cwK¯‑v Ht«‑sd‑ \à _豈 k‑rj‑vSn‑ ¡‑m\‑pw‑, \‑ne\‑nÀ¯‑m\‑pw Ig‑nª‑nc‑p¶‑p. k‑pl‑r¯‑p¡ f‑ps‑S t‑{] ‑ cWb‑pw s‑Xm‑ g‑n cwKs‑¯ N‑ne A\‑nh‑mcXIf‑pw \‑na‑n¯w k‑z´a‑ms‑bm‑ c‑p AÄ{‑Sm‑ k‑uï‑v k‑vIm‑ \‑nwK‑v s‑kâÀ

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X‑pS§‑m\‑pÅ Dt‑¯P\w e`‑n¨‑p. A§s‑\,‑ a‑mX‑rØ‑m]\¯‑ns‑â t‑a[‑mh‑nb‑ps‑S A\‑ph‑mZt‑¯m‑ s‑S,‑ s‑aU‑n¡Â t‑Im‑ t‑fP‑n\‑p ka‑o]w ]‑pX‑p¸Å‑n s‑eb‑v\n‑ s‑e h‑mSI h‑o«‑ n 1991 \hw_À 22þ\‑v Hc‑p a‑pd‑nb‑n HX‑p§‑p¶ "k‑vIm‑ ³ l‑uk‑'v‑ F¶ Hc‑p s‑Nd‑nb kwcw`¯‑n\‑v Fs‑â A½ \‑neh‑nf¡‑p s‑Im‑ f‑p¯‑n X‑pS¡w I‑pd‑n¨‑p. h‑o«n X‑pS§‑nb {‑]Ø‑m\w BbX‑n\‑m "‑ k‑vIm‑ ³ l‑uk‑'v‑ F¶‑v \‑maIcWw s‑Nb‑vXp‑ s‑h¦‑ne‑pw‑, AN‑nt‑cW AX‑n\‑v R‑m\‑pa‑mb‑pÅ _Ôw hyàa‑m¡‑p¶X‑n\‑v t‑Um‑ . t‑Km‑ ]‑n\‑mY‑vkv‑ Ubt‑ám‑ Ì‑nI‑v kÀÆ‑okk‑v F¶ t‑]c‑n I‑qS‑n Ad‑nbs‑¸SWs‑a¶‑v k‑pl‑r¯‑p¡f‑mb t‑Um‑ I‑vSÀa‑mc‑pw‑, _Ô‑p¡f‑pw \‑nj‑v¡Àj‑n¡‑pIb‑pï‑mb‑n. C‑u Hc‑p t‑]c‑nS Fs‑â D¯ch‑mZ‑nX‑zh‑pw‑, ISab‑pw s‑Xm‑ g‑n {‑]X‑n_²Xb‑pw FÃ‑mw A¶‑pw‑, C¶‑pw Fs‑¶ H‑mÀ½s‑¸S‑p¯‑ns‑¡m‑ t‑ïb‑nc‑n ¡‑p¶‑p. Bcw`¯‑n k‑vIm‑ ³ s‑Nb‑vXv‑ d‑nt‑¸m‑ À«v R‑m³ Xs‑¶ s‑sI ‑ s‑Im‑ ï‑v Fg‑pX‑ns‑¡m‑ S‑p¡‑pIb‑mb‑nc‑p¶‑p s‑Nb‑vXn‑ c‑p¶X‑v.

F¶‑m k‑vIm‑ \‑nwK‑n\‑v F¯‑p¶hc‑ps‑S F®w I‑qS‑nbt‑¸m‑ Ä kl[À½‑nW‑nb‑pw Fs‑¶ kl‑mb‑n¡‑ms‑\¯‑n. R‑m³ k‑vIm‑ ³ s‑Nb‑vXv‑ d‑nt‑¸m‑ À«v ]dª‑p s‑Im‑ S‑p¡‑pIb‑pw `‑mcy At‑¸m‑ Ä Xs‑¶ Fg‑pX‑n FS‑p¡‑pIb‑pa‑mb‑nc‑p¶‑p ]X‑nh‑v. C§s‑\b‑pÅ d‑nt‑¸m‑ À«n§‑n\‑v N‑ne t‑\«§Ä Dï‑mb‑nc‑p¶‑p. XÂkab d‑nt‑¸m‑ À«n§‑v a‑qew bY‑mÀY k‑vIm‑ ³ h‑nhc§Ä t‑Nm‑ À¶‑v t‑]m‑ I‑ms‑X At‑¸m‑ Ä Xs‑¶ t‑cJs‑¸S‑p¯‑p¶‑p. ad‑n¨‑mb‑mÂ‑, H‑mÀ½b‑n \‑n¶‑pw d‑nt‑¸m‑ À«‑pIÄ Fg‑pX‑ns‑¡m‑ S‑pt‑¡ï‑n ht‑¶s‑\. as‑äm‑ c‑p t‑\«w‑, ]c‑nt‑im‑ [\ Ig‑nb‑pt‑¼m‑ įs‑¶ D]t‑`m‑ à‑mh‑n\‑v d‑nt‑¸m‑ À«v \ÂI‑ph‑m\‑pw Ig‑nª‑nc‑p¶‑p. C‑uh‑n[ k‑uIc§Ä a‑qew I‑qS‑pX t‑cm‑ K‑nIÄ k‑vIm‑ \‑nwK‑n\‑mb‑n F¯‑n¯‑pS§‑n. h‑o«‑ n X‑pS§‑nb C‑u kwcw`¯‑n a¡f‑pw Ahc‑ps‑S ]¦‑mf‑n¯w Gs‑äS‑p¡‑pIb‑pï‑mb‑n. t‑cm‑ K‑nIÄ¡‑v I‑pS‑n¡‑m\‑pÅ s‑hÅw‑, K‑vfm‑ k‑v F¶‑nh ]‑qa‑pJ¯‑v hb‑v¡p‑ I‑, k‑vIm‑ \‑nwK‑n\‑v _‑p¡‑p s‑N¿‑p¶hc‑ps‑S t‑]c‑pIÄ Fg‑pX‑nhb‑v¡p‑ It‑bm‑ ,‑ H‑mÀ½b‑n k‑q£‑n¨‑ph¨‑v Fs‑¶ Ad‑nb‑n¡‑pIt‑bm‑ s‑N¿‑pI F¶X‑v Ahc‑ps‑S Uyq‑«nb‑ps‑S `‑mKa‑mb‑n¯‑oÀ¶‑p. P\t‑däd‑nÂ

F® Hg‑n¡‑pI‑, AX‑v {‑]hÀ¯‑n¸‑n¡‑m³ kl‑mb‑n¡‑pI F¶‑nhb‑ne‑pw AhÀ X‑mÂ]cyw FS‑p¯‑pX‑pS§‑n. A§s‑\ k‑vIq‑ f‑n t‑]m‑ I‑p¶X‑ns‑\m‑ ¸w s‑Xm‑ g‑ne‑n Fs‑¶ kl‑mb‑n¡‑p¶ Hc‑p kwk‑v¡m‑ ch‑pw R§f‑ps‑S s‑Nd‑nb I‑pS‑pw_¯‑n \‑ne\‑n¶‑n c‑p¶‑p. N‑pc‑p¡¯‑nÂ‑, R§f‑ps‑S C‑u Ff‑nb {‑]Ø‑m\w Hc‑p I‑pS‑pw_kwcw`a‑mb‑n a‑md‑pIb‑mb‑nc‑p¶‑p. Bcw`¯‑n C¶s‑¯t‑¸m‑ s‑e Hc‑p Ø‑m]\ka‑p¨bw s‑I«n¸S‑p¡Ws‑a¶ t‑am‑ ls‑am‑ ¶‑pw Dï‑mb‑nc‑p¶‑nÃ. F¶‑m R§fd‑nb‑ms‑X R§t‑fm‑ s‑Sm‑ ¸w The Second Home

{‑]Ø‑m\h‑pw hfc‑pIb‑mb‑nc‑p¶‑p. k‑vIm‑ \‑nwK‑n\‑v Bl‑mcw Ig‑n¡‑ms‑X hc‑p¶ t‑cm‑ K‑nIÄ¡‑v aä‑p cà]c‑nt‑im‑ [\If‑pw Bhiya‑mb‑nc‑p¶‑p. Hc‑p e‑m_‑p I‑qS‑n X‑pS§‑m\‑pÅ t‑{] ‑ cW t‑Um‑ I‑vSÀa‑mc‑n \‑n¶‑pw, t‑cm‑ K‑nI f‑n \‑n¶‑pw Dï‑mb‑ns‑¡m‑ ï‑nc‑p¶X‑n\‑mÂ‑, Hc‑p s‑Nd‑nb e‑m_‑pw X‑pSÀ¶‑v X-rayb‑pw, C.k‑n.P‑n.b‑pw aä\‑p_Ô ]c‑nt- i ‑ m‑ [\‑mk‑uIcy§f‑pw Hc‑pt‑¡ïX‑mb‑nh¶‑p. F¶‑m C‑u I‑meL«¯‑ns‑eÃ‑mw ]c‑nt‑im‑ [\‑m^e¯‑ns‑â I‑mcy¯‑ne‑pw aä‑p t‑kh\§f‑ne‑pw I‑rXyXb‑pw D¶X \‑neh‑mch‑pw ]‑peÀ¯Ws‑a¶‑v R§Ä¡‑v \‑nÀ_Ôa‑pï‑mb‑nc‑p¶‑p. Hc‑n¡e‑pw e‑m`\j‑vS§Ä IW¡‑pIq«‑n {‑]Ø‑m\s‑¯ \b‑n¡‑m³ R§Ä X¿‑md‑mb‑nc‑p¶‑nÃ. ad‑n¨‑v k‑z´w s‑Xm‑ g‑n AX‑ns‑â FÃ‑m ]c‑n]‑mh\Xb‑pw‑, D¯ch‑mZ‑nX‑zh‑pw I‑m¯‑pk‑q£‑n¨‑ps‑Im‑ ï‑v k‑ma‑qly{‑]X‑n_²Xt‑bm‑ s‑S s‑Nb‑vXp‑ X‑oÀ¡‑pI F¶X‑v Hc‑p {‑hX ‑ a‑mb‑n¯s‑¶ R§Ä Iï‑nc‑p¶‑p. FÃ‑m ]c‑nt‑im‑ [\If‑pw Gs‑äS‑p¡‑pI F¶X‑n\‑p]c‑n s‑N¿‑p¶ t‑Pm‑ e‑nIÄ \à \‑neb‑n AÀ¸W at‑\m‑ `‑mht‑¯m‑ s‑S s‑Nb‑vXp‑ X‑oÀ¡‑pI F¶X‑mW‑v F¶‑pw R‑m³ I‑m¯‑pk‑q£‑n¡‑p¶ \‑nj‑vT. CX‑p a‑m{‑Xaà R‑m³ _Ôs‑¸«nc‑p¶ Hc‑p t‑hZ‑nb‑ne‑pw Fs‑â s‑Xm‑ g‑ne‑nt‑\t‑bm‑ {‑] Ø‑m\s‑¯t‑bm‑ {‑]t‑am‑ «‑v s‑Nb‑vXv‑ hfÀ¯‑m\‑pÅ Hc‑p CS a‑mb‑n Iï‑nc‑p¶‑nÃ. CX‑v Fs‑â Hc‑p s‑\Kä‑oh‑v hia‑mb‑n k‑pl‑r ¯‑p¡f‑n ]ec‑pw N‑qï‑n¡‑mW‑n¡‑pa‑mb‑nc‑p¶‑p. I‑mcWw‑, Hc‑mÄ¡‑p \ÂI‑m³ Ig‑nb‑p¶ t‑kh\§f‑pw AX‑ns‑â K‑pW\‑neh -- m‑ ch‑pw t‑kh\¯‑ns‑â {‑]t‑XyIXIf‑pw ka‑qls‑¯ Ad‑nb‑n¡‑p¶X‑n\‑pÅ ISat‑bm‑ D¯ch‑mZ‑nX‑zt‑am‑ Hc‑p s‑Xm‑ g‑n s‑N¿‑p¶ Bf‑n\‑v Ds‑ï¶‑mb‑nc‑p¶‑p Ahc‑ps‑S h‑mZw. CX‑v ic‑n b‑mb h‑mZKX‑nb‑ms‑W¶‑v F\‑n¡‑p t‑Xm‑ ¶‑n¯‑pS§‑nbX‑v s‑sh ‑ I‑n b‑mb‑nc‑p¶‑p. I‑mcWw R§f‑ps‑S Ø‑m]\¯‑ns‑e AS‑nØ‑m\ k‑uIcy§Ä t‑\c‑n I‑mW‑m\‑nSb‑mb k‑pl‑r¯‑p¡Ä AX‑v {‑]t‑XyIw ]c‑maÀi‑n¡‑m³ X‑pS§‑n. A´Àt‑±i‑ob \‑neh‑mcw ]‑peÀ¯‑p¶ ]c‑nt‑im‑ [t‑\m‑ ]‑m[‑nIf‑pw, _l‑pP\ t‑kh\ c‑oX‑n If‑pw, ka‑m\ kwcw`Ic‑n \‑n¶‑pw hyXyk‑vXh‑pw F¶‑m DbÀ¶ \‑neh‑mcw ]‑peÀ¯‑p¶X‑pa‑mb‑nc‑p¶‑p. CX‑ns‑\Ã‑ma‑p]c‑n t‑cm‑ K\‑nÀ®b¯‑n\‑pÅ ]c‑nt‑im‑ [\If‑ns‑e k‑pX‑mcyX F¶‑pw I‑m¯‑pk‑q£‑n¡‑ph‑m³ Ø‑m]\¯‑n t‑Pm‑ e‑n s‑N¿‑p¶ kl{‑] hÀ¯It‑cm‑ S‑v \‑nj‑vIÀj‑n¨‑nc‑p¶‑p. s‑Xä‑pIÄ Dï‑mb‑m AX‑v h‑niIe\w s‑Nb‑vXv‑ X‑nc‑p¯‑pIb‑pw h‑oï‑pw A¯cw ]‑ngh‑pIÄ Dï‑mI‑mX‑nc‑n¡‑ph‑m\‑pÅ \S]S‑nIÄ k‑zo‑ Ic‑n¡‑pIb‑pw a‑m{‑X aÃ‑, t‑ae‑n s‑Xä‑pIÄ BhÀ¯‑n¡‑p¶‑ns‑ö‑v Dd¸‑phc‑p¯‑p ¶X‑n\‑pÅ \‑nc‑o£W \S]S‑nIf‑pw k‑zo‑ Ic‑n¨‑p. Hc‑p Ø‑m]\¯‑ns‑â \‑ne\‑n¸‑v AX‑pa‑mb‑n _Ôs‑¸«hc‑ps‑S {‑]hÀ¯\ s‑si ‑ e‑nb‑ne‑pw K‑pWt‑`m‑ à‑m¡f‑ps‑S h‑ni‑zm‑ kXb‑ne‑pw A[‑nj‑vTn‑ Xa‑ms‑W¶ kXyw a\Ê‑ne‑m¡‑ns‑¡m‑ ï‑pÅ Hc‑p \bw c‑q] s‑¸S‑p¯‑nb‑nc‑p¶X‑n\‑m AX‑v {‑]Ø‑m\¯‑ns‑â hfÀ¨b‑v¡v‑ hfs‑c kl‑mbIa‑mI‑pIb‑mW‑pï‑mbX‑v. ]T‑n¸‑pw {‑]m‑ t‑bm‑ K‑nI ]c‑ni‑oe\h‑pw t‑\S‑nb P‑oh\¡‑mc‑pw AXy‑m[‑p\‑nI ]c‑nt‑im‑ [t‑\m‑ ]‑m[‑nIÄ s‑Im‑ ï‑pw a‑m{‑Xw h‑nPbI‑ ca‑mb‑n Hc‑p kwcw`w \S¯‑m\‑mh‑pIb‑nÃ. Hc‑p {‑]Ø‑m\h‑pa‑mb‑n _Ôs‑¸« FÃ‑m hyà‑nIf‑pt‑Sb‑pw k‑vt\ ‑ lh‑ni‑zm‑ k§Ä t‑\ S‑m³ Ø‑m]\w \b‑n¡‑p¶hÀ¡‑v Ig‑nbWw. AhÀ k‑vt\l‑n ¡s‑¸S‑p¶‑p F¶‑pw‑, Ø‑m]\w AhÀ¡‑pt‑hï‑nb‑pw AhÀ Ø‑m]\¯‑n\‑p t‑hï‑nb‑pa‑ms‑W¶‑pw‑, t‑_m‑ ²ys‑¸S‑p¶ c‑oX‑n b‑ne‑pÅ Hc‑p {‑]hÀ¯\kwk‑v¡m‑ cw k‑rj‑vSn‑ s‑¨S‑p¡‑ph‑m³ t‑_m‑ []‑qÀÆa‑mb {‑iaw a‑mt‑\P‑vsa‑ â‑ns‑â `‑mK¯‑p \‑n¶‑pXs‑¶ Dï‑mt‑IïX‑mW‑v. CX‑v {‑]Ø‑m\¯‑ns‑â hfÀ¨b‑v¡v‑ X‑nI¨‑pw A\‑pI‑qea‑mb Hc‑p A´c‑o£w hfÀ¯‑n FS‑p¡‑m³ F¶‑pw kl‑mbIa‑mI‑pw. ]ck‑v]c _l‑pa‑m\¯‑ne[‑nj‑vT‑nXa‑mb Contd. on page: 62 25

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X‑mc\‑n_‑nU-am‑ b \½‑ps‑S "s‑Im‑ ¨‑pk - zImcyk‑uc- b - q‑ Y - '-¯n‑ s‑e Hc‑p {‑]a‑pJ - X‑mc - w‑ ,‑ X‑mc‑m] - Y - ¯ - n‑ s‑e Xs‑â 35 hÀjs‑¯ {‑]`‑m] - q‑ c - § - f‑pw‑ Xt‑am‑ K - À¯§f‑pw‑ D¡-IÄ (s‑Im‑ Å - n‑ a - o‑ ³‑) t‑]m‑ s‑e I¯‑n¯‑oÀ¶‑v h‑nk‑var‑ X - n‑ b - n‑ e - m‑ I‑mh - p‑ ¶ s‑Im‑ ¨‑pI - m‑ c - y‑ § - Ä hs‑c {‑i²‑m] - q‑ ÀÆ‑w t‑iJ-cn‑ ¨ - p‑ h - ¨‑v t‑Im‑ À¯‑nW-¡n‑ )‑ l‑rZ-bk - v] ‑ Ài-am‑ b c‑oX‑nb - n‑ Â‑, _‑rl-¯m‑ b Hc‑p I‑rX‑nb - n‑ e - q‑ s‑S Ah-Xc - n‑ ¸ - n‑ ¡ - p‑ I - b - m‑ W‑v Ch‑ns - S‑ . \½‑ps‑S Xs‑¶ X‑mc-aW - vU ‑ e - ¯ - n‑ s‑e Hc‑p h³X‑mc‑w as‑äm‑ c‑p k‑uc-bq‑ Y - ¯ - n‑ s‑e Hc‑p DÖ‑ze - X - m‑ c - ¯ - n‑ \‑v k½‑m\ - n‑ ¨ - p‑ s - I ‑ m‑ ï‑mW‑v C‑u I‑rX‑n s‑hf‑n¨ - ¯ - n‑ s - e ‑ ¯ - n‑ ¨ - X - v.‑ C‑u ]‑pk‑vXI - s - ¯ ‑ ¡ - p‑ d - n‑ ¨ - p‑ Å Ah-te ‑ m‑ I - \‑w \S-¯n‑ b - n‑ c - n‑ ¡ - p‑ ¶ - X‑v {‑io‑ _‑me - N - {- µ ‑ t- a ‑ t- \ ‑ m‑ t- \ ‑ t- ¸ ‑ m‑ s - e ‑ t‑bm‑ AX‑n\ - ¸ - p‑ d- t‑am‑ DÅ \‑nX‑yl - c - n‑ X - a - \ - Ê - n‑ \ - p‑ S- a - b - m‑ b \½‑ps‑S GR t‑N«-\m‑ W - v.‑ C‑u e¡‑w a‑pX \½‑ps‑S I‑pS‑pw‑ _ - ¯ - n‑ s‑e A‑wK-§f - p‑ s‑S {]ap-Jamb cN\-Is - f ‑ ¡ - p‑ d - n‑ ¨ - p‑ Å ]‑pk‑vXI‑m`‑n{‑]m‑ b‑w {‑]k‑n² - o‑ I - c - n‑ ¡ - p‑ ¶ - X - m‑ W - v.‑

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C´‑y³ k‑n\‑na- b‑v¡v‑ hbÊ‑v 100 Bb‑n. ae-bm‑ f k‑n\‑na- b‑v¡v‑ 85þD‑w. ae-bm‑ f - ¯‑ns‑â k‑z´‑w ]ß{‑io‑ Fk‑v. _‑me-N{- µ ‑ t- a‑ t- \ ‑ m‑ ³ Xs‑â 36 hÀjs‑¯ Ne-¨n‑ {- X ‑ k - ] - c‑y s‑hf‑nh - m‑ ¡ - p‑ ¶ Hc‑p a‑nI¨ t‑^m‑ t‑«m‑ {‑]ZÀi\‑w C¡-gn‑ ª \h‑w_ - À 30 i\‑nbmgvN I‑me¯‑v I\-I¡ - p‑ ¶‑v s‑Im‑ «‑mc- ¯ - n‑  sh¨p \S-¯n‑ . I‑qS‑ms- X ‑ ,‑ A¶‑v Xs‑¶ kÔ‑yb‑v¡v‑ b‑qW‑nt- h ‑ g- vk ‑ n‑ ä‑n s‑k\ä‑v l‑mf‑n t‑NÀ¶ he‑ns- b ‑ m‑ c‑p kZ-Ên‑ \‑v a‑p³]‑ms‑I {‑io‑ t‑at‑\m‑ ³ cN‑n¨ ""C¯‑nc‑n t‑\c‑w H¯‑nc‑n I‑mc‑yw‑ '' F¶ _‑rl-¯m‑ b {‑KÙ‑w \½‑ps‑S ¢º‑ns‑e as‑äm‑ c‑p A‑wK‑w I‑qS‑nb - m‑ b ]ß{‑io‑ a[‑p d‑ne‑ok‑v s‑Nb‑vXp‑ . k‑zo‑ IÀ¯‑mh‑v {‑io‑ I‑pa- m‑ c³ X¼‑n Bb‑nc- p‑ ¶ - p‑ . {ioa-Xn I-hnbqÀ s]m-¶½ - bpw tUm. tPmÀ-Pv Hm-W¡ - q-dpw B-iw-km-{]-kwK-§Ä \-S¯n. C‑u cï‑v NS-§p‑ I - Ä¡‑pw‑ k‑m£‑yw‑ hl‑n¡ - m‑ ³ F\‑n¡‑v Ig‑nª‑p. h‑ne-s¸ ‑ « C‑u ]‑pk‑vXI‑w h‑mb‑n¨ - t- ¸ ‑ m‑ Ä \Ã-t] ‑ m‑ s‑e IY ]d-bp‑ ¶ Hc‑p N§‑mX‑n I‑qS‑nb - m‑ W‑v {‑io‑ t‑at‑\m‑ ³ F¶‑v F\‑n¡‑v t‑_m‑ [‑ya- m‑ b‑n. ck-Ic- a- m‑ b F{‑Xs- b ‑ {‑X k‑w`-h§ - Ä‑!!‑ {‑]t‑Xy‑ I - n‑ ¨‑v b‑ms‑Xm‑ c‑p ]c‑nN - b - h‑pw‑ CÃ‑ms‑X 22þ‑mw‑ hb-Ên‑  a{‑Zm‑ k - n‑ s- e ‑ ¯ - n‑ b Hcp b‑ph‑mh‑v Xs‑â aÞe‑w k‑n\‑na Xs‑¶ F¶‑v X‑nc‑n¨ - d- n‑ ª - X‑pw‑ ]‑n¶‑oS‑v h‑nhn[ t‑aJ-eI - f - n‑  h‑nl-cn‑ ¨ - p‑ ï‑mb A\‑p`-h§ - f‑pw‑ C‑u ]‑pk‑vXI - ¯ - n‑  kc-ka- m‑ b‑n h‑nh-cn‑ ¨ - n‑ c- n‑ ¡ - p‑ ¶ - p‑ . Ne-¨n‑ {‑X c‑wK¯‑v IY‑, X‑nc-¡Y - ,‑ k‑w`‑mj - W - w‑ ,‑ k‑wh‑n[ - m‑ \ - w‑ ,‑ A`‑n\b‑w,‑ k‑wK‑oX k‑wh‑n[ - m‑ \ - w‑ ,‑ N‑n{‑X k‑wt‑bm‑ P - \ - w‑ ,‑ \‑nÀa‑mW - w‑ ,‑ h‑nX-cW‑w,‑ K‑m\‑me - m‑ ] - \‑w þ C{‑Xb‑pw‑ t‑aJ-eI - f- n‑  {‑]m‑ KÂ`‑yw‑ s‑Xf‑nb - n‑ ¨ {‑io‑ _‑me-N{- µ ‑ t- a‑ t- \ ‑ m‑ ³ h‑nhn[ Ie‑mh - à - `- \ - m‑ W - t- à ‑ m‑ . `‑mh‑n Xe-ap‑ d- b - v¡ ‑ p‑ Å At‑±l - ¯ - n‑ s‑â k‑w`‑mh - \ - b - m‑ b‑n C‑u {‑KÙ‑w h‑ne-bn‑ c- p‑ ¯ - s- ¸ ‑ S‑pw‑ . Z‑mZ‑mk - m‑ l - n‑ _‑v ^‑mÂt‑¡ Ah‑mÀU‑pw‑ h‑ni‑z`- m‑ c- X‑n kÀÆ-Ie - m‑ i - m‑ e-bp‑ s‑S "t‑Zi‑nt- I ‑ m‑ ¯ - a‑' _‑nc‑pZ- h‑pw‑ t‑\S‑nb {‑io‑ AS‑qÀ t‑Km‑ ]‑me - I - r‑ j‑vW³ C‑u ]‑pk‑vXI‑w "Hc‑p I‑me-L«- ¯ - n‑ s‑â I®‑mS‑n BW‑'v‑ F¶‑pw‑ "C´‑yb - n‑  as‑äm‑ c‑p `‑mj-bn‑ e‑pw‑ C§s‑\ H¶‑pï - m‑ b - n‑ «- n‑ Ã‑' F¶‑pw‑ Ba‑pJ - ¯ - n‑  t‑cJ-s¸ ‑ S- p‑ ¯ - n‑ b - n‑ c- n‑ ¡ - p‑ ¶ - p‑ . \½‑ps‑S ¢º‑ns‑e h‑yX‑yk - vX ‑ \ - m‑ b C‑u A‑wK-¯n‑ \‑v C\‑nb‑pt- a‑ s‑d t‑\«-§Ä Dï‑mI - s‑« F¶‑v \a‑p¡‑v Bi‑wk - n‑ ¡ - m‑ w‑ . C\‑n Fs‑â A`‑n{- ] ‑ m‑ b‑w Fg‑pX - s‑«: C‑u \à ]‑pk‑vXI - ¯ - n‑  H¯‑nc‑n I‑mc‑ya- à - m‑ ,‑ H¯‑nc‑n H¯‑nc‑n I‑mc‑y§ - f - p‑ ï - v.‑ w Sri. G.R. Nair (L-285), is the Chief Executive, Classic Agencies, Trivandrum.

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]e k‑m[‑mc - W - ¡ - m‑ c‑pw‑ Hc‑p k‑n\‑na- b - n‑ s - e ‑ m‑ ¶‑p a‑pJ‑w I‑mW‑n¨ - m‑  aX‑n A¶‑pa- p‑ X -  a‑mf-¯n‑ t- e ‑ b‑¡ v v‑ he‑nª‑v k‑zb‑w A]‑qÀÆ-a\ - p‑ j - y‑ c - m‑ b‑n c‑q]‑m´ - s - ¸ ‑ S- p‑ ¶ - X - m‑ W‑v \‑mw‑ k‑m[‑mc - W - b - m‑ b‑n I‑mW‑md - p‑ Å - X - .v‑ F¶‑m CX‑n\‑v X‑nI¨‑pw‑ Hc‑p A]-hm‑ Z- a - m‑ b‑n Hc‑p X‑nc‑ph - \ - ´ - ] - p‑ c - ¯ - p‑ I - m‑ c - ³ Ff‑nb \‑ne-bn‑  (AX‑v At‑±l‑w Ft‑¸m‑ g‑pw‑ X‑pd¶‑p ]d-bm‑ d - p‑ a - p‑ ï - )‑v hfÀ¶‑v ae-bm‑ f - ¯ - n‑ s‑e {‑]a‑pJ - X - m‑ c - § - f - n‑  Hc‑mf - m‑ b‑n a‑md‑nb - n‑ «‑pw‑ C¶‑pw‑ Xs‑â ]gb a\-Ên‑ \‑pw‑ k‑z`‑mh - ¯ - n‑ \‑pw‑ Hc‑p a‑mäh‑pw‑ hc‑p¯ - n‑ b - n‑ «- n‑ à - m‑ ¯ \½‑ps‑S {‑]n‑ b k‑pl‑r¯ - m‑ W‑v {‑io‑ aW‑nb - ³]‑nÅ c‑mP‑p. X‑nc‑ph - \ - ´ - ] - p‑ c - ¯‑pÅt‑¸m‑ s - g‑ m‑ s‑¡ a‑n¡ Z‑nh-kh‑pw‑ ¢º‑ns - e ‑ ¯ - p‑ ¶ c‑mP‑ph - n‑ \‑v FÃ‑mt‑]t‑cm‑ S‑pw‑ k‑ul‑rZ- a‑mW‑,‑v t‑em‑ l‑ya - m‑ W - ,‑v Cj‑Sv a - m‑ W - ,‑v FÃ‑mt- ] ‑ À¡‑pw‑ c‑mP‑ph - n‑ s - \ ‑ b‑pw‑ AX‑pt- ] ‑ m‑ s‑e Cj‑Sv a - m‑ W - .v‑ Xs‑â A\‑p`- h - § - Ä t‑Im‑ Às‑¯S- p‑ ¯ - v‑ "N‑nc‑n¨‑p N‑nc‑n¸ - n‑ ¨‑pw‑ '‑ F¶ ck-Ic - a - m‑ b ]‑pk‑X v I - ¯ - n‑  \‑n¶‑v ¢º‑v P‑oh‑nX - h‑pambpw ¢º‑ns‑e A‑wK-§f - m‑ b N‑ne k‑n\‑na - m‑ X - m‑ c - § - f - p‑ a - mbpw _Ô-ap‑ Å N‑ne k‑w`-h§ - Ä c‑mP‑p Xs‑¶ X‑nc-sª ‑ S- p‑ ¯‑v Ah-Xc - n‑ ¸ - n‑ ¡ - p‑ I - b - m‑ W‑v Ch‑ns‑S.

ep¦n-bpw _-\n-b\pw am-{Xw [-cn-¨v a-{Zm-kvþXn-cp-h\ - ´ - ] - p-cw s{Sbn³ bm{X

a{‑Zm‑ k - n‑  X‑mc‑m«‑v F¶ N‑n{‑X¯ - n‑ s‑â Uº‑n§ - n‑ \‑pw‑ aä‑pa- m‑ b‑n ]‑mw‑ t‑{K ‑ m‑ h‑v t‑lm‑ «-en‑  R‑m\‑pw‑ _‑me-N{- µ ‑ t- a‑ t- \ ‑ m‑ \‑pw‑ t‑hW‑p \‑mK-hÅ - n‑ b‑pw‑ I‑pd¨‑p Z‑nhk‑w X‑ma-kn‑ ¨ - n‑ c- p‑ ¶ - p‑ . t‑Pm‑ e‑ns - b ‑ Ã‑mw‑ ]‑qÀ¯‑nb - m‑ ¡‑n t‑hW‑p \‑m«‑nt- e ‑ ¡‑p X‑nc‑n¨ - p‑ . ]‑nt‑äZ- n‑ h - k - a- m‑ W‑v R§Ä¡‑p t‑]m‑ t‑cï - X - v.‑ X‑nc‑ph - \ - ´ - ] - p‑ c‑w s‑ab‑ne‑n ^Ì‑v ¢‑mk‑v S‑n¡-äp‑ ï‑,v‑ s‑sh ‑ I‑o«‑v Gg‑pa- W - n‑ ¡ - m‑ W‑v s‑{S‑ b‑n³. t‑at‑\m‑ ³ "k‑m' a«‑n H‑mt‑cm‑ ¶‑p s‑Nb‑vXn‑ c- n‑ ¡ - p‑ t‑¼m‑ Ä R‑m³ ]db‑pw‑ : ""t‑at‑\m‑ t‑\,‑ H¶‑p t‑hK-am‑ I - s‑«; s‑{S‑ b‑n³ ka-ba- m‑ I‑p¶ - p‑ . t‑hK‑w Cd-§m‑ w‑ . C‑u ka-b¯‑v _‑me-N-{‑µ-t‑a-t‑\‑m³ t‑dm‑ U‑ns - e ‑ m‑ s‑¡ \à {‑Sm‑ ^‑n¡ - m‑ b - n‑ c - n‑ ¡‑pw‑ .'' d‑qw‑ s‑ht‑¡ä‑v s‑Nb‑vXv‑ t‑Ìj\‑ns - e ‑ ¯ - p‑ t- ¼ ‑ m‑ Ä s‑{S‑ b‑n³ s‑as‑à \‑o§‑n¯ - p‑ S- § - n‑ . Gäh‑pw‑ ]‑pd-In‑  Iï t‑_m‑ K‑n N‑qï‑n t‑at‑\m‑ ³ ]d-ªp‑ . ""c‑mP‑p,‑ t‑hK‑w CX‑n Ib-dv.‑ AS‑p¯ t‑Ìj-\n‑ s - e ‑ ¯ - n‑ b - n‑ «‑v \a‑p¡‑v ^Ì‑v ¢‑mÊ‑n Ib-dm‑ w‑ .‑'' R‑m\‑pw‑ t‑at‑\m‑ \‑pw‑ B I¼‑mÀ«‑vsa‑ â‑n N‑mS‑n¡ - b - d‑n s‑]«‑ns‑bm‑ s‑¡ s‑h¨‑p. t‑\m‑ ¡‑pt- ¼ ‑ m‑ Ä I¼‑mÀ«‑vsa‑ â‑n aä‑mc - p‑ a- n‑ à - .

F\‑n¡‑v Bi‑zm‑ k - a- m‑ b - n‑ . Ae‑v]w‑ Ig‑nª‑p ]‑pd¯‑p t‑\m‑ ¡‑pt‑¼m‑ Ä B t‑_m‑ K‑n a‑m{‑Xw‑ \‑nÀ¯‑nb‑n«‑nc- n‑ ¡ - p‑ ¶ - p‑ . t‑\m‑ ¡‑pt- ¼ ‑ m‑ Ä a‑p¶‑n s‑{S‑ b‑n\ - n‑ s‑â Ah-km‑ \t‑_m‑ K‑nb‑pw‑ hfh‑p X‑nc‑nª‑p t‑]m‑ I‑p¶ - p‑ . B t‑_m‑ K‑n Ah‑ns‑S a‑mä‑nb - n‑ «- n‑ c‑p¶ - X - m‑ b - n‑ c- p‑ ¶ - p‑ . k¦S-

a‑mb - n‑ t- ¸ ‑ m‑ b - n‑ . X‑nc‑n¨‑v ]‑mw‑ t‑{K ‑ m‑ h - n‑  F¯‑nb - t- ¸ ‑ m‑ Ä Ah‑ns‑S d‑qs‑am‑ ¶‑pw‑ Hg‑nh - n‑ à - . ]‑ns‑¶,‑ as‑äm‑ c‑p t‑lm‑ «-en‑  d‑qs‑aS- p‑ ¯ - p‑ . ]‑nt‑äZ‑nh - kt‑¯¡‑p S‑n¡-än‑ \‑v GÀ¸‑mS‑pw‑ s‑Nb‑vXp‑ . AS‑p¯ Z‑nhk‑w Hc‑p t‑Pm‑ e‑nb - p‑ a- n‑ à - m‑ s‑X d‑qa‑ne - n‑ c - p‑ ¶ - t- ¸ ‑ m‑ Ä t‑at‑\m‑ ³ ]dª‑p: ""\a‑p¡‑v ]‑pd-s¯ ‑ m‑ s‑¡ H¶‑p Id-§n‑ h - ¶ - m‑ t‑em‑ .‑'' A§s‑\ R§Ä Hc‑p s‑eXÀ t‑jm‑ ¸‑ns - e ‑ ¯ - n‑ . Ah‑ns‑S _‑mK‑n\‑v d‑nU£³ s‑kb‑nÂ. \¼À t‑em‑ ¡‑v ]‑pX‑pX - m‑ b‑n h¶ ka-ba- m‑ W - v.‑ R§Ä H‑mt‑cm‑ _‑mK‑v h‑m§‑n. cï‑pw‑ GX‑mï‑v Hc‑pt‑]m‑ e - n‑ c- n‑ ¡‑pw‑ .

Xt‑e¶ - s‑¯ A_²‑w ]ä‑mX - n‑ c - n‑ ¡ - m‑ ³ ]X‑nh - n‑ e‑pw‑ t‑\cs‑¯ s‑db‑nÂt‑h t‑Ìj-\n‑ s - e ‑ ¯ - n‑ . R‑m³ X‑oh-ïn‑ b - n‑  Ib-dn‑ b - m‑  _\‑nb - \‑pw‑ e‑p¦‑nb - p‑ s - a‑ S- p‑ ¯‑v DS‑p¡‑pw‑ ; ]‑mâ‑vkp‑ w‑ jÀ«‑ps - a‑ m‑ s‑¡ aS¡‑n s‑]«‑nb - n‑  s‑h¡‑pw‑ . A§-s\ ‑ t‑b I‑nS-¶p‑ d- § - m‑ ³ ]ä‑q.

(B i‑oe-sa‑ m‑ s‑¡ a‑md‑n,‑ Ct‑¸m‑ Ä e‑p¦‑n D]-tb ‑ m‑ K - n‑ ¡ - m‑ d- n‑ Ã; a‑pï‑mW‑v ]X‑nh‑)v‑ . s‑{S‑ b‑n\ - n‑  Ibd‑n e‑p¦‑ns - b ‑ m‑ s‑¡ DS‑p¯ - p‑ . a‑p³]‑v s‑{S‑ b‑n\ - n‑  ]g‑vkv‑ ad¶ A\‑p`- h - a- p‑ Å - X - p‑ s- I ‑ m‑ ï‑v S‑n.-Sn‑ .C h¶‑v S‑n¡ä‑v I‑mW‑n¨ t‑ij‑w ]g‑vkp‑ w‑ S‑n¡-äp‑ s- a‑ m‑ s‑¡ s‑]«‑nb - n‑  s‑h¨‑v `{‑Za- m‑ b‑n ]‑q«‑n. ]‑peÀt‑¨ s‑{S‑ b‑n³ s‑Im‑ Ã-s¯ ‑ ¯ - m‑ d- m‑ b - t‑¸m‑ Ä t‑at‑\m‑ ³ ]dª‑p; ""F\‑n¡‑p s‑Im‑ ï‑v N‑ne Bhi‑ya- p‑ ï - v.‑ R‑m\‑nh - n‑ s‑S Cd-§p‑ w‑ .‑'' R‑m³ ic‑n F¶‑p ]d-ªn‑ «‑v h‑oï‑pw‑ I‑nS-¶p‑ d- § - n‑ . CSh F¯‑md- m‑ b - t- ¸ ‑ m‑ Ä {‑Us‑Êm‑ s‑¡ a‑mä‑n s‑dU‑nb - m‑ I - m‑ ³t‑hï‑n s‑]«‑n X‑pd-¡m‑ ³ t‑\m‑ ¡‑n; ]ä‑p¶ - n‑ à - . s‑]«‑nb - p‑ a- m‑ b‑n t‑at‑\m‑ ³ t‑]m‑ s‑b¶‑p a\-Ên‑ e - m‑ b - n‑ . s‑sI ‑ b‑n \b‑ms- s‑ ] ‑ k - b - n‑ à - . t‑hj‑w e‑p¦‑nb‑pw‑ _\‑nb - \ - p‑ w‑ . s‑{S‑ b‑n³ X‑nc‑ph - \-´] - p‑ c- ¯‑v F¯‑n. s‑{S‑ b‑n³ S‑n¡ä‑v t‑at‑\m‑ ³ s‑Im‑ ï‑p t‑]m‑ b

Sri. Raju (L-1691) is a leading actor of Malayalam Cinema.

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s‑]«‑n¡ - I - ¯ - m‑ b - n‑ t- ¸ ‑ m‑ b - n‑ . I‑p«‑n¡ - m‑ e - ¯‑v ¹‑mä‑vt^ ‑ m‑ w‑ S‑n¡-än‑ à - m‑ s‑X s‑db‑nÂt‑ht- Ì ‑ j - \ - n‑  t‑]m‑ b-Xn‑ \‑p s‑s^ ‑ ³ s‑Im‑ S‑pt- ¡ ‑ ï - n‑ h - ¶ - X‑n\‑p t‑ij‑w s‑db‑nÂt‑h t‑]m‑ e‑ok - n‑ s‑\ t‑]S‑nb - m‑ W‑v. BÄ¡‑ms‑cm‑ s‑¡ Cd-§n‑ t- ¸ ‑ m‑ I - p‑ w‑ h - s‑c s‑{S‑ b‑n\ - n‑ ¯s‑¶ Cc‑p¶ - p‑ . ]‑ns‑¶ s‑]«‑n Xe-bn‑  s‑h¨‑v Hc‑p N‑pa-«p‑ I - m‑ c- s- \ ‑ t- ¸ ‑ m‑ s‑e Cd-§n‑ . t‑Ìj\‑p ]‑pd¯‑p h¶-t¸ ‑ m‑ g- m‑ W‑v i‑zm‑ k‑w t‑\s‑c h‑oW-Xv.‑ H‑mt‑«m‑ ]‑nS‑n¨‑v

h‑o«‑ns - e ‑ ¯ - n‑ . Ah‑ns‑S \‑n¶‑v H‑mt‑«m‑ ¡ - q‑ e‑n s‑Im‑ S‑p¯ - p‑ . ]¯‑p aW‑n¡‑v t‑at‑\m‑ s‑â t‑^m‑ ¬ h¶‑p. ""Ft‑S s‑]«‑n a‑md‑nb - t- Ã ‑ .

F\‑n¡‑p X‑pd-¡m‑ ³ ]ä‑p¶ - n‑ à - ,‑ \‑n\¡‑pw‑ X‑pd-¡m‑ ³ ]ä‑nà - . \‑ms‑f s‑sh ‑ I‑o«‑v R‑m³ X‑nc‑ph - \ - ´ - ] - p‑ c- ¯‑v hc‑p¶ - p‑ ï - v.‑ At‑¸m‑ Ä s‑]«‑n Xc‑mw‑ .‑'' w

a-Wn-b³-]n-Å "jm\-hm-kv' cmPp

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e Øe¯‑v AX‑nY - n‑ I - s‑f h‑nf‑n¨ - p‑ h - c - p‑ ¯‑n A]-am‑ \ - n‑ ¡‑p¶ ]X‑nh‑pï‑v. Fd-Wm‑ I - p‑ f - ¯‑v Hc‑p ¢_‑pI - m‑ c - p‑ s‑S NS-§v.‑ e‑me‑p AeI‑vk,v‑ t‑hW‑p \‑mK-hÅ - n‑ ,‑ R‑m³ Hs‑¡ ]s‑¦S- p‑ ¡ - p‑ I - b - m‑ W - v.‑ k‑zm‑ K-X{- ] ‑ k - w‑ K - I - ³ ]d-ªp‑ X - p‑ S- § - n‑ . ae-bm‑ f - ¯ - n‑ s‑â Gäh‑pw‑ {‑]n‑ b-¦c- \ - m‑ b \‑mb-I³‑, IY‑m] - m‑ {- X ‑ § - f - n‑ e - q‑ s‑S P‑oh‑n¡‑p¶ {‑]n‑ b-s¸ ‑ « s‑\S‑pa- p‑ S- n‑ t- h ‑ W - p‑ h - n‑ \‑p k‑zm‑ K-Xw‑ . At‑¸m‑ Ä Xs‑¶ Bf‑pIÄ I‑qh‑n. At‑¸m‑ ĸ‑ns‑¶ \‑n§Ä s\Sp-ap-Sn thWp s‑¡Ã‑mw‑ {‑]n‑ b-s¸ ‑ « \‑n§-fp‑ s‑S {‑]n‑ b-¦c-\m‑ b ae-bm‑ f - ¯ - n‑ s‑e AX‑pe - y‑ \ - m‑ b \S³ C{‑Xb‑pw‑ ]dª‑v e‑me‑p Ae-Ivk ‑ n‑ t- \ ‑ m‑ S‑p t‑Nm‑ Z‑n¨‑p þ F´‑m t‑]c‑v? At‑¸m‑ Ä

e‑me‑p AeI‑vkv‑ h‑n\-b] - q‑ Àh‑w e‑me‑p AeI‑vkv‑ F¶‑p ]d-ªp‑ . M‑vlm‑ ,‑ e‑me‑p Ae-Ivk ‑ n‑ \‑pw‑ k‑zm‑ KX‑w. F¶‑n \‑n¶‑v Hc‑p I‑pk‑rX‑n Dï‑mI - p‑ s - a‑ ¶‑p Ic‑pX‑n Fs‑â t‑]c‑p ]d-bp‑ ¶ - X - n‑ \‑p a‑p³t‑] Bf‑pI - Ä N‑nc‑n X‑pS-§n‑ . At‑¸m‑ Ä k‑zm‑ KX‑w ]d-bp‑ ¶ Bf‑n\‑v a\-Ên‑ e - m‑ b - n‑ ,‑ Ch-s\ ‑ t‑´m‑ t‑Im‑ aU‑nb‑ps‑S Bf‑mW - v.‑ emep A-e-Ivkv ""ll‑m'‑ ' F¶‑p N‑nc‑n¨ - n‑ «- ,v‑ ""\‑n§s‑f s‑]m‑ «‑n¨ - n‑ c - n‑ ¸ - n‑ ¡ - p‑ ¶ \‑n§-fp‑ s‑S {‑]n‑ b \S³‑, F´‑m t‑]c‑v?''

R‑m³ Bf‑pI - Ä t‑IÄs‑¡ Dds‑¡ ]d-ªp‑ ,‑ ""j‑m\-hm‑ k‑'v‑ ' ""M‑vlm‑ ... j‑m\-hm‑ k - n‑ \‑pw‑ R‑m³ k‑zm‑ KX‑w ]d-ªp‑ s- I ‑ m‑ Å - p‑ ¶ - p‑ .‑'' At‑Xm‑ S- p‑ I - q‑ S‑n Bf‑pI - Ä I‑qh‑n {‑]k‑nU - â‑ns‑\ Cd-¡n‑ h - n‑ «- p‑ . w

"Hcp Ìïv I‑m_s‑d!'

X‑m

c‑m«‑v F¶ k‑n\‑na- b - p‑ s‑S ka-b¯ - p‑ X - s‑¶ R‑m\‑pw‑ t‑hW‑p \‑mK-hÅ - n‑ b‑pw‑ AS‑p¯ k‑pl‑r¯ - p‑ ¡ - f - m‑ b - n‑ . B kab‑w as‑äm‑ c‑p k‑n\‑na- b - p‑ s‑S j‑q«‑n§ - p‑ a- m‑ b‑n _Ô-s¸ ‑ «‑p R§Ä FdW‑mI - p‑ f - ¯‑p X‑ma-kn‑ ¡ - p‑ ¶ - p‑ . A¡‑me¯‑v F‑w.-Pn‑ .-td‑ m‑ U - n‑  Hc‑p t‑lm‑ «e‑n I‑m_-sd‑ b - p‑ ï - v.‑ R‑m\‑pw‑ t‑hW‑ph‑pw‑ I‑m_s‑d Iï‑n«- n‑ à - . t‑hW‑p t‑Nm‑ Z‑n¨‑p: ""C¶‑p {‑^o‑ b-tà ‑ . \a‑p¡‑v I‑m_s‑d I‑mW‑m³ t‑]m‑ b‑mt‑em‑ ?‑'' A§s‑\ s‑sh ‑ I‑n«‑v Gg‑p- a-Wn‑ t- b ‑ m‑ s‑S R§Ä I‑m_s‑d \S-¡p‑ ¶ t‑lm‑ «-en‑  s‑N¶‑p. I‑ps‑d ]S‑n Ibd‑n a‑pI-fn‑ s‑e l‑mf‑n F¯‑n. I‑pd¨‑p s‑Nd‑p¸ - ¡ - m‑ À thWp-\m-KhÅn Ah‑nS- h - n‑ s - S‑ b - m‑ b‑n Cc‑n¸ - p‑ ï - v.‑ a‑p³]‑n Hc‑p h‑n.-sF ‑ .]‑n t‑ai C«‑n«- p‑ ï - v.‑ Ah‑ns‑S Hc‑mÄ Cc‑n¡ - p‑ ¶ - p‑ . AS‑p¯‑v cï‑p It‑kc Hg‑nª p‑ I - n‑ S- ¸ - p‑ ï - v.‑ I‑m_s‑d \S-¯n‑ ¸ - p‑ I - m‑ c - ³ h¶‑v Fs‑¶b‑pw‑ t‑hW‑ph - n‑ s - \ ‑ b‑pw‑ B It‑kc - I - f - n‑  s‑Im‑ ï‑nc - p‑ ¯ - n‑ . A¡‑me - ¯‑p Xs‑¶ t‑hW‑p hfs‑c {‑]k‑n² - \ - m‑ W - v.‑ R‑m\‑pw‑ AX‑ym‑ h - i‑yw‑ Ad‑nb - s- ¸ ‑ «- p‑ X - p‑ S- § - n‑ .

R§-Ä H‑mt‑cm‑ {‑Un‑ ¦‑vkv‑ ]d-ªp‑ . AS‑p¯ - n‑ c - p‑ ¶ Bf‑ns‑\ ] c‑nN - b - s - ¸ ‑ «- p‑ . Ab‑mÄ Hc‑p kÀ¡‑nÄ C³k‑vs] ‑ I - vS‑ d- m‑ W - v.‑ U‑yq‑ «‑nb‑ps‑S `‑mK-am‑ b - m‑ W - t‑{X ‑ Ab‑mÄ Ah‑ns‑S h¶‑nc - n‑ ¡ - p‑ ¶ - X - v.‑ I‑m_s‑d \S-¯n‑ ¸ - p‑ I - m‑ À Bf‑p I‑qS‑pX -  hc‑m³ U‑m³k‑v s‑N¿‑p¶-Xn‑ \ - n‑ S- b - n‑ ³ - U‑m³k-sd‑ s-‑ ¡ ‑ m‑ ï‑v {‑Us‑Êm‑ s‑¡ Ag‑n¸ - n‑ ¨‑v \áX 28

{‑]ZÀi‑n¸ - n‑ ¡ - p‑ w‑ . AX‑v \‑nb-a¯ - n‑ s- \ ‑ X - n‑ c- m‑ W - v.‑ A§s‑\ Dï‑mI - m‑ X‑nc- n‑ ¡ - m‑ ³ kÀ¡‑mÀ \‑nt‑bm‑ K - n‑ ¨ s‑k³k-dn‑ M‑v Dt‑Zy‑ m‑ K - Ø - \ - m‑ W‑v C‑u kÀ¡‑nÄ C³k‑vs] ‑ I - vS‑ À. AX‑ps‑Im‑ ï‑pX - s‑¶ I‑m_s‑d I‑mW‑ms - \ ‑ ¯ - p‑ ¶ - h - À¡‑v Ab‑mt- f ‑ m‑ S‑v t‑Zj‑ya- m‑ W - v.‑ I‑m_s‑d X‑pS-§n‑ . H¶‑p- cï‑p k‑vta‑ m‑ Ä Ig‑n¨ - p‑ I - g- n‑ ª t- ¸ ‑ m‑ Ä kÀ¡‑nÄ C³k‑vs] ‑ I - vS‑ À t‑hW‑ph - n‑ t- \ ‑ m‑ S‑,v‑ ""\‑mK-hÅ‑n BÀ.-Fk - v.‑ I‑pd‑p¸‑ns‑â aI-\t‑Ã?‑'' t‑hW‑p hfs‑c h‑n\-bt- ¯ ‑ m‑ s‑S ""As‑X,‑ R‑m³ t‑hW‑p \‑mKh-Ån‑ b - m‑ W - v.‑ '‑ ' At‑¸m‑ Ä kÀ¡‑nÄ ]d-ªp‑ ,‑ ""R‑m³ \‑mK-hÅ‑n k‑md‑ns‑â Ì‑pUâ‑mW - v.‑ '‑ ' t‑hW‑p kÀ¡‑nf - n‑ \‑p s‑sI ‑ s‑Im‑ S‑p¯ - p‑ .

U‑m³k‑v XIÀ¯‑p \S-¡p‑ ¶ - X - n‑ \ - n‑ S- b - n‑  Hc‑p I‑mc‑yh‑pa‑nà - m‑ s‑X kÀ¡‑nÄ t‑hW‑ph - n‑ t- \ ‑ m‑ S‑v ]c‑p¡ - ³ i_‑vZ¯ - n‑  ]d-ªp‑ ,‑ ""\‑mKhÅ‑n BÀ.-Fk - v.‑ I‑pd‑p¸ - n‑ s‑â aIs‑\ R‑m³ CX‑n\ - I - ¯‑p {‑] X‑o£ - n‑ ¨ - n‑ à - .'' t‑hW‑p DSs‑\ X‑nc‑n¨ - S- n‑ ¨ - p‑ ,‑ ""\‑mK-hÅ‑n BÀ.-Fk - v.‑ I‑pd‑p¸ - n‑ s‑â i‑nj‑ys - \ ‑ - R‑m³ Ch‑ns‑S H«‑pw‑ {‑]X‑o£ - n‑ ¨ - n‑ à - .‑'' CX‑p t‑I«X‑pw‑ kÀ¡‑nÄ Ft‑´m‑ s‑Xd‑n ]d-ªp‑ . X‑pSÀ¶‑v Cc‑ph - c‑pw‑ ]c-kv] ‑ c‑w Fs‑´m‑ s - ¡ ‑ t‑bm‑ D¨-¯n‑  ]d-bp‑ ¶ - X‑p Iï‑p. ]‑n¶‑oS‑v R‑m³ IïX‑v t‑hW‑p Cc‑p¶ It‑kc- s- b ‑ S- p‑ ¯‑v kÀ¡‑nf - n‑ s‑\ AS‑n¨ - n‑ S- p‑ ¶-Xm‑ W - v.‑ I‑m_s‑d U‑m³kÀ \‑ne-hn‑ f - n‑ ¨‑ps‑Im‑ ï‑v AI-t¯ ‑ ¡‑v H‑mS‑n.- A-tX ‑ m‑ s‑S I‑mW‑nIf‑pw‑ FW‑oä- p‑ h - ¶ kÀ¡‑nf - n‑ s‑\ \Ãh®‑w s‑]c‑pa- m‑ d- n‑ . F§-s\ ‑ t‑bm‑ t‑hW‑ph - n‑ s- \ ‑ b‑pw‑ s‑Im‑ ï‑v Ah‑ns‑S \‑n¶‑v c£-s¸ ‑ «- p‑ . w The Second Home

SHORT STORY

S. Balachandran

As I read the short story in the E mail from Mr. Balachandran (who is my schoolmate in the junior class in the Model School, Trivandrum ) I couldn’t believe that it was from the same person, but may be a loco-pilot by the same name. The visualization was so realistic that I thought it was an autobiographical narration of a loco-pilot. But we do not have such a member in the club. I immediately rang up Balachandran, verified myself and congratulated him. An original piece of beautiful imagination and narration. I still remember an incident witnessed and narrated by Sri. Radhakrishnan (co-brother of our (the late) S. Ramachandran Pillai) who was the Chief Engineer Southern Railway – the agony and helplessness of the loco-pilot who had to face ‘casually’ a desperado standing in the rail tracks, facing the approaching train, after bidding good bye to his own life!.

Yes, today I clocked my 36000

hour at the wheel.

15 years of alertness and vigil. The pride of having carried millions to their destination, safely, be it in rain, in shine or when biting wintry fog engulfed me.

My life has been tough, though. Getting a job in the Railways for this poor son of the Dockyards, in itself was an arduous task. Never had I imagined that the life I lead today would be mine. When struggling for the second meal of the day, to see Mom scratching the pot to fill seven souls would in itself fill up my stomach. Being the first born, I had to bear the brunt of the struggle, that was what I was told. But this was not a daily routine. Whenever one heard the loud hooting of the sirens and the lining up of the long trucks along the De Mello Road, one knew that hunger was going to be out of the house for a few days. The signs heralded the anchoring of another cargo ship, which meant handful of money for Dad and coworkers. The next few days would be for feasting and the bubbly. Mom would only be too glad to convert our roadside dining space into a full-fledged bar for Dad and his friends. The partying would go on till the early hours in the dawn. We kids didn’t mind, since the chicken, the beef and all the good food would find their way to our plates too. Mom would still be scratching the pots, not to trace any food, but to clean the grime, the next day.

Schooling was a luxury, not affordable to all in the shanties. By the time one got over one’s morning ebullitions, waiting in the queue to use the road-side comforts, it would always be late for school, in any case.

But yet, Father Rosario wouldn’t spare us kids. He would come every evening at the dotted hour, sit under the street lamp and make us read and write. He would wind up with prayers for us all. His tall, lean figure was th

a welcome one for us ghetto kids, more for the stories he used to tell and the snacks he used to bring along.

When Dad fell a victim to Union violence that day, little did I realize that the life we knew was going to change. Mom cried a lot that night. Even Father Rosario appeared concerned. The scratching of the pot, to trace food, became more frequent. The very same friends who came to party in the good times, became reclusive or plain abusive. As a teenager I wanted to work, but finding a job in that Unionized dons-infested Dockyard, was not easy.

Finally Dad and Mom decided to move out to another area in the suburbs, where he could find another job and she a Maid’s job. The income would be much less, but the peace of mind was what mattered. Father Rosario decided to take me into his fold. Reluctantly my parents agreed.

After all, it was one stomach less to feed.

The days in the church orphanage are remembered more for the warmth I received and the love that was shared, than the discipline and lessons taught. I also remember the traumatic wait in the cemetery when eight bodies were lined up for the last rites, crushed on the suburban pavement by a drunken driver, the previous night. The realization that I would never have to make those monthly visits to meet my parents and my kin in the suburbs was numbing. Yet, Father Rosario was there, wasn’t he? His reassuring hand on my sagging shoulder was a comfort.

When I was admitted to the Technical Institute for my Diploma, little did I realize that I would soon be bidding my final good bye to Father Rosario too. He did not even wait for me to return that day from the Institute, to tread back to his permanent abode with the Lord. The loss was much more traumatic. I barely managed to clear the

Sri. S. Balachandran (L-1624), CGM KSCB Ltd., is retired CGM and MD-in-charge, State Bank of Travancore.

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V. Suresh (R-0387) Paramount Photographers - Appointed as the Director SIPATA (South India Photographic & Allied Traders Association) for Kerala State.

Diploma course.

Then it was a struggle for survival. The Church had no way to take care of a boy already into his adulthood.

Even they didn’t know where I would go. The same Dock Yard Road was my only known shelter. Ten years had really changed the scene. The shanties were now double storied. Bengali speaking occupants were in almost all of them. I, with my church-educated sophistication, was surely unwelcome there. It took me days to get into one of the Punjabi Hotels flourishing in the area. At least it gave me shelter and food. The Institute had never said that a mechanic cannot work as a hotel bearer!

Years passed until that day when the regular customer whom I used to serve for the past few weeks, decided to be a bit friendlier. When he realized that I had a mechanical diploma in welding, he was only too glad to offer me a job in the Railway Yard where he had a contract job going.

The offer was irresistible. That night I brooded over it.

Suddenly it dawned on me that this was the same day Father Rosario had walked away. May be his soul was still watching over me. That realization convinced me that I should take up the new job.

The change was faster. The job got me closer to the Railway officials as well. I didn’t have to think twice when one of them offered a mechanic’s job in Western Railways.

I still remember the day I donned the blue uniform for the first time. The journey from a Mechanic to a Motorman,no, a Loco Pilot, was like a song. The officials were all very helpful and encouraging. May be Father Rosario was still watching over me.

That was 15 years back, to the dot. 36000 hours as an Engine Driver, no as a Loco Pilot. I have never repented this calling. 15 years of utter satisfaction. 36000 hours of accident-free ride in this Metro where over 2000 lives perish every year on the tracks. Maria and the kids were also proud of my record and grateful for the answer to my daily prayers. The sole survivor of a family crushed in a road accident,was repaying the society by ferrying thousands every day for 15 years to their destinations, 30

Ajith R (R-2920) S/o. Capt. T.K.R. Nair awarded Ph.D. Degree in Mechanical Engineering from University of Kerala.

safe. Certainly, Father Rosario has been watching over me. I closed my eyes for a moment in prayer and thanksgiving._________________ As I opened them, the apparition was there. The man was firmly grounded on the tracks. Right in the middle of the tracks, with a fixed halfsmile on his face. Were his eyes glazed? But they were steady. Did he wave at me? I yelled and yelled and hooted and honked. But he was not budging. “ My God! 36000 hours , and now this?”

But I knew the rules. I was not supposed to break suddenly and jerk out the bogies behind me into a pile up.

I also knew that I should not slow down, for that would make it more painful for the victim. I knew the rules, didn’t I? After all I have been a Loco pilot for 15 years. Closing my eyes, not caring to wipe the tears rolling down, saying a prayer, I speeded up the train. The muffled thud was louder in my heart than in my ears._______________________ God! After 15 years and 36000 hours of accident-free drive, my count starts afresh today. All over again. Will I last the next 15 years? The next 36000 hours? I was not sure. The apparition of the smiling, waving figure on the tracks would haunt me, won’t it, all through the coming years, all through the coming hours. Father Rosario!

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X¼n-bvs¡mcp Nc-a-KoXw Hä t‑\m‑ «-¯n‑  Hc‑p BP‑m\ - p‑ _ - m‑ l - p‑ h‑pw‑ K‑uc-h¡ - m‑ c - \ - p‑ a- m‑ b a‑p³ Dt‑Zy‑ m‑ K - Ø - {- ] ‑ a- m‑ W - n‑ . F¶‑m I‑qS‑pX -  AS‑p¡ - p‑ t- ¼ ‑ m‑ Ä t‑X§-bp‑ s‑S N‑nc« s‑]m‑ «‑n¨‑p Ig‑nª m‑  I‑n«‑p¶ - X - p‑ t- ] ‑ m‑ s - e ‑ b - p‑ Å a[‑pc - m‑ \ - p‑ `- h - w‑ . CX‑mW‑v Hä h‑mN-I¯ - n‑  \½‑ps‑S {‑]a‑pJ k‑o\‑nb - À k‑nä‑nk - ¬ t‑he-¸³ \‑mbÀ t‑N«³. Ig‑nª s‑k¡³U‑v t‑lm‑ a‑nÂ‑, h‑oS‑pI - f - n‑  t‑X§‑ms - h ‑ «- n‑ ¡ - p‑ ¶ - X - n‑ \ - p‑ Å ]¦-¸m‑ S- n‑ s - \ ‑ ¡ - p‑ d - n‑ ¨‑v R‑m³ Fg‑pX - n‑ b k‑w`-hI - Y - b‑¡ v v‑ Compliment‑ Bb‑n k‑z´‑w IZ-\I - Y þ AYh‑m t‑Ic-f¯ - n‑  k‑z´-am‑ b‑n Hc‑p s‑X§‑v F¦‑ne - p‑ a - p‑ Å "a‑pX-em‑ f‑n'‑ s‑b,‑ AYh‑m "¹‑mâs‑d'‑ t‑¸m‑ e‑pw‑ _‑m[‑n¡ - p‑ ¶ i\‑nZ- i - þ kc-ka - m‑ b Hc‑p Ih‑nX - b - n‑ e - q‑ s‑S ]‑mS‑nt- I ‑ ĸ‑n¡ - p‑ I - b - m‑ W‑v \‑na‑nj - I - h‑n _‑n. t‑he-¸³ \‑mbÀ AhÀIÄ. ]t‑£ "X¼‑nb‑¡ v v‑ Nc-aK - o‑ X‑w']‑mS‑nb - X - p‑ t- ] ‑ m‑ s‑e s‑X§‑pI - Ä¡‑v Nc-aK - o‑ X‑w cN‑n¡ - m‑ ³ hc-s«‑ ,‑ "\‑oc‑' DÂ]‑mZ- \‑w h‑ym‑ h-km‑ b - n‑ I AS‑nØ - m‑ \ - ¯ - n‑  X‑pS-§p‑ t- ¼ ‑ m‑ Ä Gäh‑pw‑ \à \‑mW‑yh‑nf - b - m‑ b - n‑ ,‑ \½‑ps‑S ]gb Ie‑] v h‑r£-§Ä hc-Zm‑ \ - a - m‑ b‑n X‑nc‑ns - I ‑ - e-`n‑ ¡ - p‑ w‑ ,‑ A[‑nI‑w X‑ma-ka - n‑ à - m‑ s‑X ..........

_‑n. t‑he-¸³ \‑mbÀ

t‑Ic-f-\‑m-S‑ns‑â a¡Ä \‑ms‑a-¦‑n-e‑p‑w‑,

X¼‑n-I-\‑n-s‑ªs‑â `‑qa‑n-b‑n Ib-d‑o«‑v s‑N‑m¶‑m³ \‑ndª l‑rZ-b-t‑¯‑ms‑S‑, h‑m§W‑w k‑mt‑d‑, s‑Xs‑§Ã‑m‑w \ÃX‑v A½b‑v¡‑p t‑hï‑n-\‑n- N-´-b‑n³ t‑X§.

C¯-c-¯‑n ]¯‑phc‑n-IÄ cN‑n-¡‑p-h‑m³ t‑N‑m-Z\‑w A¿-¸³k‑m-d‑ns‑â t‑eJ\‑w. s‑k¡â‑v t‑l‑ma‑ns‑â X‑oc‑p¶ X‑mf-X‑n k‑mÀI‑p-d‑n¨t‑«‑mc‑p t‑\c‑ns‑â h‑m¡‑p-IÄ.

]‑ns‑¶‑mc‑p I‑mc‑nb‑w t‑I«‑ms‑« k‑mt‑d C‑u s‑X§‑p-IÄ Ib-d‑pI Fs‑â a‑m{‑X‑w s‑X‑mg‑nÂ. \‑me‑v]-¯‑n-b©‑p Z‑n\-§Ä t‑NÀ¶‑n-S‑p-t‑¼‑mÄ X¼‑nb‑p-a-½‑nW‑o‑w `‑qa‑n-b‑n F¯‑nS‑p‑w s‑X§‑p-IÄ X‑n§‑p¶ R§Ä X³ `‑qa‑n-b‑n X¼‑n-X³ t‑kh\‑w s‑I‑mï‑p Xf‑nÀ¯-hÀ

t‑Ic-a-c-¯‑n\‑pSa-b‑mb‑v X‑oct‑à \‑n§Äs‑¡‑mc©‑md‑p s‑X§‑p-I-f‑p-s‑ï-¦‑n X‑oÀ¶‑p t‑]‑m‑w \‑n-§Ä X³ a\:Êa‑m-[‑m\‑w

]‑mX‑n-\‑q-ä‑m-ï‑n\‑p a‑p¶‑n-s‑e‑mc‑p \‑mf‑n Fs‑â Z‑pt‑c‑y‑m-K-¯‑n³ {‑]‑mc‑w-`-a‑m-b‑n-«‑v, hs‑¶s‑â a‑p¶‑n-e‑mb‑v \s‑Ã‑mc‑p k‑vt‑\l‑n-X³ H‑m^d‑mb‑n h¨X‑v s‑X§‑p-\‑n-d-s‑ª‑mc‑p `‑qa‑n \‑me‑v]X‑p s‑kâ‑n\S‑p-¯‑pï‑v h‑nk‑vX‑rX‑n A{‑X-b‑p-s‑a®‑w s‑X§‑p-a‑p-ï‑v. t‑I«-X‑n³ a‑pt‑¼ N‑mS‑n-h‑o-s‑W-¶‑ps‑S a¡-f‑n³XÅb‑m‑w A½‑n-W‑n-a‑mU‑w h‑m§W‑w A®‑m‑, XÀ¡-§Ä I‑qS‑ms‑X‑, I‑mcW‑w s‑X§‑p-IÄ X³ k‑m¶‑n²‑y‑w.

A§s‑\ BZ‑y-a‑mb‑v F³ P‑oh‑n-X-¯‑n³ s‑Xä‑mb U‑nk‑n-j³ R‑m³ As‑¶-S‑p¯‑p s‑Xs‑ä¶‑p t‑X‑m¶‑p-h‑m³ I‑me‑w ]‑nS‑n-¨X‑p I‑mcW‑w X¼‑n-X³ k¶² t‑kh-\‑w.

X¼‑n-X³ t‑kh\‑w F{‑X-a-l-s‑¯¶‑v F{‑Xb‑v¡‑p s‑N‑m¶‑me‑p‑w aX‑n-b‑m-I-b‑n-Ã‑, k‑mÀ A§s‑\ R‑m\‑p‑w‑, X¼‑nb‑p‑w X½‑n-e‑mb‑v D¶X k‑ul‑rZ‑w ]¦‑n«‑p Ig‑n-b-t‑h‑, X¼‑n-X³ k‑oa´ t‑a‑mf‑ps‑S Ic-s‑a‑mc‑p ch‑n-h¶‑p t‑h«X‑p XIÀs‑¯s‑â k‑u`-K‑w. ch‑n-¡¶‑p t‑hïX‑p k‑v{‑X‑o[-\-aX‑p t‑]‑ms‑e X¼‑n \b‑n-¡‑p¶ s‑X‑mg‑ne‑p‑w t‑hW‑w.

(C‑u U‑na‑mâ‑ns‑â Z‑qj‑y-§Ä‑, IÌ-aÀ t‑\c‑n-S‑m-³ ka-b-§Ä Gs‑d-s‑b-S‑p-¯‑nÃ‑)

""a‑ma\‑p ]I-ca‑m s‑X§‑p-IÄ Ibd‑n R‑m³ h‑o«‑ns‑e I‑mc‑y-§Ä t‑\c‑mb‑n t‑\‑m¡‑nS‑m‑w‑'' Contd. on page: 62

Sri. B. Velappan Nair (R-1694) is retired Tahsildar, Thiruvananthapuram.

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Our Fifty Years together

Shyamala Gopinath

What attracted me in this article is the frank and the forth right statement about their family life by Shymala Chehchi. Normally many of us have a tendency to hide or sugarcoat the unpleasant issues and present a picture perfect narration. The ups and downs, the good and bad times are there in every one’s life. In the case of marriage it is like pouring two liquids into a container. Some may dissolve into a solution, some other will remain as a mixture as per their mutual chemistry. But there is no escape normally. The effervescence will be confined to the container.

Here the author ends up with a sentimental note about the debt the children owe to their parents and if you are lucky they will keep that in mid and take care of you properly.

When I began my journey with my husband in 1963,

I never guessed how long we will be together. We have now crossed the fiftieth milestone in our journey together. For many of us in our families, marriage is an end in itself, but for we two, it was the beginning of a new relationship. The journey has to be continued whether we like it or not. It has to be accepted as a sacred bond. That was and is still the norm even today. We are simple ordinary persons, both in nature and character. We never attended any premarital counseling sessions, never tried to read books on marriage nor did we observe the other so called success couples.

We learnt to live together happily by experience, mostly by trial and error. We intentionally learnt to do things that would bring happiness back when life pulled it away. When things became tough and we didn’t know what to do, we tried to hang on there and try being there for each other.

Time has provided us several opportunities to reduce stress and overcome challenges. I recall the situations when my husband had to look out for a new job on 12 occasions, shifting our family on 10 occasions from one place to another, and all these when our three children were below 5 years. We shared our love, respect and joy. We tried to cultivate and maintain a healthy and vibrant relationship, apart from building up a positive mental attitude. We had realized from our very early days that trying to change the other is like pushing a rope -almost impossible. The better way would be to change ourselves.

We have had several crises in our life together misunderstandings among close family members, financial and health problems, and career losses for my husband due to various reasons, including the loss of our first baby

boy, whom my husband could not even see because of his heavy travel schedule. Such and other stormy situations, were opportunities for us to bring us closer together, which helped us to keep moving forward. I feel that it is out of pain that great marriages are produced. We have taken great care to ensure that our marriage is not derailed. We have enjoyed each other’s company, our disagreements are handled skillfully and we have strengthened our belief in forgiving and in our shared values.

As we move closer to our final destination, I have only two wishes; one, to pray to the Almighty to shower us with his blessings and secondly requesting our children to shower on us their love and affection. The next few lines were received by me from my daughter Lekshmi on our 50th wedding anniversary.

Only you two know, All that has gone into your marriage Or how many challenges you have faced.

But I know how much I love you, For all that you have done to stay together.

It could not have been easy, to keep your patience Your sense of humour, but you have always pulled through.

And in the process, you taught me a lot about the power of commitment, the importance of giving and how to get by in a less-than-perfect world.

I am very proud of you for that.

Children seldom understand the trials their parents face, the dreams deferred, or sacrifices made until one day when they are grown, with grown up choices too, and realize the debt they can’t repay. w

Smt. Shyamala Gopinath is the w/o Dr. P. Gopinath, our former President.

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Leila, My Little Angel What I noticed in Sara Kuruvilla is that she is at her poetic best when handling sentimental subjects. Earlier she had written a beautiful piece on her loving grandmother. And in this, she is donning the reversed role, that of an affectionate grandmother and expresses her unlimited affection and love for the cute little grandchild. When only I became a grandfather, I realized the pure sentimental attachment we have with the granddaughter. It is not a duty bound relationship as in the case of the parent - child interaction. It is hundred and one percent love and love only.

Sarah Kuruvila

I still remember the day my precious little angel was born. There was the usual suspense about the baby-a boy

holding them in my arms, cajoling and cuddling them endlessly.

or girl? In my heart of hearts I wanted yet another girl.

Leila, my little angel, you are four years old now, but to

And behold, I got a baby girl! The sight of you made me

me you are still my baby girl. Your simle, so innocent, en-

feel soft and light and warm. The duty nurse handed me

dearing and disarming melts even the sternest of hearts.

the bundle of joy – all pink and rosy and chubby. My

Out of the depths of my heart do I cry unto Thee O, Lord

heart throbbed when I held you in my arms. You, my lit-

to take care of my little girl, be with her and guide her as

tle baby, you were the cutest baby, I ever set my eyes on

she walks through the passage of life.

[I believe, all grandmothers feel that way].

This is a small poem I have for my little one.

The night you were born, I was bracing up to spend a

I am always here to understand you.

sleepless night as I did with your sister Yasmin. But what

I am always here to laugh with you.

a relief, you never troubled me at all. Once your stomach

I am always here to cry with you.

was full, you dozed off blissfully until your next feed. Yas-

I am always here to talk to you.

min was very fond and proud of you. She used to flaunt

I am always here to think with you.

her little sister before guests .

I am always here to plan with you.

I firmly believe that the greatest blessing on this earth is being a grandmother. Its pure joy to have the grand

Eventhough we might not always be together Please know I am always here to LOVE YOU. w

children around. Nothing gives me more happiness than

Ms. Sarah Kuruvila is w/o. Sri. N.O. Kuruvila, our former President and Secretary.

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Hg‑nb - m‑ ¯hs‑c Hg‑n¸ - n‑ ¡ - m‑ ³ ]c‑n¸ - p‑ h - S I‑o Pb‑.v ‑ b‑¡ v v‑ Hc‑p s‑a¼À IS-¶p‑ h - ¶ - p‑ . Ct‑±l - s - ¯ ‑ ¡ - p‑ d- n‑ ¨‑v  _‑md‑nt- e k‑pµ-ca- m‑ b Hc‑p IY-bp‑ ï - .v‑ ]X‑\ v o-kt- a‑ X - \ - m‑ b‑n Clubþ h¶‑v ]X‑nh - n‑ e‑pw‑ I‑qS‑pX -  2 s‑]K‑v Ig‑n¨ - n‑ «‑v h‑o«‑n F¯‑n X‑mt‑¡m‑  FS‑p¯‑v h‑oS‑ns‑â h‑mX‑n X‑pd-¡m‑ ³ F{‑X {‑ia‑n¨‑n«‑pw‑ X‑mt‑¡m‑  h‑mX‑ne - n‑ s‑â Z‑zm‑ c-¯n‑ t- e ‑ ¡‑v IS-¡p‑ ¶ - n‑ à - .

I‑pd-¨p‑ I - g- n‑ ª - t- ¸ ‑ m‑ Ä `‑mc‑y ]d-ªp‑ . ""t‑N«‑m X‑mt‑¡m‑  Xc‑q,‑ R‑m³ X‑pd¡‑mw‑ '‑ ' At‑¸m‑ Ä \½‑ps‑S k‑pl‑r¯ - n‑ s‑â ad‑p] - S‑n. ""FS‑o ]‑q«‑ns - â ‑ t‑bm‑ X‑mt‑¡m‑ e - n‑ s - â ‑ t‑bm‑ I‑pg-¸a- à - . \‑o B N‑pa-sc‑ m‑ ¶‑p XÅ‑n¸ - n‑ S- n‑ t- ¨ ‑ m‑ . B N‑pac‑p I‑nS¶‑v BS‑p¶ - X‑m {‑]i‑\ v w‑ .‑'' CX‑p ]d-ªt- ¸ ‑ m‑ g- m‑ W‑v k‑pl‑r¯ - n‑ s‑â k‑pl‑r¯‑v (Clubþs‑e s‑a¼À AÃ‑) h‑o«‑n X¯s‑b hfÀ¯‑nb IY ]d-ªX - .v‑ B X¯-bp‑ s‑S {‑]t‑Xy‑ I - X K‑rl-\m‑ Y - \ - à - m‑ s‑X Bc‑v B h‑o«‑n s‑N¶‑me‑pw‑ B X¯ D¨-¯n‑  Icª‑v _lf‑w Dï‑m¡ - p‑ w‑ . At‑¸m‑ Ä k‑pl‑r¯‑v t‑Nm‑ Z‑n¨ - p‑ . ""C-t¸ ‑ m‑ Ä B X¯ F§-s\ ‑ b - p‑ ï‑?v '‑ ' ""AX‑v Icª‑p Icª‑p N¯‑p.‑'' Barþ \S¶ as‑äm‑ c‑p k‑w`h‑w H‑mÀ½-hc- n‑ I - b - m‑ W - .v‑ Bar-Stoolþ Cc‑p¶‑v Hc‑p s‑a¼À 2 F®‑w Ig‑n¨ - n‑ «‑v BillþD‑w s‑Im‑ S‑p¯‑v t‑]m‑ I‑m\ - m‑ b‑n Stoolþ \‑n¶‑pw‑ X‑ms‑g Cd§‑n \‑n¶-t¸ ‑ m‑ Ä Clubþs‑e Barman t‑Nm‑ Z‑n¨‑p. k‑mt‑d Balance I‑n«‑nt‑bm‑ s‑a¼d‑ns‑â D¯c‑w AX‑n\‑v R‑m³ ic‑n¡‑p H¶‑p\ - n‑ ¶‑p t‑\m‑ ¡-s«‑ S‑m F¶‑me - t‑à Balance Dt‑ïm‑ F¶-dn‑ b - q‑ .

X‑nc‑ph - \ - ´ - ] - p‑ c‑w a‑rK-im‑ e kµÀi‑n¡ - m‑ ³ t‑]m‑ b‑n Ah‑ns‑S I‑pc-§³a‑mc- p‑ s‑S I‑q«‑n\ - p‑ ] - p‑ d- ¯‑v Hc‑p aZ‑m½ - b‑pw‑ I‑pc-§n‑ s‑â k‑q£‑n¸ - p‑ I - m‑ c- \‑pw‑ X½‑n he‑nb XÀ¡‑w \S-¡p‑ ¶ - p‑ . \½‑ps‑S aZ‑m½ I‑pc-§\‑v I‑pd¨‑v I¸-eï‑n I‑q«‑nt- e ‑ b‑¡ v v‑ Fd‑nª - p‑ s- I ‑ m‑ S‑p¯ - p‑ . I‑pc-§³ H‑mt‑cm‑ I¸-eï - n‑ b - p‑ s- a‑ S- p‑ ¯‑p ae-Zz‑ m‑ c- ¯ - n‑  Ib-än‑ b - n‑ «‑v X‑nc‑ns- I ‑ s- b ‑ S- p‑ ¯‑v `£‑n¨ - p‑ . CX‑pI - ï‑p kl‑n¡ - m‑ \ - m‑ h‑ms‑X aZ‑m½ B P‑oh-\¡ - m‑ c- s‑\ h‑nf‑n¸ - n‑ ¨ - n‑ «‑v ""\‑n§Ä C‑u ]‑mh‑w P‑oh‑ns‑b hfs‑c h‑r¯‑ns- I ‑ « i‑oe-am‑ W - t‑Ãm‑ ]T‑n¸ - n‑ ¨ - n‑ c- n‑ ¡‑p¶ - X‑'‑v ' F¶‑v I‑pä-s¸ ‑ S- p‑ ¯ - n‑ . ""At‑¿m‑ Fs‑â s‑]m‑ ¶‑pa- m‑ U - w‑ ,‑ R‑m\à \‑n§-sf‑ t- ¸ ‑ m‑ s‑e Hc‑p aZ‑m½ Ig‑nª - h - Àj‑w h¶-t¸ ‑ m‑ Ä ]ä‑n¨ ]W‑nb - m‑ W - n‑ X - .v‑ C‑u A¸‑m]‑n P´‑ph - n‑ \‑v AhÀ Hc‑p s‑]m‑ X‑nb - ¡ v‑ m‑ ¯ _Z‑mw‑ t‑Xm‑ t‑Sm‑ S- p‑ I - q‑ S‑n Fd‑nª - p‑ s - I ‑ m‑ S- p‑ ¯ - p‑ .

Ah³ Hä-hn‑ g- p‑ § - e - n‑ \‑v AX-I¯ - m‑ ¡ - n‑ . ]‑nt‑äZ- n‑ h - k‑w Ahs‑â ac-Ws - h ‑ {- ] ‑ m‑ f‑w Iï‑n«‑v t‑\m‑ ¡‑nb - t- ¸ ‑ m‑ g- m‑ W‑v B _Z‑mw‑ ]‑pd¯‑pt- ] ‑ m‑ I - m‑ ³ h¿‑m¯ - h - n‑ [ - ¯ - n‑ Â Ahs‑â I‑og‑`v m‑ K‑w t‑»m‑ ¡‑v Bb‑nc- n‑ ¡ - p‑ ¶ - X‑v Iï-X.v‑ ]‑ns‑¶ \½‑ps‑S t‑Um‑ I‑Sv À h¶‑v I‑od‑nb‑mW‑v AX‑p s‑hf‑nb - n‑ s - e ‑ S- p‑ ¯ - X - .v‑ AX‑o¸ - n‑ s‑¶ Ah³ Bc‑v F´‑ps- I ‑ m‑ S- p‑ ¯ - m‑ e‑pw‑ BZ‑yw‑ AX‑v X‑ms‑g¡ - q‑ s‑S s‑hf‑nb - n‑ Ât‑]m‑ h‑pt‑am‑ F¶‑v ]c‑nt- i ‑ m‑ [ - n‑ ¨ - n‑ t‑« X‑n¶‑pI - b - p‑ Å - p‑ .''

- p‑ t- ] ‑ m‑ s‑e Hc‑pZ- n‑ h - k‑w R‑m³ h‑o«‑ne - n‑ c- p‑ ¶‑v Hc‑p small Ig‑n ]X‑nh ¨‑ps‑Im‑ ï‑nc- p‑ ¶ - t- ¸ ‑ m‑ Ä `‑mc‑y s‑]s‑«¶‑v N‑qS‑mb - n‑ . C\‑ns- b ‑ ¦ - n‑ e‑pw‑ H¶‑p\ - n‑ À¯‑n¡ - q‑ t- S‑ . At‑¸m‑ Ä R‑m³ Ig‑n¨ - p‑ s- I ‑ m‑ ï - n‑ c- p‑ ¶ glass taste t‑\m‑ ¡‑m³ t‑hï‑n `‑mc‑y¡‑p s‑Im‑ S‑p¯ - p‑ . Hc‑pX - p‑ Å‑n Ig‑n¨ - t‑ij‑w `‑mc‑y ""F-s´ ‑ m‑ c‑p h‑r¯‑ns- I ‑ « t‑SÌ‑mW - n‑ X - ,‑v IhÀ¸‑pw‑ '‑ '.

At‑¸m‑ Ä R‑m³ ]dª‑p ""C{‑X IhÀ¸‑pÅ k‑m[\‑w C{‑X Ij‑Sv s- ¸ ‑ «‑v Ig‑n¡ - p‑ ¶ Fs‑¶ \‑o k½-Xn‑ ¡ - s- ï ‑ . C{‑Xb‑pw‑ {‑] b‑mk - s- ¸ ‑ «‑v Ig‑n¡ - p‑ ¶ - X‑v \‑ns‑â h‑mb‑ne - n‑ c- n‑ ¡ - p‑ ¶ - X‑v t‑IÄ¡‑m\ - Ã‑''. h‑oï‑pw‑ Fs‑â ]X‑nh‑v t‑Im‑ «-bp‑ a- m‑ b‑n h‑o«‑nÂ. F´-tc‑ m‑ ....Fs‑´m‑ ? w

¨Éä®úÒ +É´ÉÉºÉ ºÉÖxÉÉäò (]-cn‑ ¸ - p‑ h - S- )‑ Ig‑n¨‑v Clubþs‑â Hc‑p a‑qe-bn‑ ÂI‑qS‑n

Sri. J. Jayasankar (L-2078) is the Liaison Officer, Appollo Tyres Ltd., Trivandrum.

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kk‑vs‑]³j³ a‑ml‑mß‑y‑w C¶-s¯ ‑ ,‑ F´‑n\‑pw‑ t‑£m‑ `‑n¡ - p‑ ¶ Hc‑p I‑me-L«- ¯ - n‑  hfs‑c D‑uj‑a v f - a - m‑ b A´-co‑ £‑w \‑ne-\n‑ ¶ - n‑ c - p‑ ¶ ]gb ¢_vv \a‑p¡‑v t‑_m‑ ²‑ys - ¸ ‑ S- p‑ ¯ - n‑ ¯ - c - n‑ I - b - m‑ W‑v {‑io‑ . I‑pc‑ph - n‑ f - . s‑Nd‑nb {‑]m‑ b-¯n‑  AÑs‑â s‑a¼Àj‑n¸ - n‑  ¢º‑n Ø‑nc‑w kµÀi-I\ - m‑ b - n‑ c - p‑ ¶ Ct‑¸m‑ g- s‑¯ C‑u hfs‑c k‑o\‑nb - À s‑a¼À ]‑n¶‑oS‑v "t‑X\‑pw‑ hb¼‑pw‑ '‑ F¶ l‑nä‑v N‑n{‑Xw‑ \‑nÀ½‑n¨‑v C¶s‑¯ \‑yq‑ P\-td ‑ j - ³ k‑n\‑na - I - f - n‑ s - e ‑ t- ¸ ‑ m‑ s‑e A¶‑v Hc‑p ]‑mS‑v ]‑pX‑nb Ie‑mI‑mc - · - m‑ À¡‑v Ah-kc‑w \e‑I v n‑ b ]gb s‑{] ‑ m‑ U‑yq‑ k-dm‑ W - .v‑ A¶s‑¯ hfs‑c {‑]a‑pJ - c - m‑ b s‑a¼Àa‑mÀ Ft‑¸m‑ s‑g¦ - n‑ e‑pw‑ High spirits s‑â ]‑pd¯‑v ¢º‑v \‑nb-a§ - Ä e‑wL‑n¨ Ah-kc - § - Ä h¶-t¸ ‑ m‑ Ä ]‑qÀ® a\-tÊ ‑ m‑ s‑S X‑nI¨‑pw‑ Sportive Bb‑n AX‑n\ - p‑ Å i‑n£ Gä‑ph - m‑ § - n‑ b - n‑ c - p‑ ¶ - p‑ . s‑sh ‑ c-\n‑ c - y‑ m‑ X - \ _‑p²‑nI - s - f ‑ m‑ ¶ - p‑ a - n‑ à - m‑ X a‑pJ‑w t‑\m‑ ¡‑ms‑X A¶s‑¯ s‑k{‑I«- d - n‑ a - m‑ À ]‑pd-s¸ ‑ S- p‑ h - n‑ ¨ - n‑ c - p‑ ¶ kk‑s v ] ‑ ³j³ a‑pX-em‑ b i‑n£‑ma‑pd-IÄs‑¡X - n‑ t‑c \‑nb-ab - p‑ ² - § - Äs‑¡m‑ ¶‑pw‑ Bc‑pw‑ ,‑ a‑pX‑nÀ¶‑nc - p‑ ¶ - n‑ à - . A§-s\ ‑ b - p‑ Å h‑ni‑me - a - m‑ b k‑pl‑rZv_Ô-§f - n‑  AX‑nj‑T v n‑ X - a - m‑ b \½‑ps‑S ]‑qÀÆ‑nI - c - p‑ s‑S B he‑nb a\Ê‑v Ct‑¸m‑ g- s‑¯ Xe-ap‑ d High spirits Dï‑m¡ - p‑ ¶ {‑]X‑ym‑ L - m‑ X-§Ä Sportsman Spirit  s‑sI ‑ I‑mc‑yw‑ s‑N¿-Ws - a ‑ ¶‑v \½s‑f H‑mÀ½‑n¸ - n‑ ¡ - I - b - m‑ W‑v Ch‑ns‑S I‑pc‑ph - n‑ f - .

I‑m

e‑w a‑md‑ns - b ‑ m‑ c‑p a‑mät‑a!‑ High Spirits \ - p‑ w‑ I‑me-am‑ ä‑w!‑ ASb‑pw‑ N¡-cb‑pw‑ t‑]m‑ sebs‑æ - n‑ e‑pw‑ Gs‑d¡ - p‑ s‑d t‑X§b‑pw‑ ]©-m‑ c- b‑pw‑ t‑]m‑ e‑pÅ k‑pl‑r¯ - p‑ ¡ - Ä. k‑ua‑y\ - m‑ b s‑k{‑I«- d‑nb‑pw‑ Hc‑p "I‑pª‑'v‑ s‑a¼d‑pw‑ . \f\‑p Ie‑n _‑m[‑n¨ - X - p‑ t- ] ‑ m‑ s‑e cï‑pt- ] ‑ s - c‑ b‑pw‑ "High Spirits' H¶‑p Ibd‑n s‑]c‑pa- m‑ d- n‑ . CX‑m I‑nS¡‑p¶ - p‑ . Hc‑p "kk‑vs] ‑ ³j³‑'. h‑mf‑pw‑ ]c‑nN - b - s- a‑ S- p‑ ¯‑v t‑X§b‑pw‑ ]©‑mc- b‑pw‑ ]c-kv] ‑ c‑w t‑]m‑ c‑n\ - n‑ d- § - p‑ ¶ - p‑ . A¶‑ph - s‑c h‑mfv Iï‑n«- n‑ à - m‑ ¯ s‑k{‑I«- d- n‑ ¡‑v h‑mf‑p] - n‑ S- n‑ ¨‑p b‑p²‑w s‑N¿‑m\ - p‑ Å Bb‑p[ - ] - c- n‑ i - o‑ e - \‑w Hc‑p hi-¯v.‑ ad‑ph - i - ¯‑v AX‑ne‑pw‑ Di‑nc³ {‑]I-S\ - w‑ , \‑mf‑nX‑phs‑c h‑mf‑pw‑ ]c‑nN - b‑pw‑ Iï‑n«- n‑ à - m‑ ¯ s‑a¼À¡‑v k‑z´‑w \‑m¡-Ãm‑ s‑X Hc‑mb - p‑ [ - h‑pw‑ Iï‑pw‑ {‑]m‑ t‑bm‑ K - n‑ ¨‑pw‑ ]c‑nN - b - a- n‑ Ã‑! AX‑m ]c‑nN - s- b ‑ S- p‑ ¯‑v H‑mX‑nc- w‑ ,‑ ISI‑w ]dª‑v I‑p«‑n¡-cW‑w ad‑nb - p‑ ¶ - p‑ . cï‑ph - i - ¯‑pw‑ AW‑nI - Ä h‑od‑pw‑ h‑mi‑nb‑pw‑ I‑q«‑p¶ - p‑ . I‑mg‑vN¡ - m‑ À¡‑pw‑ t‑Im‑ S-Xn‑ ¡‑pw‑ h¡‑oe - · - m‑ À¡‑pw‑ H‑mW¯Ã‑p _l‑pc- k - w‑ . h¡‑oe - · - m‑ À¡‑v H‑mW-_¯ t‑_m‑ W-Êm‑ b‑n t‑hs‑db - p‑ w‑ . Ig‑nª I‑pt‑d hÀj-§f - m‑ b‑n \‑mw‑ I‑mW‑p¶ - X‑pw‑ t‑IÄ¡‑p¶ - X‑pw‑ I‑me-¯n‑ s‑â a‑mä‑w t‑]m‑ s‑e t‑Im‑ S-Xn‑ I - f‑pw‑ ,‑ caveat If‑pw‑ ,‑ t‑]m‑ Àh‑nf - n‑ I - f - p‑ w‑ ,‑ ]‑mc-If - p‑ s - a‑ m‑ s - ¡ ‑ b - m‑ W - v.‑ ¢º‑ns‑\ ]ïs‑¯t- ¸ ‑ m‑ s‑e Hc‑p he‑nb I‑pS‑pw‑ _ I‑q«‑mb - va‑ b - m‑ b‑n Iï‑v D]-tZ‑ i‑n¡ - p‑ h - m‑ t‑\m‑ ,‑ h‑n«‑ph - o‑ g‑vN s‑N¿‑ph - m‑ t- \ ‑ m‑ ,‑ £a‑n¡ - p‑ h - m‑ t‑\m‑ Xb‑md‑mI - p‑ ¶ h‑ni‑me a\-kvI ‑ c- p‑ s‑S F®‑w I‑pdª‑p hc‑nI-bm‑ W - v.‑ Ch‑ns‑Sb‑mW‑v kk‑vs] ‑ ³js‑â a‑ml‑mß‑yw‑ H‑mÀ½ hc‑p¶ - X - v.‑ \½‑ps - S‑ s - b ‑ m‑ s‑¡ H‑mÀ½-If - n‑  Ø‑nc {‑]X‑nj‑vT t‑\S‑nb - n‑ «- p‑ Å ]gb s‑a¼Àa‑mc- n‑  Ce-¦¯ - t- ±‑ l - t- ¯ ‑ ¡ - p‑ d- n‑ t‑¨m‑ N´‑p\‑mb-ct‑±l - s- ¯ ‑ ¡ - p‑ d- n‑ t‑¨m‑ DÅ Fs‑´¦ - n‑ e‑pw‑ A\‑nj‑vS k‑w`-h§ - ÄB I‑me-L«- ¯ - n‑  Dï‑mt‑bm‑ F¶-Xn‑ s- \ ‑ ¡ - p‑ d- n‑ ¨‑v t‑Ihe‑w i‑ni‑ph - m‑ b‑nc- p‑ ¶ F\‑n¡‑p h‑nh-ca- n‑ à - . ]‑n¶‑oS- n‑ t- § ‑ m‑ «‑v F\‑nt- ¡ ‑ m‑ À½-bp‑ Å 35þH‑m 36þH‑m hÀj‑w!‑ C¶‑pw‑ \‑mh‑n c‑pN‑n a‑mª‑p t‑]m‑ I‑m¯ X¦-

sI.Pn. Ipcphnf

¸s‑â Mutton Kurmaþb‑pw‑ h‑n´‑me - p‑ h‑pw‑ Sultana Steam Puddingþ D‑w Bk‑zZ- n‑ ¨‑v Ig‑n¨ - n‑ c- p‑ ¶ k‑mb‑mÓ - § - Ä. s‑a¼Àa‑mÀ 300þH‑mf‑w a‑m{‑Xw‑ . ¢º‑n hc‑ph - m‑ \‑pw‑ k‑uI-cy‑ § - Ä D]-tb ‑ m‑ K - n‑ ¡ - p‑ h - m‑ \‑pw‑ s‑a¼-dp‑ s‑S k‑m¶‑n²‑yw‑ Bh-iy‑ a- n‑ à - m‑ X - n‑ c- p‑ ¶ Hc‑p k‑phÀ®-Im‑ e‑w!‑ a¡Ät‑¡m‑ ac‑pa- ¡ - Ät‑¡m‑ _Ô‑p¡ - Ät‑¡m‑ bt‑Yj‑vSw‑ Ch‑ns‑S h‑nl-cn‑ ¡ - m‑ a- m‑ b - n‑ c- p‑ ¶‑p F¶À°‑w. A¶‑v s‑a¼Àj‑n¸ - n‑ \‑v 25 hbÊ‑v IÀ¡-iw‑ . U‑n{‑Kn‑ b‑pw‑ t‑hï. Fk‑v.F - k - v.‑ F - Â.k‑n t‑]m‑ e‑pw‑ t‑hï. ]s‑£ X‑nc‑n¨d‑nh‑pw‑ K‑pc‑pX - z‑ h‑pw‑ A´Ê‑pw‑ I‑qS‑nt‑b X‑oc‑q.

25 hb-sÊ ‑ ¶ IÀ¡-ih - y‑ h - Ø ad‑nI - S- ¡ - m‑ ³ AÑs‑â t‑] c‑n 3000/-þ c‑q]b‑v¡v‑ Hc‑p s‑a¼Àj‑n¸‑p Xc-s¸ ‑ S- p‑ ¯‑n. ¢º‑p- P‑zc- ¯‑n\ - S- n‑ a- b - m‑ b C‑ub‑pÅ - h - s‑â H‑mÀ½-bn‑  Hc‑p Z‑nhk‑w k‑pa‑pJ - \‑mb - ,‑ BZ-cW - o‑ b - \ - m‑ b Hc‑p s‑a¼À (C‑ub - p‑ Å - h - ³ A¦‑ns- f ‑ ¶‑p h‑nf‑n¨ - n‑ c- p‑ ¶ At‑±l - w‑ )‑ Hc‑p t‑¹ä‑v IS‑veä‑v H‑mÀUÀ s‑N¿‑p¶ - p‑ . ]¯‑pa- n‑ \ - n‑ «‑p Ig‑nª‑p!‑ ]X‑n\ - ©‑p a‑n\‑n«‑p Ig‑nª‑p!‑ s‑sh ‑ I‑n«‑v F«‑p aW‑n Ig‑nª kab‑w!‑ £a \i‑n¡ - m‑ ³ I‑qS‑pX -  I‑mc‑yw‑ t‑hW-sa‑ ¶ - n‑ à - s- à ‑ m‑ . CX‑m hc‑p¶‑p IS‑veä- p‑ a- m‑ b‑n h‑mk‑pt‑hm‑ k‑ps‑se ‑ a‑mt‑\m‑ F¶‑p I‑rX‑ya- m‑ b‑n H‑mÀ½-bn‑ à - . Ct‑¸m‑ g- p‑ Å bearer A¿¸\‑pw‑ CÃ. k‑pZ‑oÀL-Im‑ e‑w X‑pSÀ¨-bm‑ b‑n s‑k{‑I«- d- n‑ b - m‑ b‑pw‑ ]‑n¶‑oS‑v {‑SÌ‑nb - m‑ b‑pw‑ c‑mP-Io‑ b - a- m‑ b‑n h‑nc‑mP - n‑ ¨ - n‑ c- p‑ ¶ "t‑N«\‑'v‑ Ct‑¸m‑ g‑pw‑ I‑rX‑ya- m‑ b‑n H‑mÀ½ I‑mW‑pw‑ . ""C{‑X t‑\c‑w Fs´S‑p¡ - p‑ I - b‑mb - n‑ c- p‑ s - ¶ ‑ S‑m'‑ ' F¶ t‑Nm‑ Z‑yh‑pw‑ t‑¹ä‑v ]‑nS‑n¨‑p h‑m§‑n N‑qS‑p IS‑veä‑v s‑Im‑ ï‑ph¶ bearer s‑S jÀ«‑n\ - p‑ Å - n‑ e - n‑ «- X‑pw‑ H¸‑w Ig‑nª‑p. DSs‑\ hc‑p¶‑p t‑N«s‑â hI \S-]S‑n. At‑¸m‑ įs‑¶ ""kk‑vs] ‑ ³j³‑''. kk‑vs] ‑ ³j³ I‑me-bf - h - n‑ t‑em‑ AX‑n\ - p‑ t‑ij - s - a‑ t- ¸ ‑ m‑ s - g‑ ¦ - n‑ e - p‑ t‑am‑ Ah-cp‑ s‑S _Ô-¯n‑  Hc‑p \‑ng t‑]m‑ e‑pw‑ h‑oW‑n«- n‑ à - . t‑Im‑ S-Xn‑ b - n‑ t‑em‑ ]‑pdt‑¯m‑ H‑mt‑cm‑ W - ¯ - à - p‑ a‑pï - m‑ b - n‑ «- n‑ à - . Ie‑ns‑b X‑nc‑n¨ - d- n‑ b - m‑ ³ \f\‑p I‑me-Xm‑ a- k - s - a‑ S- p‑ ¯‑p. ""High Spirits‑þs‑\ X‑nc‑n¨ - d- n‑ b - m‑ \ - p‑ Å al-Xz‑ h‑pw‑ h‑nt‑hI - h‑pw‑

Sri. K.G. Kuruvila (L-408) is a Planter.

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Smt. Shalini has written these lines for one of her apparel collections by the same name She was inspired by the words of James Cousins (if I read this out to anyone it may sound like her father’s cousins!), an Irish Poet and critic:- “The true artist is the true patriot speaking the language of eternity but in the vernacular of his own time and space”. According to Shalini ‘Indian by choice’ is a tribute to the patriotism of the pre-independence era and lament on the apathy of the day. And hopefully it is a call to be inspired and rise to the occasion.”

This original beautiful piece of literature is the result of the combination of two genes. The patriotic inspiration from her grandfather, the revolutionary leader and former minister Sri. Baby John and the literary blaze, of course from her own dad and my college mate James Joseph. A novel idea.

Shalini James

Smt. Shalini James is the d/o Sri. James Joseph, former Accountant General, Kerala

AhÀ¡‑v cï‑p t‑]À¡‑pa- p‑ ï - m‑ b - n‑ c- p‑ ¶ - p‑ . AX‑ps- I ‑ m‑ ï‑p Club þ\‑p [\-\j - vS‑ h - p‑ a- p‑ ï - m‑ b - n‑ à - . Ct‑X A¦‑nf - n‑ \‑v ]‑n¶‑os- S‑ m‑ c- n‑ ¡ - ¡‑qS‑n "t‑N«³' Xs‑¶ c‑m{‑Xn‑ F«‑pa- W - n‑ ¡ - p‑ t- i ‑ j‑w Ø‑m\‑w s‑Xä‑nb Hc‑p s‑sk ‑ ¡‑nÄ {‑]i‑v\¯ - n‑  Ct‑Xt- ] ‑ m‑ s‑e kk‑vs] ‑ ³j³ {‑] t‑bm‑ K‑w \S-¯n‑ b - n‑ «- p‑ ï - v.‑ c‑mh‑ns‑e kk‑vs] ‑ ³j³ ]‑n³h-en‑ ¡ - b‑pw‑ s‑Nb‑vXp‑ . F{‑X {‑]m‑ t‑bm‑ K - n‑ I - a- m‑ b \‑oX‑nt- _ ‑ m‑ [ - w‑ . Cs‑Xm‑ ¶‑pw‑ Hc‑n¡e‑pw‑ Ah-cp‑ s‑S _Ôs‑¯ Hc‑p Z‑nhk‑w t‑]m‑ e‑pw‑ De-¨n‑ «- n‑ à - . ]‑ns‑¶ X½‑n Ø‑nc-am‑ b‑n aÕ-cn‑ ¨ - n‑ c- p‑ ¶ cï‑p a‑p³ s‑k{‑I«-dn‑ a- m‑ À Gs‑d¡ - p‑ s‑d ""Permanent Board Members‑'' Bb‑nc- p‑ s‑¶¶‑v AhÀ Xs‑¶ Ah-Im‑ i - h - m‑ Z‑w D¶-bn‑ ¡ - p‑ h - m‑ ³ aS‑n¨ - n‑ c‑p¶ - n‑ à - . I‑mcW‑w kk‑vs] ‑ ³j³ I‑n«‑nb - m‑  Notice Board kk‑vs] ‑ ³j³ I‑me‑mh - [‑n X‑oc‑pw‑ hs‑c t‑]c‑pI - n‑ S- ¡ - p‑ a- m‑ b - n‑ c- p‑ ¶ - p‑ .

AX‑n\ - m‑ s - e ‑ s‑{X ‑ AhÀ cï‑pt- ] ‑ c‑pw‑ almost permanent board members F¶‑v k‑zb‑w Al-¦c- n‑ ¨ - n‑ c- p‑ ¶ - X - !v‑ AS‑p¯ - S- p‑ ¯ hÀj§-fn‑  AhÀ h‑mi‑nt- b ‑ m‑ s‑S Ce-£\‑v aÕ-cn‑ ¨ - n‑ «‑v cï‑ns- e ‑ m‑ c- m‑ Ä a‑md‑na- m‑ d‑n Pb‑n¡ - p‑ I - b‑pw‑ t‑Xm‑ e‑v¡p‑ I - b‑pw‑ s‑Nb‑vXn‑ «‑pw‑ d‑nkÄ«‑v announce s‑Nb‑vXp‑ Ig‑nb - p‑ t- ¼ ‑ m‑ Ä h‑ni‑me - a- \ - k - vI ‑ X - t- b ‑ m‑ s‑S AhÀ cï‑pt- ] ‑ c‑pw‑ t‑Xm‑ f‑n I¿‑n«- p‑ s- I ‑ m‑ ï‑v \S¶‑phc‑p¶ - X - m‑ W‑v 36

kt‑´m‑ j - ] - q‑ ÀÆ‑w \‑mw‑ h‑o£‑n¨ - n‑ «- p‑ Å - X - v.‑ C¶‑pÅ - X - n‑  Chs‑c Ad‑nb - p‑ ¶ s‑a¼Àa‑mc- n‑  BÀs‑¡¦ - n‑ e‑pw‑ Ahs‑c ad-¡m‑ ³ Ig‑nb‑pt‑am‑ ? ¢º‑ne - p‑ ï - m‑ b - n‑ c- p‑ ¶ Ah-cp‑ s‑S he‑nb h‑yà‑nX‑zw‑ a‑mb‑n¨‑pI - f - b - m‑ ³ Ig‑nb - p‑ t‑am‑ ? kÀ¡‑mc‑ns‑e D¶-X\ - m‑ b - n‑ c- p‑ ¶ Hc‑p a‑p³ {‑]k‑nU - â‑n\‑v ""Sitting President‑'' F¶ \‑ne-bn‑ e‑pw‑ I‑n«‑n Hc‑p kk‑vs] ‑ ³j³.

AX‑ps - I ‑ m‑ ï‑v Clubþs‑â Nc‑n{- X ‑ ¯ - n‑  \‑n¶‑pw‑ he‑nb - h - \ - m‑ b B "t‑N«s‑â'‑ t‑]c‑v Fs‑¶¦ - n‑ e‑pw‑ a‑mª‑p t‑]m‑ I‑pt‑am‑ ? ""High Spirits'' þ I-bd- n‑ ¡ - q‑ S‑n I‑m«‑n¡ - q‑ «- p‑ ¶ Ak‑pJ - ¯ - n‑ \ - p‑ Å Hä-aq‑ e - n‑ b - m‑ b‑n Hc‑mg‑vN ""kk‑vs] ‑ ³j³ Ij‑mb‑w'' Ig‑n¡ - p‑ ¶ - X‑v Bt‑cm‑ K‑yw‑ hÀ²‑n¸ - n‑ ¡ - p‑ It‑bb‑pÅ‑q F¶ X‑nc‑n¨ - d- n‑ h‑v FÃ‑m s‑a¼Àa‑mÀ¡‑pw‑ Dï‑mb‑m Clubþ\‑p [\-\j - vS‑ h‑pw‑ Member þ¡‑v a‑m\-lm‑ \ - n‑ b‑pw‑ Hg‑nh - m‑ ¡ - m‑ w‑ .

AX‑ps - I ‑ m‑ ï‑v kk‑vs] ‑ ³j³ alX‑zw‑ {‑]t‑Lm‑ j - n‑ ¡ - p‑ I - . kk‑vs] ‑ ³j³ \a‑:! kk‑vs] ‑ ³j³ \a‑:! kk‑vs] ‑ ³j³ \tam \a‑:! w

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Graphics in Graphite by Gayathri

Gayathri Rajan

Lord Ganesh Jesus Village Girl

Sita Swayamvaram

Eternal Love

Radha

Smt. Gayathri has the versatile talent of Painting, writing poetry, hunting for the apt and the finest quotations etc. Daughter of my good friend Sri. Rajendran Nair and classmate of my daughter, she used to email me a beautiful quote everyday when she was studying and it came very handy for me in many occasions.

Bliss of warmth

In this set of fine pencil sketches she has brought in minute details with clear sense of proportions and the right expressions.

Smt. Gayathri Rajan (R-3146), W/o Sri. Sankar J.S. and D/o Sri. D. Rajendran Nair is the Planning Assistant, Town Planning Dept., Trivandrum The Second Home

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¢º‑ns‑â N‑ne ]gb I‑mc‑y-§Ä 1875 Hf‑nh - À s‑lâ‑n s‑_³k‑ven‑ F¶ k‑vtI ‑ m‑ «‑veâ‑pI ‑ m‑ c³ Ø‑m]‑n¨ "b‑qt‑dm‑ ] - y‑ ³ ¢º‑v'‑ C¶‑v hfÀ¶‑v he‑pX - m‑ b‑n 3029 s‑a¼Àa‑mc‑pw‑ 195 Ì‑m^‑pa- p‑ Å t‑Ic-f¯ - n‑ s‑e Gäh‑pw‑ he‑nb ¢º‑v Bb‑n a‑md‑n. 1964 {‑Sn‑ h‑m³{‑Uw‑ ¢º‑v Bb-Xn‑ \ - p‑ t- i ‑ j‑w ¢º‑n\‑v k‑mc-am‑ b ]e a‑mä-§f‑pw‑ FÃ‑m t‑aJ-eI - f - n‑ e‑pw‑ k‑w`-hn‑ ¨ - p‑ . F¶‑m C¶s‑¯ ]‑pX‑nb Xe-ap‑ d- b - n‑ s‑e s‑a¼Àa‑mc‑ps‑S Ad‑nh - n‑ t- e ‑ b - v‑¡m‑ b‑n \½‑ps‑S a‑p³{‑]k - n‑ U - â‑v {‑io‑ _‑me‑p N‑ne ]gb ck-Ic-am‑ b I‑mc‑y§ - Ä H‑mÀ½‑ns - ¨ ‑ S- p‑ ¡ - b - m‑ W‑v C‑u I‑pd‑n¸ - n‑ e - q‑ s - S‑ .

_‑me‑p

U‑m³k‑v ^‑tv f ‑ m‑ À: \½‑ps‑S Ct‑¸m‑ g- s‑¯ Reception lobby b‑qt‑dm‑ ] - y‑ · - m‑ c- p‑ s‑S ]gb Wooden Dance Floor Bb‑nc- p‑ ¶‑p s‑sh ‑ I‑pt- ¶ ‑ c‑w U‑n¶À Ig‑nª - n‑ «‑v I‑pS‑pw‑ _ - k - t- ½ ‑ X‑w ¢º‑ns‑e¯‑n Ae‑] v w‑ a‑m{‑Xw‑ aZ‑yw‑ Ig‑n¨ - n‑ «‑v I‑qS‑pX -  ka-bh‑pw‑ U‑m³k‑v s‑Nb‑X v p‑ DÃ‑mk - t‑¯m‑ s‑S calory I‑pd-¨n‑ «‑v c‑m{‑Xn‑ - H³]X‑p aW‑nt- b ‑ m‑ s‑S AhÀ ¢º‑n \‑n¶‑v t‑]m‑ I‑pI - b‑pw‑ s‑Nb‑X v n‑ c- p‑ ¶ - p‑ . (C-t¸ ‑ m‑ Ä \½f‑n ]ec‑pw‑ ¢º‑n hc‑p¶ - - k-ab‑w!‑ )‑ _‑mÀ I‑uïÀ: U‑m³k‑v ^‑tv f ‑ m‑ d‑ns‑â I‑ng¡‑p `‑mK¯‑v a‑qe-bn‑ s‑e XS‑nb‑ne - q‑ Å AÀ²-hr‑ ¯ - mI‑rX - n‑ b - n‑  ]W‑nX I‑uï-dm‑ W‑v A¶s‑¯ _‑mÀ I‑uïÀ. _‑nbÀ I‑w s‑sh ‑ ³ s‑kÃÀ: U‑m³k‑v ^‑tv f ‑ m‑ d‑ns‑â t‑_k‑s v a‑ â‑n Ic‑n¦ -  N‑pä‑pa- X‑ne - p‑ I - t- f ‑ m‑ S‑p I‑qS‑nb Hc‑p he‑nb Godown Dï‑mb - n‑ c- p‑ ¶ - p‑ .

XW‑p¸‑v \‑ne-\n‑ d- p‑ ¯ - m‑ ³ Ic‑n¦ -  aX‑ne - n‑  ]c-¼,‑v If‑na- ®‑,‑v N‑mWI‑w F¶‑nh - t- N ‑ À¯‑v t‑X\‑o¨ I‑qS‑pI-fp‑ s‑S honey comb structure t‑]m‑ s‑eb‑pÅ Ad-If - n‑  I‑p¸‑nI - Ä `{‑Za- m‑ b‑n s‑hb‑¡ v p‑ ¶ - X - n‑ \ - p‑ Å k‑wh‑n[ - m‑ \ - a- p‑ ï - m‑ b - n‑ c- p‑ ¶‑p ]‑n¶‑oS‑v AX‑v Cg P´‑p¡ - f - p‑ s‑S h‑nl‑mc- c- w‑ Ka‑mb-t¸ ‑ m‑ Ä a®‑n«‑p \‑nd-b¡ v‑ p‑ I - b - m‑ W‑v s‑Nb‑X v X - .v‑ C‑u t‑Km‑ U‑uW - n‑ s‑â s‑hâ‑nt- e ‑ ä- À \½‑ps‑S dining halls‑â hS¡‑p hi-¯p‑ Å t‑dm‑ U‑n \‑n¶‑v I‑mW‑m³ Ig‑nb - p‑ w‑ . t‑Km‑ U‑uW - n‑ e - p‑ ï - m‑ b - n‑ c‑p¶ ]e antique value DÅ k‑m[-\§ - f‑pw‑ ]‑n¶‑oS‑v t‑ee¯‑n h‑nä‑p.

I‑pX‑nc - e - m‑ b‑w: Ct‑¸m‑ g- s‑¯ Cards room D‑w beauty parlour D‑w Hs‑¡ Ø‑nX‑n s‑N¿‑p¶ ]gb s‑I«‑nS- a- m‑ b - n‑ c- p‑ ¶‑p A¶s‑¯ I‑pX‑nc-em‑ b - w‑ . X‑nc‑ph\-´] - p‑ c- ¯ - n‑ s‑â ]‑pd¯‑p \‑n¶‑ph - ¶ - n‑ c- p‑ ¶

h‑nt‑Zi - n‑ I - f - p‑ s‑S I‑pX‑nc- I - s‑f s‑I«‑p¶ - t- X ‑ m‑ s - S‑ m‑ ¸‑w Ah-bp‑ s‑S Saddles‑ a‑pX-em‑ b - h k‑q£‑n¡ - p‑ ¶ - X - n‑ \‑v Hc‑p Side room D‑w Dï‑mb - n‑ c- p‑ ¶ - p‑ . t‑km‑ U‑md‑qw‑ : Ct‑¸m‑ g- s‑¯ \½‑ps‑S s‑k{‑I«- d‑nb‑ps‑S B^‑ok‑v a‑pd‑n 1965 s‑em‑ s‑¡ t‑km‑ U‑m d‑qa‑mb - n‑ c- p‑ ¶ - p‑ . ¢º‑n\‑v Bh-iy‑ a‑pÅ t‑km‑ U‑m Ah‑ns‑S Xs‑¶b - m‑ W‑v \‑nd-¨n‑ c- p‑ ¶ - X - .v‑ ]‑n¶‑oS‑v k‑s v ] ‑ ³kÀ I¼\‑n t‑km‑ U‑mh - n‑ X - c- W‑w X‑pS-§n‑ b - t- ¸ ‑ m‑ Ä ¢º‑ns‑e t‑km‑ U‑m\‑nÀ½‑mW‑w \‑nd‑p¯ - n‑ . A¡‑me - ¯‑v X‑nc‑ph-\´ - ] - p‑ c- ¯‑v aZ‑y\ - n‑ t- c‑ m‑ [ - \‑w \‑ne-hn‑ e - p‑ ï - m‑ b - n‑ c- p‑ ¶ - X - n‑ \ - m‑  R§Ä A¶‑v cl-ky‑ a- m‑ b‑n aZ‑yw‑ Ig‑n¨ - n‑ c- p‑ ¶ - X‑v B t‑km‑ U‑ma‑pd- n‑ b - n‑ e - n‑ c- p‑ ¶ - m‑ W - .v‑ \t‑½m‑ s - S‑ m‑ ¸‑w Ah‑ns - S‑ b - p‑ ï - m‑ b - n‑ c‑p¶ t‑km‑ U‑ms - a‑ j - o‑ \ - p‑ I - s‑f ad-¶n‑ «- n‑ à - .

Bb‑md- q‑ w‑ : Ct‑¸m‑ g- s‑¯ Room No-4 A¶s‑¯ Bbm d‑qa‑mb - n‑ c- p‑ ¶ - p‑ . i\‑n,‑ R‑mbÀ‑, Z‑nh-k§ - f - n‑  Ft‑Ìä- p‑ I - f - n‑  \‑n¶‑v X‑nc‑ph\´]‑pc¯‑v F¯‑pa- m‑ b - n‑ c- p‑ ¶ h‑nt‑Zi - n‑ I - f‑pw‑ I‑pS‑pw‑ _ - h‑pw‑ Ah-cp‑ s‑S I‑p«‑nI - s‑f Dd-¡p‑ ¶ - X - n‑ \‑pw‑ Bb-am‑ À¡‑v X§‑p¶ - X‑n\ - p‑ a- m‑ W‑v B h‑ni‑me - a- m‑ b a‑pd‑n D]-tb ‑ m‑ K - n‑ ¨ - n‑ c- p‑ ¶ - X‑v Hc‑p baby cot Ah‑ns - S‑ - C-t¸ ‑ m‑ g- p‑ a- p‑ ï - .v‑ B a‑pd‑nb - n‑  Hc‑p aZ‑m½ - b - p‑ s‑S {‑]kh‑w \S-¶n‑ «- p‑ s- ï ‑ ¶‑pw‑ , "B Ipªv' h-ep-Xm-bt- ¸mÄ ¢º‑v I‑mW‑m³ h¶‑nc- p‑ ¶ - p‑ s‑h¶‑pw‑ R‑m³ t‑I«‑n«- p‑ ï - .v‑ C\‑nb‑pw‑ I‑pt‑d I‑mc‑y§ - Ä Ah‑yà - a- m‑ b‑n a\-Ên‑  X§‑n\ - n‑ e - ¡ v‑ p‑ ¶ - p‑ ï - .v‑ AX‑v h‑yà-am‑ b‑n a\-Ên‑ e - m‑ ¡‑n C\‑ns‑bm‑ c‑p e¡-¯n‑  Fg‑pX - m‑ w‑ .

FÃ‑m kt‑lm‑ Z- c‑o kt‑lm‑ Z- c - · - m‑ À¡‑pw‑ I‑p«‑nI - Ä¡‑pw‑ t]c-¡p-«n-IÄ¡pw Fs‑â ]‑pX‑ph - Âk-cm‑ i - w‑ k - I - Ä. w

Sri. Balu (R-0237) is the former President of the Club.

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General Body Meeting

September 22, 2013

Children's Painting Competition

September 11, 2013

Onam September 9, 2013

Deepavali September 11, 2013

Pooja

October 13, 2013

Bakrid

Ashwinkumar S/o S Balachandran & Revathy

Vinai Prathap Pillai Munduvelil S/o Prathap Pillai

& Vineeta Mallika D/o Sreekumar .B

Pooja R Suresh D/o P. Suresh Kumar & Mahesh Ramkumar

Dimple Mary Kurien D/o Kurien George & Prasanth Babu

Aswin Kumar S S/o N. Sreekumar & Neetha Nair

Shruthi Cyriac D/o Cyriac Joseph & Nikhil Chalakkal

Revathy D D/o D Santhosh Kumar & Sankar R

Sri. S.V. Das (R-0029)

Sri. R. Subramoniam (L-0207)

Sri. S. Balu (R-0237)

Sri. G. Harindran (R-0272)

Dr. D. Babu Paul (R-0290)

Sri. S. Velayudhan Pillai (R-0323)

Sri. Subash Chandra Bose (L-0339)

Sri.P. Balakrishnan Nair (L-0351)

Sri. P.V. George (L-0380)

Sri. Ayyappan Pillai. C (L-0382)

Sri. P.S. Pillai (L-0383)

Sri. G. Chandrasekharan Nair (L-0386)

Sri. Avicote John Cherian (L-0411)

Sri. S. Padmakumar (L-0425)

Sri. Kattayil Chandy Zachariah (L-0427)

Sri. T.S. Krishna Swamy (L-0432)

Dr. K. Sabarinathan (R-0439)

Sri. Varghese Mathew (L-0476)

Sri. Charly John (L-0482)

Sri. M.M. Hussain (N-0701)

Dr. C.N. Somasekharan Nair (R-0726)

Sri. P. Gopinath (R-0763)

R.C. Nair (R-0769)

Capt. T.K.R Nair (R-0770)

Sri. P.G. Sukumaran Nair (R-0775)

Sri. C.V. Thrivikraman (R-0777)

Dr. P.A. Suresh Kumar (L-0803)

Ms. Parvathy D/o Dr. N. Neelakanta Pillai (L-0471)

Sri. Daniel A.G (L-0811)

15, Rabindra Sarobar, Hindustan Park, Hindustan Park, Kolkata, West Bengal 700029 Phone: 033 2419-8914/15, 033-2466-3343. Fax: 033-2464-6961 Email: hony.secy@calcuttarowingclub.co.in crcbrccrc@yahoo.com Location: Rabindra Sarobar Lake, on posh locality of South Kolkata Distance from: Airport: 25 KM, Railway Station: 8 KM, Business Centre: 2 KM Club Working Hours: 6 AM to 11 PM (Everyday) Facilities • Quality Cuisine in house services.

• Ice Cream and Snacks Parlour.

• Heritage Bar. • A.C. Dining Hall.

• Lush Green Lawn and Bar facing Lake.

• A.C. Conference Hall for large Gatherings.

• A.C. Meeting Room for 25/30 heads.

• Swimming Pool.

• Accommodation for Reciprocal Club Members (Proposed).

Sports Facilities • Rowing • Table Tennis • Badminton • Dart • Multigym.

New Year Celebrations 2014

New Year Celebrations 2014

New Year Celebrations 2014

Know our Elders....

Sri. U. Chandu Nair

Sri. U. Chandu Nair joined the club at a time when only Europeans were normally admitted as members. He was a gentleman to the core at the same time a strict disciplinarian. He was the Hony.

Secretary of Club from December 1967 to June 1972.

Sri. Chandu Nair was born in December 1910. His father Sri. Unni Nair was an Officer (the equivalent of the Librarian today) in Trivandrum Public Library and his mother Smt. Rugmini Amma is from Panapazhinji House, Jagathy, an ancient aristocratic family of Trivandrum. He married Smt Chandrika Amma of Chittaloor, daughter of Kallu Veedu Govinda Pillai, Executive Engineer in the Travancore PWD. Sri. Chandu Nair graduated in Electrical Engineering from Guindy Engineering College, Madras in 1932. He started his career as Mains Engineer in the Travancore Electricity Department. He was associated with and deeply involved in almost all major hydel and Power Projects including Sabarigiri and Idukki. He served in all levels in the Electricity Department and retired as Chairman, Kerala State Electricity Board in 1967. He passed away on 16.6.1985, at the age of 75.

He has three sons Sri. Unni Nair who retired as Sales Manager, SKF Ltd.; Bangalore. Sri. C. Ayyappan who was the Vice President of ITC Ltd and Sri. Govindan who is a Copy Editor. His daughters are Smt. Padmaja Menon, Smt. Ammini Panicker and the Late Mallika Jayachandran.

His brother Dr.U.S. Nair was a renowned statistician and academic.

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Obituary

A. Rajappan (N-0126)

K.G. Sankaran Nair (R-0138)

K. Gopinathan (L-0450)

S. Unnikrishnan Nair (L-0779)

Obituary

Mathew A Eapen (L-0793)

A. Mohamed Khan (R-1761)

G. Santhamohan (L-1651)

Vishnu D.R (R-2198)

R. Gopalakrishnan Nair (R-2550)

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Gopi Chettan… is no more with us.

Dr P Gopinath

As we enter the club lobby it was almost a permanent daily sight, our Gopichettan and Renuka Chechi greeting us with their innocent smile. We should all be thankful to Gopichettan for reviving the club along with the then president the late C.G.G. Panicker chettan. They cleaned up the Aegean stables and established an efficient management structure and administration for the club. So also the ethnic cuisine varieties introduced

by Gopi chettan, which all of us relished.

In this tribute our Gulf Air Gopichettan on the late Gopichettan, has minced no words in presenting a true picture of the personality of his old friend and has wound up with a touching elegy composed by him.

We may miss the physical presence of Gopichettan, but he is there all around in our minds. May his soul rest in peace.

For all those who have had the privilege to know and

meet him will certainly be echoing the feelings of the poet who sang “To know to meet and then to part is the sad tale of every human heart.”

Our Senior Member and also our former President Sri K Gopinathan Nair’s demise is certainly a sad parting for many of us. Whoever has met him would immediately find in him a true friend and a perfect gentleman. Such were the sterling qualities of that person. His soft words and humane approach, while dealing with people and situations have endeared him to all who had the opportunity to interact with him. He seldom lost his patience and with his disarming smile, handled even the worse situation with ease. His words, decisions or actions, never left a heart burn among others. He had the rare quality to establish a lasting and trusting friendship with a large circle of people from every walk of life.

He was a friend of the “old order.” Today the term friend is often used to describe “contacts” rather than relationships. One may have the ability to send a message to his friends but this is not the same thing as having a positive relationship on one to one basis. He was extremely good at establishing true relationships among friends. I have found in him a friend in the fullest sense, as mentioned by Michael Josephson in his famous A to Z narration of true friendship.

Many will agree that Gopi Chettan was an excellent organizer. He displayed a very high sense of commitment while

attending to his personal, professional or social responsibility and assignments. The passion with which he attended to his work was astounding. May be that he had access to his inner wisdom and he followed it to the end. My association with him started in the late nineteen fifties when he was employed with the railways and myself as a student of Madras Law College. Our warm relationship continued till his last breath on 15th December 2013. When I saw him in his bed on the early morning of the day he was already in his calm but cold sleep. He had left us all by that time. At that moment I could only pray for his peaceful soul and sufficient mental strength for his wife Smt Renuka Gopinath and his other family members, to bear this great loss.

That evening I wrote the following few words in my personal diary.

“God saw you getting tired And a cure was not meant to be So he put his arms around you And whispered “Come to Me” With tearful eyes we watched you And we saw you pass away Although we loved you deeply, We could not make you stay.

Your golden heart stopped beating Hard working hands at rest.

God broke our hearts to prove to us He only takes the Best". w

Dr P Gopinath (R-763) is the former President of our Club.

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In tribute to Grandpa Love you Grandpa...

Colours of hope and fact Malavika, grand daughter of the late M.R. Sukumaran Nair pays a touching tribute to her loving grandpa. The poetess in the grand daughter reminisces about her late grandfather, a divine presence, which animates the world around her. Through probing questions she experiences the Invisible presence of her grandpa - the Psyche that is still alive.

Malavika A. Nair

In tribute to Grandpa | Love you Grandpa

Was this just a transitory period?

Or was this an end to the whole volatile life?

Was this person an effigy?

Or was this person also just a somatic figure?

Can we all refer to him as a legend of all times?

Or was he the supreme creator and destroyer?

If he was God himself, Was it a necessity that he be destroyed? Was it a necessity ?

Supposingly might have is in existence But it is least that I realize he is nowhere near The part of nature he belongs to might be a reason Nature was never too calm and sweet where for him His presence, his cherubic smile showcased in the sweetest of Angelic breezes I ask for his divinity filled smile, I get this breeze It is when I ask for him to look, that the nature sparkles It’s light of cries and happiness True that he is a part of nature. The true heart of nature.

To caress and care take the entire human creature As one human he could aid solitary the living entity enclosing him Now what might be better the ever moral physical stature?

Or the ever ruling and everlasting spirit in him Perhaps the delight old legendary human requires a close of sedation.

The long awaited tranquilization of times.

Whatever said or however explained His physical presence is no where around If the actuating principle of animating force Within the body of living still exists imperishable Perhaps the chassis is no longer left.

But the actuating cause of his life, the Psyche is still present. w Malavika A.Nair D/o. Ajith Kumar (R-2063), is the grand daughter of the late M.R. Sukumaran Nair.

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A LETTER FROM NEW JERSY When Neelakandantan kutty Chettan asked over the phone whether I could include an article from his grandson Akshay, though I had closed shop for this issue, I could not say no to him. And the result was an interesting article from a 3rd standard student on his trip to South Africa which he winds up with a fervent request to we elders the need and sanctity of conserving the flora of fauna of our mother earth.

Akshay Dear Family, This summer, we went to South Africa and visited Johannesburg, Cape Town and Kruger National Park. I am going to tell you about all the animals I saw in Kruger National Park. We were able to spot the “Big Five.” The “Big Five” animals are Lion, Leopard, Elephant, Rhinocerous, and Buffalo. They are called the “Big Five” because they could attack and kill you. It was fun to see all of the animals.

Our ranger Malcolm took us in his open jeep on game rides and Alec, our tracker, helped find all the animals.

Besides the “Big Five,” we saw wildebeest, monkeys, Giraffes, Hyenas, Zebras, Kudus, Impalas, Hippopotamuses and more. The monkeys could run and swing as fast as the jeep. We saw a lot of lions and lion cubs very close to us.

Two lions were looking straight at each other like they were looking at a mirror.

I wanted to see a Giraffe sleep, but when we saw one, Malcolm and I chased it instead. It was fun. When baby Giraffes are born, they are six feet tall. Malcolm told me that their poop is first like a chain, and then it falls down and scatters.

We saw leopards, but they were not on trees. They were lying down on the grass. One of the leopards we saw was holding a kill in its mouth like a chew toy. Another one was licking himself like a house cat. The mom leopard uses her tail to help her cubs practice hunting. They also use it for balance. The leopard cubs watch their mom’s tail and follow her.

Buffalos have good memory. You don’t want to be a buffalo’s enemy. They have a habit of never forgiving. They are good swimmers and hunters. They can even kill a lion. We saw a big herd of buffalos with a lot of calves. We saw another big herd of buffalos at night. They were all around us. Malcolm turned the light off and told us to listen to the sound the buffalos made. It was a bit scary and fun.

I saw hippos in the lake near our game lodge in the morning. They looked like they were meditating. Maybe they are sad that the rhinos beat them to second place for being the largest land animal.

We saw plenty of African elephants. African elephants are larger than Indian elephants. Both male and female African elephants have tusks. Their ears work like built-in fans for the hot summers in South Africa. We saw a baby elephant and its mother. The baby stayed very close to the mother elephant. People kill elephants for ivory for art. I wish they would stop doing that, because the world needs more elephants.

We saw a White Rhinocerous mother and her baby. The little one was hiding behind the mother. Baby rhinos stay with their moms till they are 3 years old. They are herbivores. The White Rhinocerous is the second largest land animal. They are illegally hunted for their horns because their horns are used in Chinese medicine. I wish people would stop hunting them so that there can be more rhinos on earth.

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S.N. Chettan’s granddaughter Vaishnavi has written an inspiring story about Chris, a 16 year old boy, who had the courage and conviction to support his critically ailing mother, by playing foot ball to earn money for that. Later he become one of the most famous Architects of Australia. A really touching piece of writing from Vaishnavi.

Vaishnavi Anand

Chris who was 16 years old was living all alone with

his mother who was a cancer patient. They were living in a small rented house in Perth, Australia. They had taken many loans and did not have enough money to pay them back to the rightful owners. Chris’ mother had just gotten better but unfortunately, one Sunday morning, she saw blood flowing down her nose and her skin was feeling very numb. Chris took his mother immediately to the nearest hospital and he knew that the painful disease had come back to haunt them. Many doctors came together and they moved her to the I.C.U. Chris could not bear it, he just ran out to the other side of the hospital and started crying. He was crying not only because of his mother but also due to the expenses he had for the chemotherapy treatment.

The day just passed and the next day, Chris went home, took a bath and managed to get some food for his ailing mother. When Chris went to the hospital, he requested the doctors and asked them if he could see his mother. They did not allow him and asked him to wait outside.

Outside Chris saw a very familiar face…of course! It was the coach of the state football team! Chris’ favourite sport was football. He also knew that football players get payed very handsomely. Chris went ahead and spoke to the coach. The coach wanted to see how Chris plays and took him to the football ground. Chris played with the other state players and tackled them so well! The coach was impressed, he asked chris to join the team right away and also play the upcoming football match. Chris played very well in the match and slowly he started becoming

popular. But after everyday practice, he would go back to the hospital and check on his mother’s progress towards the treatment, but his mother was not making any progress…she was stable since she got admitted to the hospital. Chris earned a lot of money and decided to keep it for his mother’s treatment expenditures.

One cold Monday morning, Chris was asked to come to the hospital immediately. His mother’s condition became worse and the very same day, he had to attend a very important match which he could not avoid. He waited outside the hospital and just kept waiting…

One of Chris’s colleagues came over to the hospital and asked if Chris was coming or not. Chris’ reply was a big ‘NO’. The coach was really angry and asked chris to join them, if ‘yes’ and if ‘no’ he had to leave the team.

Chris gave his final decision and decided to leave the team. The doctors finally came outside and allowed Chris to meet his mother. He was so happy that he dashed inside the room. He was shocked. His eyes filled with tears as his mother had become so weak that her face had turned blue. Chris ran outside and started crying, not only because of his mother’s condition, but because of the actual truth: “His mother was going to die!”

Chris went back and sat next to his mother. His mother just gave a smile and told him,” Chris, do not think that the doctors are trying to ignore you…they told me that you got selected in the state football team and you were earning money for my treatment. You will grow up to be a caring man…”, she closed her eyes and had a smile on her face. Suddenly an alarm started ringing and Chris realised that it was from the machine attached to

Vaishnavi Anand IX std, RCIS, Bangalore is D/o Sri. Anand Narayanan & the grand daughter of Sri. S.N.Nayar.

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his mother. The doctors pushed Chris aside and there was a crowd of doctors around his mother. He got scared and knew what he was going to hear. He went back home, locked the door and just sat looking at his mother’s photo still in shock.

How would he pay the loans? How would he move ahead without his mother?

19 years later…

“Chris McAdams has been awarded as the most intelligent architect!”

Chris became one of the most famous architect in Perth. He was also able to pay back the loans and Contd. from page 38...

A Letter from New Jersy

During the safari, I saw the entire cast of the movie “Lion King.” I imagined that all the animals were acting in the movie in real life in front of me. That was fun!

I also went to a Cheetah Conservatory in Cape Town.

This is a place where people are working to protect the cheetahs from being endangered. Cheetahs are endangered because they prey on farm animals like sheep and so, farmers shoot them. So, the Cheetah Conservatory donates a special breed of dogs called the Anatolian Shepherd that’s Contd. from page 25...

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expenses to the respective people. He moved on in life and was very happy. He was so rich that he constructed and designed a beautiful house for himself and named it after his mother.

Many millions of people all around the world go through such situations in life, but all you have to do is move on, move ahead with great ambitions and work really hard to achieve it. Life is a journey full of twists and turns, some are expected and some are unexpected.

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Editor: 1995-1996

S. Jayaprakash

Every Dog has its Day

Malayatoor

Brigadier in the Ananthapuram Club

Sri. Jayaprakash was the first person to take over from myself the reins of the Second Home, in 1995. He brought out 3 issues with different assortments of contents and a different pattern of editing. He passed away in 2009. He was a gentle person with a disarming smile always. May his soul rest in peace.

As a new article cannot be obtained for this issue I am reproducing one of his editorials of 1996 “wishing the members a happy new year and bidding adieau to his tenure of Editorship� and cartoons of Malayattoor from those issues.

The late S. Jayaprakash (R-1442) was the Managing Partner, VJ Properties, Trivandrum.

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Editor: 2003-2004 & 2009-2010 For Sanal Kumar it was a cake walk or like fish taking to water with his journalistic experience as Sub Editor in the Indian Express. He edited the Magazine for two years and proved his mettle, when the ‘Second Home’ bagged for the second time the second best prize of Trivandrum Press Club (The first time we won the second prize in 1994 during the first year of publication itself and third prize in 2006), competing with giants like Tata Tea, Indian Oil, SBT etc who have PR departments and professional agencies for this. It is out and out an one man’s job in the case of the Second Home. But for the last 20 years, from the limited population of the club members we could unearth excellent writers who are amateur debutants.

G. Sanal Kumar

Ever thought of how a magazine is born? That too, an amateur, in-house magazine likes our “Second Home”.

It solely rests on the shoulder of the Editor destined. He has to start from scratch; the most daunting is the hunt for material; of course, publishable. Daunting it is, because of the narrow pool from where we ought to get readable and publishable material.

Well, I will narrate my experience while I edited our "Second Home"; twice. I was of the impression that my stint as a Sub Editor with Indian Express would come in handy.

But, alas it is not to be, because the environs were totally different. Unlike in a Newspaper organization, where there is no dearth of publishable materials, here one would have to hunt for them. (Precisely what Ayyappan chettan is doing now!)

A difficult task indeed; where you should not only have a good rapport but also great persuasive skills to get a firm commitment from a member to contribute. Although our Club has a member strength of around 1600 members, active members who frequent the Club at the most numbers between 300-400. Of these 300 members a very small percentage exhibits writing skills and have a flair for writing. In short the writing pool is limited to 40-50, of which a significant chunk are amateurs; who often needs a great amount of encouragement, persuasion and assurances that their shortfalls in their articles would be made up by editing and enrichment.

Added to this barrier is the hullabaloo if one tries to edit or polish a creation. Quite natural; because every one of us is of the impression, that theirs is a marvelous creation, and beyond the scope of any editing. But, indeed there are exceptions. Daughter of Radhakrishnan Nair (R 2393) sent

me a poem. At the first glimpse itself my eyes spread wide open. It was quite fascinating; interesting indeed. I read it a couple of times and felt that there is scope for bettering it with a bit of rearrangement and additions (a euphemism for editing).But alas my experience; not so pleasant when I touched upon certain other creations dissuaded me, but my natural instinct for editing was which something I could not resist. With a bit of sceptism, I decided to call upon the little girl to know her opinion. She responded wonderfully; and said “Uncle go ahead” I was so happy and promised her the edited poem would be sent to her for her consent before it is published. She agreed; and I with the minimum amount of alteration it sent to her for her consent. She, after reading the version gave me the consent to publish it. To me, for her age, that was one of the finest poems in Malayalam that appeared in our "Second Home". (Unfortunately not much or virtually nothing has been heard of her writings in recent times; maybe she is busy with her studies.)

Mrs Sulochana Rammohan is another great individual who impressed me and never showed any signs of languidness when we call her for a contribution in the form of a poem or an article for "Second Home. It seems she has an anthology of English poems; she might have scribbled during her spare time; and that too pretty decent stuff. It is high time she makes some tangible efforts to publish it. It seems that now a days she is gaining recognition as an activist too; as it is evident from “Manorama daily” quoting her in their Saturday “Vachakamela” Another ardent writer who impressed me is Mr Ashokan (L1693); who serialized the functioning of the human organs in a very impressive and sarcastic way. I often used to wonder, whether even a qualified medical practitioner

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would be able to write in such an authoritative and interesting manner. It seemed that he was taking his writings in a very serious manner and as an Editor, for me it was an effortless exercise to edit his articles.

I won’t be doing justice to myself If I do not mention Velappan Nair(R1694); the retired Tahsildar who inspite of his fragile health takes writing very seriously. He often uses to narrate his official experience in a very catchy manner. One such article was about his experience as a special officer for the Lakshwadeep administration. It had all the ingredients of a suspense story and the narrative style was really impressive.

Another memorable incident which touched me is the gesture from one of our senior members; late Joseph K C (L 975). One afternoon he called me up and requested me to publish an article written by his son who was working as a Doctor at KIMS Trivandrum. I was really moved by the attachment and intimacy of his family members. I had a pretty long chat with that gentleman and within a short span of time we covered a wide range of topics ranging from vegetarianism to the western concept of India and its culture.

(He was a Chartered Accountant with “Caltex” a trans national oil giant) At the end of the conversation I promised him to meet him at his residence; which remains as an unfulfilled promise.

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Aravind Suresh S/o Sri. P.V. Suresh Kumar, Class XI, St. Thomas School, Trivandrum, Winner, All Kerala ISC Schools Shuttle Badminton Championship-2013.

tain manuscripts quite illegible; for which I devised an innovative methodology; assign the editing task to the creators themselves, until either they give me a print out or the manuscript became legible. Luckily for me; that too worked and I was quite relieved of my task.

When Ayyappan chettan called me up and assigned me this task, I was wondering, where to start and where to end.

Two more calls from him and I was on my toes; as if he was my Professor Emeritus and my fate in the form of marks depended on him. I salute his indomitable spirit, self motivated, bringing out volumes and volumes of "Second Home"; something which he founded, a one man army indeed.

As a person who believes in “Karma” (one’s own duty) without thinking about the “Karmaphal” (reward), my moment of glory came in the form of a call from our former Secretary Ashok, who on the other side of the phone said “Sanal; our "Second Home" has won the second best award constituted by Trivandrum Press Club for the best in house journal in India. He further continued; we have decided to entrust you to receive the award on behalf of the Club, which I did, when I received the award from the former Minister for Cultural affairs G Sudhakaran. At that moment of glory, I thought of Sangeeth, who as the Secretary infused confidence and compelled me to assign the task of editing "Second Home" when I myself was in a state of trepidation.w 65

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Editor: 2004-2005 WITH INPUTS FROM PK MUKHOPADHYAY, FORMERLY AG BIHAR

James K Joseph

Has anyone heard of Chicken consuming 80 kg of feed an on average per head for day. But according to the expenditure accounts of the Animal Husbandry Department of Bihar during the rein of the one and only Lalu the poor birds and cattle were ‘made’ to to eat quantities as quoted above so that the amounts spent for the purchase of cattle feed would tally!

It was a Herculean task by the Account General’s team of Bihar to unearth these cold, vulgar and stinking facts which were cleverly concealed ingeneously (here indigenously) under the guise of ‘saving’ in the budgeted expenditure. Here Sri. James Joseph explains in a nut shell the interesting details of the clever modus operandi of the Government and Animal Husbandry Department of Bihar.

James brought out four issues blending a current topics along with family subjects judiciously

In October, 2013 Lalu Prasad Yadav former Chief Minister of Bihar was sentenced to jail for five years by the special CBI court, Jharkhand in the case relating to the notorious fodder scam. Lalu has since been unseated as an MP and was languishing in the jail and now on bail. This is the first time that a politician gets punished and simultaneously loses his position as MP making this a unique case in Indian history.

Fodder scam is just one out of a plethora of scams we have come across in recent times. But what distinguishes it is its ingenious modus operandi. Lalu as Chief Minister was holding the portfolio of Finance too. At that time the Finance Department made exhorbitant provisions in the budget for purchase of feed for animals and poultry in the Government farms under the Animal Husbandry Department (AHD). But much of these funds were not allotted to AHD. Such un-allotted funds were shown as savings and surrendered at the end of each year. This created a smokescreen giving the impression that the Finance Department was keeping a strict vigil over expenditure!

In reality while the charade of surrender of savings was happening, the AHD mafia was looting hundreds of crores through fake bills.

The Accountant General of Bihar and his team had to make extraordinary efforts to unearth the details of this complex fraud. The Audit Report which was placed in the Bihar Assembly in Oct. 1996 revealed how the Finance Department under Lalu Prasad patronized, facilitated and gave cover to the scamsters in their day-light robbery of public funds from six odd treasuries in South Bihar. The details were bizarre. The AHD officials drew Rs. 280 crores purportedly to buy yellow maize and groundnut cakes whereas the animals needed only Rs. 10 crores worth

of feed in three years! Similarly Rs. 152 crores was spent for medicines but the hospitals never got the medicines.

Rs. 25 crores was spent on artificial insemination but in reality there was a drastic fall in reproduction!

The brazen loot from the public treasuries went undetected for years- how? Lalu Prasad’s Finance Department ensured that the records of false transactions from the treasuries were not sent to the AG. By the time the AG could finally access the records in Oct. 1994, loot of over Rs 500 crores had already taken place. What is worse, the loot continued with impunity and another Rs 200 crores was also plundered till1995-96!

The fodder scam looms large in memory as a unique case of the fence eating the crops and also because of the wanton disregard of probity and the temerity with which it was perpetrated. It also reveals the abysmal depth to which corruption can sink if the watchdogs are not vigilant. Mercifully, the Accountant General’s report has precisely and convincingly nailed the high and mighty persons who supervised the plunder and gave a good lead to the CBI to eventually bring the culprits to book. w

Courtesy: Sri. Vignesh Rajan

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A¿¸³ t‑N«³ a‑p³]‑p cï‑p XhW Ct‑X I‑mc‑yw‑ ]dª‑p h‑nf‑n¨‑nc‑p¶‑p. \½‑ps‑S C³l‑uk‑v a‑mKk‑ns‑â FU‑näÀa‑mc‑mb‑n {‑]hÀ¯‑n¨‑nc‑p¶ FÃm-t]-cp-tSbpw H‑mt‑cm‑ t‑eJ\‑w s‑k¡â‑v t‑lm‑ a‑n Hcp-an-¨v A-Sp-¯- e-¡¯n s‑Im‑ S‑p¯‑m s‑Im‑ Å‑m a‑mb‑nc‑p¶‑p. ^‑uïÀ FU‑näd‑ps‑S C‑u Bhi‑yw‑ ic‑n¡‑pw‑ F¶‑n kt‑´m‑ ja‑pfh‑m¡‑n. s‑k¡â‑v t‑lm‑ a‑nsâ 20-þm‑ w‑ h‑mÀj‑nI ¸X‑n¸‑ns‑e At‑±l¯‑ns‑³d FU‑nt‑äm‑ d‑nbe‑n a‑p³ FU‑näÀa‑ms‑c H‑mÀ¯X‑n F\‑nb‑v¡p‑ w‑ \µ‑nb‑pï‑v. I‑mcW‑w {‑]u ‑ Va‑mb C‑u {‑]k‑n²‑oIcW¯‑ns‑³d FU‑näd‑mb‑n {‑]hÀ¯‑n¡‑m³ Hc‑p hÀj‑w F\‑n¡‑pw‑ k‑m[‑n¨‑p (R‑m³ ¢_‑v t‑Pm‑ b‑nâ‑v s‑k{‑I«d‑n Bb‑nc‑p¶ hÀj‑w)‑ . a‑m{‑Xh‑paà t‑Um‑ . a‑m[h s‑sI ‑ aÄ t‑N«³ FU‑näÀ Bb‑nc‑p¶t‑¸m‑ Ä At‑±lt‑¯m‑ s‑Sm‑ ¸‑w Hc‑p hÀj‑w R‑m\‑pw‑ FU‑nt‑äm‑ d‑nb t‑_m‑ ÀU‑n A‑wKa‑mb‑pw‑ {‑]hÀ¯‑n¨‑p.

C‑u cï‑p hÀj¡‑meh‑pw‑ H‑mt‑cm‑ e¡h‑pw‑ Cd§‑pt‑¼m‑ Ä Dï‑m I‑p¶ k‑wX‑r]‑vXn‑ ]dªd‑nb‑n¡‑m³ k‑m[‑n¡‑m¯X‑mW.‑v B k‑wX‑r]‑vXn‑ b‑v¡p‑ t‑hï‑n a‑m{‑Xa‑mW‑v kab‑w Is‑ï¯‑n CX‑nsâ FU‑nt‑äm‑ d‑nb t‑Pm‑ e‑nIf‑n GÀs‑¸«X‑v.

FU‑näÀ F¶ \‑neb‑n R‑m³ {‑]hÀ¯‑n¨‑nc‑p¶t‑¸m‑ Ä F\‑nb‑v¡p‑ ï‑mb N‑ne A\‑p`h§Ä R‑m³ Ch‑ns‑S ]dª‑p s‑Im‑ ffs‑«.

BZ‑ya‑mb‑n \½‑ps‑S s‑k¡â‑v t‑lm‑ a‑n\‑v Bhi‑ya‑pff t‑eJ\§f‑pw‑ ,‑ cN\If‑pw‑ H¸‑nb‑v¡p‑ I F¶X‑mW‑v. AX‑n\‑v A‑wK§s‑f \‑nc´c‑w h‑nf‑n¡‑pa‑mb‑nc‑p¶‑p. \½‑ps‑S club‑ Fg‑pX‑m³ t‑Um‑ . _‑m_‑pt‑]m‑ Ä kÀ‑, k¡d‑nb kÀ‑, ]Z‑vaI‑pa‑mÀ kÀ(s‑F.P‑n.‑ )‑, {‑io‑ aX‑n e‑nU‑m t‑P¡_‑v a‑mU‑w X‑pS§‑nb {‑]a‑pJÀ Dï‑mb‑nc‑p¶‑p. B I‑mebfh‑n Ahc‑pa‑mb‑n _Ôs‑¸S‑m³ k‑m[‑n¨X‑v Hc‑p `‑mK‑ya‑mb‑n Ic‑pX‑p¶‑p. s‑k¡â‑v t‑lm‑ a‑ns‑â t‑Pm‑ e‑nb‑n Gddh‑pw‑ {‑]b‑mka‑mb‑n t‑Xm‑ ¶‑nbX‑v "{‑]q‑ ^‑v d‑oU‑nM‑v'

BW‑v. k‑m[‑mcW {‑]k‑n²‑oIcW§Ä¡‑v Professional Proof Readers Dï.‑v Ch‑ns‑S AX‑pw‑ FU‑näd‑ps‑S t‑Pm‑ e‑nb‑mW‑v. F¦‑ne‑pw‑ Ig‑nhX‑pw‑ s‑XäpIÄ Hg‑nh‑m¡‑n Cd¡‑m³ Ig‑nª‑p. Hc‑n¡Â F\‑nb‑v¡p‑ hfs‑c {‑][‑m\s‑¸« Hc‑p t‑\m‑ «]‑niI‑p ]ä‑n. ]ï‑v A¨‑p\‑nc¯‑n Z‑n\¸{‑X§Ä Cd§‑nb‑nc‑p¶ I‑me¯‑v Hc‑p A£cs‑Xä‑pt‑]m‑ e‑pw‑ I‑mW‑pIb‑nÃ. A¶s‑¯ {‑]k‑n²‑o IcW {‑]hÀ¯IÀ A{‑X {‑i²t‑bm‑ s‑Sb‑mW‑v AX‑v s‑sI ‑ I‑mc‑yw‑ s‑Nb‑vXn‑ c‑p¶X‑v. C¶‑mIs‑« k‑uIc‑y§Ä I‑qS‑n. Computer, DTP, Sophisticated Printing Equipment Chb‑ps‑S hct‑hm‑ s‑S A¨S‑n t‑Pm‑ e‑nIÄ hfs‑c Ff‑p¸¯‑ne‑pw‑ t‑hK¯‑ne‑pw‑ s‑N¿‑m³ k‑m[‑nb‑v¡p‑ s‑a¦‑ne‑pw‑ s‑Xä‑pIÄ hc‑m\‑pff k‑m[‑yXIÄ hfs‑c I‑qS‑pXe‑ms‑W¶‑v CX‑ns‑â FU‑näÀ Bb‑nc‑p¶ I‑me¯‑v F\‑nb‑v¡p‑ a\Ê‑ne‑mb‑n. C¶‑p Z‑nht‑k\ Cd§‑p¶ GX‑p {‑]k‑n ²‑oIcW§Ä t‑\m‑ ¡‑nb‑me‑pw‑ A£c]‑ni‑mN‑pIÄ I‑qS‑ms‑X Hc‑p ]X‑n¸‑pt‑ ] ‑ m‑ e‑pw‑ I‑mW‑nÃ.A¯c¯‑ne‑pff [‑mc‑mf‑w {‑]k‑n ²‑oIcW§f‑n hc‑p¶ ckIca‑mb s‑Xä‑pIf‑ps‑S Hc‑p t‑iJc‑w Xs‑¶ Fs‑â I¿‑ne‑pï.‑v C¶‑v technology ]‑pt‑cm‑ Ka‑n¨t‑¸m‑ Ä a\‑pj‑ym‑ ²‑zm‑ \‑w ]‑pdt‑Im‑ «‑mb‑n.

R§f‑ps‑S I½‑nä‑nb‑ps‑S Ahk‑m\I‑me‑w Ae‑v]w‑ A\‑nÝ‑n XX‑zw‑ Dï‑mb‑nc‑p¶X‑ps‑Im‑ ï‑v s‑k¡â‑v t‑lm‑ w‑ a‑q¶‑mas‑¯ e¡‑w t‑ht‑Wm‑ t‑hït‑bm‑ F¶ Hc‑mib¡‑pg¸‑w F\‑n¡‑pï‑mb‑nc‑p¶‑p. ]s‑£ s‑k¡â‑v t‑lm‑ a‑ns‑â a‑q¶‑mas‑¯ e¡‑w Cd¡W‑w F¶‑v s‑k{‑I«d‑nb‑pw‑ ,‑ {‑]k‑nUâ‑pw‑ aä‑v I½‑nä‑n A‑wK§f‑pw‑ Bhi‑ys‑¸«‑p. AX‑v ¢_‑v Z‑n\¯‑n¯s‑¶ d‑ne‑ok‑v s‑N¿W‑w F¶‑p ]dª‑p. ¢_‑vtU ‑ bv¡v‑ Z‑nhk§Ä a‑m{‑Xt‑ab‑pff‑p.

R‑m³ Fs‑â kab‑w a‑pg‑ph³ AX‑n\‑p t‑hï‑n N‑nehg‑n¨‑p. ¢_‑v t‑Ub‑ps‑S Xt‑eZ‑nhk‑w Ahk‑m\ {‑]q‑ ^‑v IdÎ‑v s‑Nb‑vXv‑ OK ]dª‑p. ¢_‑v t‑Ub‑ps‑S A¶‑v D¨b‑v¡p‑ I‑pd¨‑p t‑Im‑ ¸‑nIÄ \e‑vIm‑ s‑a¶‑v Akshara Offset A[‑nI‑rXÀ Dd¸p\e‑vIn‑ . BZ‑y{‑]X‑n Fs‑â ssIb‑n I‑n«‑nbt‑¸m‑ Ä R‑m³ Hc‑p s‑Xä‑v Iï‑p]‑nS‑n¨‑p.

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Hc‑p t‑^m‑ t‑«m‑ XeI‑og‑mb‑nt‑¸m‑ b‑n. ]s‑£ A[‑nIa‑mc‑pw‑ AX‑v {‑i²‑n¨‑nà F¶X‑mW‑v kX‑yw‑ . IdÎ‑v s‑Nb‑vXX‑p t‑kh‑v s‑N¿‑m³ h‑n«‑pt‑]m‑ bX‑ps‑Im‑ ï‑v ]ä‑nbX‑ms‑W¶‑v F\‑nb‑v¡p‑ a\Ê‑ne‑mb‑n. B s‑Xä‑v R‑m³ s‑hf‑nb‑n ]dª‑ns‑æ‑ne‑pw‑ ¢_‑v s‑k{‑I«d‑nb‑mb‑pw‑ ,‑ {‑]k‑nUâ‑mb‑pw‑ Hs‑¡ s‑Xcs‑ªS‑p¡s‑¸«‑n«‑pff Hc‑mÄ AX‑p BZ‑ya‑mb‑n Iï‑p]‑nS‑n¨‑p. Bf‑pIs‑fm‑ ¶‑pw‑ CÃ‑m¯ Hc‑p t‑^m‑ t‑«m‑ BbX‑n\‑me‑mW‑v Bc‑pw‑ {‑i²‑n¡‑m¯X‑v.

C{‑Xb‑pw‑ Fg‑pX‑n Ig‑nªt‑¸m‑ Ä AX‑m s‑am‑ s‑s_ ‑  iÐ‑n ¡‑p¶‑p. A¿¸³ t‑N«s‑â _‑mw¥‑qc‑n \‑n¶‑pff cï‑mas‑¯ h‑nf‑n. R‑m³ t‑^m‑ s‑WS‑p¯‑p. ""Pb‑m... BÀ«‑n¡‑nÄ GX‑phs‑cb‑mb‑n...?''

R‑m³ ]dª‑p. ""Fg‑pX‑ns‑¡m‑ ï‑nc‑n¡‑pIb‑mW‑v t‑N«‑m''.

CX‑v "Ab‑mÄ IYs‑bg‑pX‑pIb‑mW‑v' F¶‑v ]dªX‑p t‑]m‑ s‑e BI‑pt‑am‑ ? a‑m[h s‑sI ‑ aÄ At‑ac‑n¡b‑n \‑n¶‑p Ab¨‑p X¶‑p.

Pb\‑pw‑ Hc‑p cï‑p Z‑nhk¯‑n\I‑w XcW‑w.

X‑oÀ¨b‑mb‑pw‑ Xc‑ms‑a¶‑v ]dª‑v R‑m³ t‑^m‑ ¬ h¨‑p. h‑oï‑pw‑ R‑m³ Fg‑p¯‑nt‑e¡‑v {‑i²‑n¨‑p. ]‑ns‑¶ hÀj§Ä¡‑pt‑ij‑w Fs‑¶ Ct‑¸m‑ g‑pw‑ ]‑n´‑pSÀ¶‑ps‑Im‑ ï‑nc‑n¡‑p¶ Hc‑p t‑Nm‑ Z‑yw‑ . Pb‑m....... Fh‑ns‑S Fs‑â BÀ«‑n¡‑nÄ? Hc‑p e¡¯‑n {‑]k‑n²‑oIc‑n¡‑p¶X‑n\‑p t‑hï‑n R‑m³ Fs‑â a‑q¯ t‑Py‑ j‑vT\‑p X‑pe‑yw‑ _l‑pa‑m\‑n¡‑pIb‑pw‑ ,‑ k‑vt\ ‑ l‑n¡‑pIb‑pw‑ s‑N¿‑p¶ a‑pX‑nÀ¶ Hc‑p ¢_‑v A‑wK‑w I‑pd¨‑p A\‑p`- h§Ä‑, P‑oh‑nX¯‑n \S¶ k‑w`h§Ä F¶‑p ]db‑p 68

¶X‑mI‑pw‑ ic‑n,‑ \À½‑w IeÀ¯‑n Fg‑pX‑n X¶‑p. AX‑n Hc‑p k‑w`h¯‑ns‑e \À½‑w {‑]k‑n²‑oIc‑n¨‑m AX‑p A‑wK§Ä GX‑p c‑oX‑nb‑ns‑eS‑p¡‑ps‑a¶ Hc‑p Bib¡‑pg¸‑w. AX‑ps‑Im‑ ï‑v N‑ne ]c‑nNbk¼¶c‑pa‑mb‑n NÀ¨ s‑Nb‑vXX‑n\‑p t‑ij‑w B `‑mK‑w R‑m³ Hg‑nh‑m¡‑n {‑]k‑n²‑oIc‑n¨‑p. Hg‑nh‑m¡‑nb `‑mK‑w At‑±l‑w X¶ cN\b‑ns‑e Hc‑p k‑w`ha‑mb‑nc‑p¶‑p. C‑u AS‑p¯I‑me¯‑v s‑k¡âv t‑lm‑ a‑ns‑e Hc‑p BÀ«‑n¡‑nf‑ns‑e Hc‑p {‑]t‑bm‑ K‑w A‑wK§f‑ps‑S CSb‑n he‑nb NÀ¨‑mh‑njba‑mb‑nc‑p¶‑p. A{‑] I‑mc‑w Dï‑mI‑mX‑nc‑n¡‑m\‑mW‑v B \À½‑w R‑m³ Hg‑nh‑m¡‑nbX‑v.

AX‑n\‑pt‑ij‑w C¶‑phs‑c Ft‑¸m‑ Ä I‑mW‑pt‑¼m‑ g‑pw‑ B t‑N«³ Ft‑¶m‑ S‑v L\K‑w`‑oci_‑vZt‑¯m‑ s‑S ""Pb‑m...Fh‑ns‑S Fs‑â BÀ«‑n¡‑nÄ...?'' {‑]k‑n²‑oIc‑n¡‑m¯ BÀ«‑n¡‑nÄ X‑nc‑n¨‑ps‑Im‑ S‑p¡‑m¯X‑ps‑Im‑ ï‑mW‑v t‑N«s‑â C‑u t‑Nm‑ Z‑yh‑pw‑ ""Fs‑â BÀ«‑n¡‑nÄ Pb³ CX‑phs‑c X‑nc‑n¨‑p X¶‑nÃ'' F¶ Iaâ‑pw‑ .

R‑m³ FU‑näÀ Bb‑nc‑p¶ kab¯‑v H‑mt‑cm‑ e¡h‑pw‑ s‑k¡â‑v t‑lm‑ a‑n {‑]k‑n²‑oIc‑n¡‑ph‑m³ Xc‑p¶ t‑eJ\§Ä H‑mt‑cm‑ t‑cm‑ ^be‑m¡‑n ¢_‑n¯s‑¶ k‑q£‑n¡‑pIb‑mb‑nc‑p¶‑p ]X‑nh‑v. {‑]k‑n²‑oIc‑n¡‑m¯ B BÀ«‑n¡‑nÄ ¢_‑ns‑â ^b e‑pIf‑ps‑S I‑q«¯‑ne‑mbX‑ps‑Im‑ ï‑v F\‑n¡‑p At‑±l¯‑n\‑p X‑nc‑ns‑I s‑Im‑ S‑p¡‑m³ k‑m[‑n¨‑n«‑nÃ. F¶‑me‑pw‑ Ct‑¸m‑ g‑pa‑pff At‑±l¯‑ns‑â B t‑Nm‑ Z‑yw‑ FU‑näd‑mb‑nc‑p¶ Fs‑â B \à \‑mf‑pIs‑f I‑qs‑S¡‑qs‑S H‑mÀ½‑n¸‑n¨‑ps‑Im‑ ï‑nc‑n¡‑p¶X‑p s‑Im‑ ï‑v AX‑n\‑pff D¯c‑w R‑m³ Hc‑p s‑Nd‑nb N‑nc‑nb‑ns‑em‑ X‑p¡‑pw‑ . w The Second Home

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P\‑n¨ - X‑v t‑Im‑ «b‑w P‑nÃ-bn‑  H‑mW‑w t‑Id‑m a‑qe-bn‑ s‑e Hc‑p I‑p{‑Km‑ a-¯n‑ Â. IS-¼I - f‑pw‑ I‑p¯‑pI - à - p‑ I - f‑pw‑ IÂh-cn‑ I - f‑pw‑ I¿‑me - If‑pw‑ t‑he‑nI - f‑pw‑ IS¶‑v CS-hg- n‑ b - n‑ e - n‑ d- §‑n Dc‑pï IÃ‑pI - s‑f C¡‑nf - n‑ b - m‑ ¡‑n Hg‑pI - p‑ ¶ s‑Im‑ ¨-cp‑ h - n‑ I - f - n‑  Nh‑n«‑n h‑oX‑n I‑pdª \‑m«‑ph - g- n‑ b - n‑ s- e ‑ ¯ - m‑ ³ a‑mf‑nI h‑o«‑ns‑e F\‑n¡‑v Ac-\m‑ g- n‑ I t‑\c‑w t‑hW-am‑ b - n‑ c- p‑ ¶ - p‑ . t‑dm‑ s‑U¶‑v \‑m«‑pI - m‑ À ]d-ªn‑ c- p‑ ¶ \‑m«‑ph - g- n‑ b‑ne - q‑ s‑S I‑mf-hï - n‑ I - Ä a‑m{‑Xw‑ s‑Im‑ ï‑pt‑]m‑ I‑mw‑ . i_-cn‑ a- e - b‑v¡v‑ t‑]m‑ I‑p¶ A¿-¸· - m‑ À I‑q«‑w I‑q«-am‑ b‑n icW‑w h‑nf‑n¨ - p‑ s - I ‑ m‑ ï‑v aÞ-e] - q‑ P - ¡ - m‑ e - ¯‑v s‑]m‑ S‑n] - S- e‑w DbÀ¯‑n \‑o§‑p¶ - X‑v C‑u \‑m«‑ph - g- n‑ b - n‑ e - q‑ s - S‑ b - m‑ b - n‑ c- p‑ ¶ - p‑ . h‑o«‑n \‑n¶‑pw‑ H‑mS‑nb‑pw‑ N‑mS‑nb‑pw‑ \S¶‑pw‑ X¯‑nb‑pw‑ \‑m«‑ph - g- n‑ b - n‑ s - e ‑ ¯ - n‑ b - m‑  Gg‑p\ - m‑ g- n‑ I (GIt‑Zi‑w a‑q¶‑p s‑sa‑ Â‑) X‑mï‑nb - m‑ W‑v R‑m³ k‑vIq‑ f‑n F¯‑pI - .

I‑md‑ns‑â Sb-dn‑ \ - I - ¯ - n‑ S- p‑ ¶ S‑yq‑ _‑pI - Ä‑, ]©d‑mb‑n,‑ H«‑n¨ - ,v‑ H«‑n¨‑v H«‑n¡ - m‑ ³ h¿‑m¯ ]c‑ph - ¯ - n‑ e - m‑ b - m‑  I‑me‑n©‑p h‑oX‑nb - n‑ e - p‑ Å h‑r¯-§f - m‑ b‑n a‑pd‑ns- ¨ ‑ S- p‑ ¯‑v ]©-sd‑ m‑ «- n‑ ¸ - p‑ I - m‑ À h‑nä‑nc- p‑ ¶ "dºÀ‑' hfb‑w s‑Im‑ ï‑v ]‑pk‑vXI - § - Ä Cd‑p¡‑n `{‑Za- m‑ ¡‑n Hc‑p s‑sI ‑ ¿‑ne‑pw‑ ,‑ ad‑pI - ¿ - n‑  AI¯‑v C‑u¿‑w ]‑qi‑nb ]‑n¨f t‑Nm‑ ä‑p] - m‑ {- X ‑ ¯ - n‑  D¨-bv¡ ‑ p‑ Å t‑Nm‑ d‑pw‑ Bb‑n«- m‑ W‑v Fs‑â k‑vIq‑ f‑nt- e ‑ ¡ - p‑ Å b‑m{‑X. hg‑n¡‑v aä‑p I‑p«‑nI - Ä H‑mt‑cm‑ c- p‑ ¯ - c- m‑ b‑n Hc‑p \Z‑nb - n‑  h¶‑p t‑Nc‑p¶ t‑]m‑ jI\Z‑nI - Ä IWs‑¡ h¶‑pt‑Nc‑pw‑ . k‑vIq‑ Ä F¯‑md- m‑ I - p‑ t- ¼ ‑ m‑ t- g‑ ¡‑pw‑ ]¯‑p ]X‑n\ - ©‑p I‑p«‑nI - Ä Dï‑mh - p‑ w‑ . s‑sh ‑ I‑pt- ¶ ‑ c‑w k‑vIq‑ Ä h‑n«‑v X‑nc‑n¨ - p‑ Å hc-hn‑  \Z‑nb - n‑  \‑n¶‑pw‑ t‑]m‑ jI \Z‑nI - Ä H‑mt‑cm‑ ¶ - m‑ b‑n ]‑nc‑nª‑pt‑]m‑ b‑n,‑ Ah-km‑ \‑w

F\‑n¡‑v h‑o«‑nt- e ‑ ¡‑v X‑nc‑nb - m‑ \ - p‑ Å D‑uS‑p hg‑nb - m‑ I - p‑ t- ¼ ‑ m‑ Ä R‑m³ Hä-bv¡ ‑ m‑ I - p‑ w‑ . k‑vIq‑ f‑n \‑n¶‑pw‑ s‑sh ‑ I‑pt- ¶ ‑ c- ¯ - p‑ Å X‑nc‑n¨‑p b‑m{‑Xb - n‑ e‑mW‑v R‑m³ _‑oU‑n he‑n¡ - m‑ ³ ]T‑n¨ - X - v.‑ _‑oU‑nh - e‑n he‑nb N‑o¯-¯c- a- m‑ b - n‑ «- m‑ b - n‑ c- p‑ ¶‑p A¶‑v a‑pX‑nÀ¶-hÀ Ic‑pX - n‑ b - n‑ c- p‑ ¶ - X - v.‑ a‑pd‑p¡ - p‑ ¶ - X - à - m‑ s‑X _‑oU‑nh - e - n‑ ¡ - p‑ I - ,‑ IÅ‑v I‑pS‑n¡ - p‑ I - ,‑ N‑o«‑pI - f‑n¡ - p‑ I - ,‑ Cs‑Xm‑ s‑¡ a‑pg‑p¯ ]‑m]-am‑ b - n‑ c- p‑ ¶ - p‑ . AS‑p¯ h‑o«‑ns‑e (F¶‑p ]d-ªm‑  A¼-Xn‑  I‑qS‑pX -  G¡À h‑nk‑vXo‑ À®-ap‑ Å ]‑pc-bn‑ S- ¯ - n‑ s‑e h‑oS‑ns‑â AS‑p¯ h‑oS‑v I‑pt‑d AIs‑eb‑mW - ,v‑ h‑nf‑n¨ - m‑  t‑IÄ¡‑m¯ - {‑X Z‑qc-¯n‑ Â‑) \‑mc‑mb - W - \ - m‑ b - n‑ c- p‑ ¶‑p Fs‑¶ _‑oU‑nhe‑n ]T‑n¸ - n‑ ¨ - X‑pw‑ i‑oe‑n¸ - n‑ ¨ - X‑pw‑ . \‑mc‑mb - W - ³ kI-eI - e - m‑ h - à - `- ³. Gäh‑pw‑ Db-ca- p‑ Å a‑mh‑ne‑pw‑ Bª‑ne - n‑ b - n‑ e‑pw‑ Hs‑¡ Hc‑p I‑pc-§³ IWs‑¡ Ib-dn‑ t- ¸ ‑ m‑ b‑n a‑m§‑m ]d‑n¡ - m‑ \‑pw‑ Bª‑ne - n‑ ¨ - ¡ (B\‑n¨ - ¡‑) ]d‑n¡ - m‑ \‑pw‑ \‑mc‑mb - W - ³ a‑nS‑p¡ - \‑mb - n‑ c- p‑ ¶ - p‑ . {‑Km‑ a¯‑ns‑e he‑nb I‑pf-¯n‑  I‑pf‑n¡ - p‑ t- ¼ ‑ m‑ Ä \‑o´‑m\‑pw‑ a‑nS‑p¡ - ³. I‑pf-¯n‑ s‑â AS‑nb - n‑ s‑e ]‑mb s‑NS‑nI - f‑ps‑S CS-bn‑  t‑]m‑ b‑n Gäh‑pw‑ I‑qS‑pX -  kab‑w Hf‑n¨ - n‑ c- n‑ ¡ - m‑ \‑pw‑ \‑mc‑mbW\‑v A]‑mc Ig‑nh - m‑ b - n‑ c- p‑ ¶ - p‑ . N‑pc‑p¡ - ¯ - n‑  R§Ä I‑p«‑nI - f - p‑ s - S‑ s - b ‑ Ã‑mw‑ Bc‑m[ - \‑m]‑m{‑Xw‑ . B \‑mc‑mb - W - ³ "he‑ns‑bS' F¶‑pw‑ ]dª‑v Ah³ he‑n¨ - n‑ «‑v Fs‑â N‑pï‑nt- e ‑ ¡‑v h¨‑p X¶ _‑oU‑n he‑nb - v¡ ‑ m‑ X - n‑ c- n‑ ¡ - m‑ ³ F\‑nb - v¡ ‑ m‑ h - p‑ a- m‑ b - n‑ c- p‑ ¶ - n‑ à - . \‑mc‑mb - W - s‑â t‑{] ‑ c-Wb - n‑ e - m‑ W‑v R‑m³ a‑q¡‑ps - ] ‑ m‑ S‑n he‑n¨ - X‑pw‑ ]‑pI-bn‑ e - I - q‑ «‑n a‑pd‑p¡ - m‑ ³ X‑pS-§n‑ b - X - p‑ w‑ . a‑q¡‑n I‑qS‑n ]‑pI-hn‑ S‑m³ ]T‑n¸ - n‑ ¨ - X‑v \‑mc‑mb - W - \ - m‑ W - v.‑ ]‑pI s‑Im‑ ï‑v hfb‑w h‑nS‑m³

Dr. P. Madhava Kaimal (R-2286) is the former Director, Forensic Science Laboratory, Trivandrum.

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]T‑n¸‑n¨X‑pw‑ \‑mc‑mb - W³ Xs‑¶.

A\‑yP - m‑ X - n‑ ¡ - m‑ c- p‑ a- m‑ b‑n I‑q«‑pI - q‑ S‑n k‑vIq‑ f‑n \‑n¶‑pw‑ X‑nc‑n¨‑p hc‑p¶ F\‑n¡‑v jÀ«‑pw‑ \‑n¡d‑pw‑ t‑Im‑ W-Ih‑pw‑ kl‑nX‑w I‑pf¯‑n Cd§‑n a‑p§‑nb - n‑ «‑p h¶‑m a‑m{‑Xw‑ h‑o«‑n {‑]t‑hi - \‑w.

R‑m³ ]T‑n¡ - m‑ ³ t‑am‑ i-aà - m‑ X - n‑ c- p‑ ¶ - X - n‑ \ - m‑  FÃ‑m ¢‑mk‑n \‑n¶‑pw‑ Pb‑n¨‑p a‑pI-fn‑ t- e ‑ m‑ «‑p Ib-dn‑ . t‑XÀU‑v t‑^m‑ d-¯n‑  (C¶s‑¯ Gg‑)v‑ F¯‑nb - t- ¸ ‑ m‑ g- m‑ W‑v \‑mc‑mb - W - s‑â \‑nÀº-Ô¯‑n BZ‑ya- m‑ b‑n N‑mb-¡S- b - n‑  Ibd‑n Bl‑mc‑w Ig‑n¨ - X‑v.

AX‑v h‑o«‑n Ad‑nª t- ¸ ‑ m‑ g- p‑ ï - m‑ b t‑Im‑ e‑ml - e‑w `b-¦c- w‑ .

AS‑n¡ - p‑ ¶ k‑z`‑mh - a- n‑ à - m‑ ¯ - X - n‑ \ - m‑  Aѳ Fs‑¶ AS‑n¨ - n‑ à - .

Hc‑p]‑mS‑v iI‑mc- n‑ ¨ - t- X ‑ b - p‑ Å - q‑ . A½ s‑\©-¯d- ª‑v Ae-ap‑ d- b - n‑ «- p‑ . \‑oN-\n‑  \‑oN-\m‑ b - n‑ X - o‑ À¶ Fs‑¶ A½b‑v¡p‑ t‑hs‑ï¶‑v hs‑c ]dª‑pIf-ªp‑ . C{‑X he‑nb A]-cm‑ [‑w F´‑mW‑v s‑Nb‑vXs‑X¶‑v A¶‑pw‑ C¶‑pw‑ F\‑n¡‑v ]‑nS‑nb - n‑ à - . ic‑n¡‑pw‑ i‑n£‑n¨ - X‑v a‑q¯ t‑N«-\m‑ W - v.‑ s‑Xm‑ S‑nb - n‑  \‑n¶ ]‑pf‑na- c- ¯ - n‑  \‑n¶‑pw‑ Hc‑p I¼‑v a‑pd‑ns - ¨ ‑ S- p‑ ¯‑v s‑]m‑ X‑ns‑c XÃ‑n. ]‑pf‑nb - m‑ b - X - p‑ s - I ‑ m‑ ï‑v hS‑n HS‑nª - n‑ à - . HS‑nb‑pw‑ hs‑c AS‑nb - v¡ ‑ m‑ \ - m‑ b - n‑ c- p‑ ¶ - n‑ c- n‑ ¡ - W‑w ]²-Xn‑ .

GX‑mb - m‑ e‑pw‑ A½ CSb‑v¡v‑ h¶‑v N‑mS‑n Fs‑¶ c£‑n¨‑p F¶‑v ]d-ªm‑  aX‑nb - t- à ‑ m‑ . t‑XÀU‑v^m‑ d-¯n‑  ]T‑n¡ - p‑ t- ¼ ‑ m‑ Ä R§s‑f ae-bm‑ f‑w ]T‑n¸‑n¨ - X‑v F‑w.-G. kJ-dn‑ b‑m F¶ k‑md‑mb - n‑ c- p‑ ¶ - p‑ . Id‑p¯ \‑nda‑pÅ k‑md‑v s‑hÅ t‑hm‑ b‑n P‑pº‑m BW‑v F¶‑pw‑ [c‑n¨ - n‑ c- p‑ ¶ - X‑v. s‑sk ‑ U‑n t‑Im‑ f-dm‑ b - n‑ c- p‑ ¶‑p k‑md‑ns‑â ^‑mj³. t‑aÂa‑pï‑v a‑m{‑Xt‑a DS‑p¡ - q‑ . X‑n§‑n hfÀ¶‑nc- p‑ ¶ N‑pc‑pï s‑]¸À t‑{K ‑ a‑pS‑n. t‑Zl‑w a‑pg‑ph - ³ t‑cm‑ a-§Ä. Ah CS-Ie - À¶‑p \c-¨n‑ c- p‑ ¶ - p‑ . k‑md‑ns‑â ¢‑mÊ‑mW‑v I‑p«‑nI - Ä¡‑v Gäh‑pw‑ Cj‑vSs - ¸ ‑ «- n‑ c- p‑ ¶ - X - v.‑ \à i_‑vZ¯ - n‑ s‑â DS-ab - m‑ b k‑md‑v C‑uW-¯n‑  ]‑mS‑nb - m‑ W‑v ]‑mT]‑pk‑vXI - ¯ - n‑ s‑e Ih‑nXIÄ s‑Nm‑ Ã‑nb - n‑ c- p‑ ¶ - X - v.‑ (]‑n¶‑oS‑v b‑qW‑nt‑hg- vk ‑ n‑ ä‑n t‑Im‑ t‑fP - n‑  ]T‑n¡ - p‑ t- ¼ ‑ m‑ Ä K‑p]‑vX³ \‑mbÀ k‑mÀ a‑m{‑Xa- m‑ W‑v Ih‑nX - I - Ä a[‑pc- a- m‑ b i_‑vZ¯ - n‑  C‑uW-t¯ ‑ m‑ s‑S ]‑mS‑n ]T‑n¸ - n‑ ¨ - n‑ c- p‑ ¶ - X - v.‑ )‑ kJ-dn‑ b‑m k‑mÀ N‑ne Z‑nh-k§ - f - n‑  ]‑mT-]p‑ k - X - I‑w a‑mä‑nh-¨n‑ «‑v k‑md‑v s‑Im‑ ï‑p h¶ ]‑pk‑vXI - § - f - n‑  \‑nt‑¶m‑ a‑mk‑nI - I - f - n‑  \‑nt‑¶m‑ h‑mc‑nI - I - f - n‑  \‑nt‑¶m‑ Ih‑nX - I - Ä s‑Nm‑ Ã‑pw‑ .

N§-¼p‑ g- b - p‑ s‑S ca-W³ I¯‑n \‑n¡‑p¶ I‑me‑w. N§-¼p‑ g- s- b ‑ ¸ - ä‑n Hc‑p s‑Nd‑nb D]-\y‑ m‑ k‑w Xs‑¶ Ah-Xc- n‑ ¸ - n‑ ¨ - n‑ «‑v k‑md‑v h‑mc‑nI FS‑p¯‑v X‑mf‑pIÄ ad‑n¨‑v s‑Nm‑ Ã‑m³ X‑pS-§n‑ . ""ae-b¸ - p‑ e - b - \‑m a‑mS-¯n‑ ³ a‑pä¯‑v ag-h¶ - \ - m‑ s - f ‑ m‑ c‑p h‑mg \«‑p'‑ ' k‑mÀ B Ih‑nX - a‑pg‑ph - ³ A¶‑v \à C‑uW-¯n‑  s‑Nm‑ Ã‑n t‑Iĸ‑n¨ - p‑ . ""Ic-bm‑ s‑X a¡s‑f Ie‑v]n‑ ¨‑p X¼‑pc- m‑ ³...

Hc‑p h‑mg t‑ht‑d... R‑m³ s‑Im‑ ï‑p t‑]m‑ s‑«!‑ '‑ ' F¶‑v k‑mÀ ]‑mS‑n \‑nÀ¯‑nb - t- ¸ ‑ m‑ Ä Fs‑â I®‑n \‑n¶‑pw‑ I®‑p\ - o‑ À X‑pÅ‑nI - f - p‑ s‑S Hc‑p {‑]h‑ml - a- m‑ b - n‑ c- p‑ ¶ - p‑ .

A¶‑v Hc‑p ]‑pX‑nb ]‑pt‑cm‑ K - a- \ - h - m‑ Z‑n I‑qS‑n Dï‑mb - n‑ ,‑ C‑u t‑em‑ I-¯n‑ Â... R‑m³.

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I‑pS‑pw‑ _ - § - Ä Dï‑v. FÃ‑mh - c‑pw‑ ]‑pe-bÀ P‑mX‑n. a‑mS‑w F¶‑v ]d-bp‑ ¶ s‑Nd‑nb I‑pS‑ne - p‑ I - f - m‑ b - n‑ c- p‑ ¶‑p Ah-cp‑ s‑S h‑oS‑v. `‑n¯‑n s‑I«‑m³ AhÀ¡‑v A\‑ph - m‑ Z- a- n‑ à - . H‑me-ta‑ ª a‑mS-¯n‑  a‑pd‑nIÄ X‑nc‑n¡ - p‑ ¶ - X‑v s‑aSª H‑me s‑Im‑ ï‑v. AhÀ¡‑v k‑z´-am‑ b‑n H¶‑pw‑ CÃ‑mb - n‑ c- p‑ ¶ - p‑ . k‑z´-am‑ b‑n `‑qa‑n k¼‑mZ- n‑ ¡ - m‑ ³ Ah-Im‑ i - a‑nà - . Ah-sc‑ à - m‑ c‑pw‑ I‑pª‑pI - p‑ «- n‑ I - Ä kl‑nX‑w X¼‑pc- m‑ s‑â ] W‑n¡ - m‑ À. t‑hs‑dm‑ c- m‑ Ä¡‑v t‑hï‑n t‑Pm‑ e‑n s‑N¿‑m³ A\‑ph - m‑ Z- a- n‑ à - . k‑z´-am‑ b‑n I‑rj‑n s‑N¿‑m³ t‑]m‑ e‑pw‑ ]‑mS‑nà - m‑ b - n‑ c- p‑ ¶ - p‑ . a‑mS-¯n‑ s‑â AS‑p¯‑v ¹‑mh‑v \«‑m N¡ X¼‑pc- m‑ ³ ]d‑n¨‑p s‑Im‑ ï‑p t‑]m‑ I‑pw‑ . s‑Xm‑ «-Sp‑ ¯‑v \‑ne‑v¡p‑ ¶ s‑X§‑n \‑n¶‑pw‑ t‑X§‑m ]d‑n¡ - m‑ ³ Ah-Im‑ i - a- n‑ à - . X¼‑pc- m‑ ³ hÃX‑pw‑ s‑Im‑ S‑p¯ - m‑  a‑m{‑Xw‑ AhÀ¡‑v hÃX‑pw‑ I‑n«‑pw‑ . H‑mW-¯n‑ \‑pw‑ h‑nt‑ij Z‑nh-k§ - Ä¡‑pw‑ AhÀ¡‑v hk‑v{X ‑ § - Ä s‑Im‑ S‑p¡ - p‑ w‑ . s‑\Ã‑pw‑ Ac‑nb‑pw‑ F®b‑pw‑ F´‑n\‑v D¸‑v hs‑c X¼‑pc- m‑ ³ s‑Im‑ S‑p¯ - m‑ t‑e Ah-À¡‑v I‑n«‑pa- m‑ b - n‑ c- p‑ ¶ - p‑ Å - q‑ .

AS‑p¸ - n‑  X‑o I‑q«- m‑ ³ X‑os‑¸«‑n CÃ‑m¯ - X - p‑ s - I ‑ m‑ ï‑v X¼‑pc- m‑ s‑â h‑o«‑n \‑n¶‑pw‑ X‑os‑¡m‑ Å‑n h‑m§‑nb - m‑ W‑v X‑o I¯‑n¨ - n‑ c- p‑ ¶ - X - p‑ w‑ .

H¶‑pw‑ Ad‑nª p‑ I - q‑ s - S‑ ¦ - n‑ e‑pw‑ I‑pS‑nI - n‑ S¸‑pI‑mc- p‑ s‑S Z‑pc‑nX - § - Ä Fs‑¶ Hc‑p] - m‑ S‑v Z‑p:J‑n¸‑n¨ - p‑ . AhÀ AS‑p¯‑v hc‑m³ ]‑mS‑nà - . X¼‑pc‑m³ \S¶‑v AS‑p¯ - m‑  AhÀ hg‑na- m‑ d‑n \‑n¡-Ww‑ . Ft‑´m‑ ]´‑nt- I ‑ S‑v Fs‑â a\-Ên‑ s‑\ aY‑n¨ - p‑ s - I ‑ m‑ ï - n‑ c- n‑ ¡ - p‑ t- ¼ ‑ m‑ g- m‑ W‑v N§-¼p‑ g- b - p‑ s‑S Ih‑nX kJ-dn‑ b‑m k‑mÀ h‑mb‑n¨‑p t‑Iĸ‑n¨ - Xv. a‑m\-kn‑ Ia‑mb AS‑na- ¯‑w \‑na‑n¯‑w A¶v C‑u I‑mc‑ys - ¯ ‑ ¸ - ä‑n k‑wk‑mc- n‑ ¡ - m‑ ³ `b‑w. F´‑mW‑v ]‑pe-bc‑pw‑ a\‑pj - y‑ c- t‑à F¶‑v t‑Nm‑ Z‑n¡ - W - s - a‑ ¶ - p‑ ï - m‑ b - n‑ c- p‑ ¶ - p‑ . Aѳ iI‑mc- n‑ ¡ - p‑ s - a‑ ¶ - d- n‑ b - m‑ w‑ .A½ Ic-bm‑ ³ X‑pS-§p‑ s - a‑ ¶I‑mc‑yw‑ X‑oÀ¨. t‑N«³ ]‑pX‑nb ]‑pf‑n¦¼‑p a‑pd‑n¡ - p‑ w‑ . `b¶‑v FÃ‑mw‑ a\-Ên‑  HX‑p¡‑n R‑m³. ]‑n¶‑oS‑v Hc‑p Z‑nhk‑w Hc‑p ]‑pk‑vXI - a- m‑ W‑v kJ-dn‑ b‑m k‑mÀ ¢‑mÊ‑n h‑mb‑n¨ - X‑v. t‑Ii-ht- Z‑ h - n‑ s‑â "H‑mS-bn‑  \‑n¶‑'v‑ .

AX‑pw‑ F\‑n¡‑v hÃ‑m¯ Hc-\p‑ `- h - a- m‑ b - n‑ c- p‑ ¶ - p‑ . "h‑mg-¡p‑ e - b‑pw‑ '‑ , "H‑mS-bn‑ Â \‑n¶‑pw‑ ' Fs‑¶ a‑mä‑n ad‑n¨ - p‑ . A¶‑v hs‑c ]‑mT-]p‑ k - vX ‑ I - § - f - Ã - m‑ s‑X H¶‑pw‑ h‑mb‑n¡ - m‑ ¯ R‑m³ C‑u k‑w`-h¯ - n‑ \‑pt- i ‑ j‑w k‑vIq‑ Ä s‑se ‑ {‑_d- n‑ b - n‑ Â \‑n¶‑pw‑ I‑n«‑mh - p‑ ¶ ]‑pk‑vXI - § - s - f ‑ m‑ s‑¡ h‑mb‑n¡ - m‑ ³ X‑pS-§n‑ . a‑pI-fn‑ t- e ‑ m‑ «- p‑ Å ¢‑mÊ‑pI - f - n‑ Â t‑]m‑ I‑pt‑´m‑ d‑pw‑ h‑mb-\m‑ i - o‑ e - w‑ I‑qS‑n¡ - q‑ S‑n h¶‑p. Fg‑p]-¯n‑ s - b ‑ «‑mw‑ hb-Ên‑ e‑pw‑ AX‑v X‑pS-cp‑ ¶ - p‑ . ]‑pk‑vXI-§f - n‑ t- e ‑ ¡‑pw‑ a‑mk‑nI - I - f - n‑ t- e ‑ ¡‑pw‑ h‑mc‑nI - I - f - n‑ t- e ‑ ¡‑pw‑ Fs‑¶ X‑nc‑n¨ - p‑ h - n‑ « kJ-dn‑ b‑m k‑md‑n\‑v R‑m³ C.-Fk - v.‑ F - Â.-kn‑ . ]‑mÊ‑mI - p‑ ¶ - X - n‑ \‑v a‑p¼‑v Xs‑¶ t‑hs‑d Gt‑Xm‑ k‑vIq‑ f‑nt- e ‑ b‑v¡v‑ a‑mä‑w Bb‑n. t‑XÀU‑v t‑^m‑ d-¯n‑ Â Hc‑p s‑Im‑ Ã‑w ]T‑n¸ - n‑ ¨ - t- X ‑ b‑pÅ - q‑ . ]‑n¶‑oS‑v k‑md‑ns - \ ‑ ¸ - ä‑n b‑ms‑Xm‑ c‑p h‑nh-ch‑pw‑ I‑n«‑nb - n‑ Ã - .

X‑nc‑ph - \ - ´ - ] - p‑ c- ¯‑v t‑Im‑ t‑fP‑v h‑nZ‑ym‑ `- y‑ m‑ k ka-b¯‑pw‑ k‑md‑ns‑\¸ - ä‑n At‑\z‑ j - n‑ s‑¨¦‑ne‑pw‑ Is‑ï¯ - m‑ \ - m‑ b - n‑ à - . k‑mÀ h‑nX¨ h‑n¯‑v t‑Im‑ S‑n t‑a\‑n h‑nf-hm‑ W‑v X¶-Xv.‑ X¶‑ps- I ‑ m‑ ï - n‑ c- n‑ ¡ - p‑ ¶ - X - v.‑ kJ-dn‑ b‑m k‑md‑ns‑\ Hc‑n¡ - e‑pw‑ ad-¡m‑ ³ ]ä‑pI - b - n‑ à - .

I‑pS‑nI - n‑ S- ¸‑v \‑nba‑w \‑ne-hn‑  h¶-t¸ ‑ m‑ Ä F«‑p I‑pS‑pw‑ _ - §Ä¡‑pw‑ `‑qa‑n- s‑Im‑ S- p‑ ¯ - p‑ . AhÀ FÃ‑mh - c- p‑ w‑ AX‑p h‑nä‑n«‑v ]‑pX‑nb t‑a¨‑n Øe-§Ä t‑XS‑n Fh‑ns- S‑ s- b ‑ m‑ s- ¡ ‑ t‑bm‑ t‑]m‑ b‑n,‑ I‑q«‑n \‑n¶‑pw‑ k‑zX-{´ ‑ c- m‑ b I‑nf‑nI - s - f ‑ t- ¸ ‑ m‑ s - e ‑ .w The Second Home

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An Artiste’s / Director’s Guide on How to Cook a Critic

Editor: 2010-2011

What I have noticed in Sathish Kamath is his unique, lateral but original and an maverick style of thinking and action. This is evident in his product, the Second Home issue of 2010. He give a different colour and complexion to the journal. He is willing to learn and experiment. In this Super Chef’s very special culinary delight with strong and explosive ingredients, it is worth waiting and watching for the finished product.

Satish Kamath

Ingredients One large Critic, or two small scribes Ketchup/barbecue sauce 26 large garlic cloves Vegetable oils or Lard will do 1 cask cheap liquor (Arrack) 1 kg Bhindi 2 Kgs Other subzis Couple of abused sub-editors First, catch the Critic. Best places to look for them would be in the last seats of the hall the movie/concert being reviewed is being performed. Otherwise look in the nearest bar, if you arrived later than 30 minutes after the concert started.

Remove the tail and horns. Carefully separate the large ego and reserve for sauce. Remove any pencils (on permanent loan from the sub-editor) and long monologues and such other articulations and discard. Remove the hearing aid and discard (it never worked anyway).

Examine your Critic carefully - many of them are mostly large intestine. If you have such a Critic, you will have to discard and catch another. Clean the Critic as you would a squid, but do not separate the tentacles from the body. If you have an older Critic, such as one who covered a Summer Music Festival, you may wish to tenderize by pounding the Critic on a rock with Base Drum mallets or by smashing the Critic between two large cymbals.

Next, pour 1/2 of the cask of Arrack into a bath tub and soak the Critic in it for at least 12 hours (exceptions: Indi Pop and Malayali Critics have a natural beery taste

which some people like and the Arrack might not marry well with this flavor. Use your judgment). When the Critic is sufficiently marinated, remove any clothes the Critic may be wearing and rub it all over with the garlic. Then cover your Critic with the Ketchup, using vague, slow circular motions. Take care to cover every inch of the Critic's body with the shortening. If this looks like fun, you can use other flavouring agents like barbecue sauce too.

When the flames have died down to a medium inferno, place your Critic on top of the two sub-editors. (They won't mind as they are used to it) and wait till the hair turns back to its natural color and all of the fat has dripped out. Be careful not to overcook or your Critic could end up tasting like stuffed ham. Make a sauce by combining the ego, sprouts and ketchup to taste, placing it all in the blender and pureeing until smooth. If the ego is bitter, sweeten with honey to taste. Slice your Critic as you would any turkey. Serve accompanied by the assorted yuppie food and the remaining wine with the sauce on the side.

WARNING: Due to environmental toxins present in Critic feeding areas, such as heavy metals, oily residue from intensive PR machinery manufacture, and extraordinarily high concentrations of E.coli, cryptosporidium, and other hazardous organisms associated with animal wastes, the Departments for Critic Decimation (CUD) recommend that the consumption of Critics be limited to one per season. Over-consumption of Critics has been implicated in the epidemiology of a virulent condition known as "Critici fever." Symptoms of this disorder include swelling of the brain, spasms in the extremities, delusions of competence, auditory hallucinations and excessive longevity. w

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A Land Less Seen…

Editor: 2011-2012 & 2012-2013 Here in this write up Mr. Alexander takes us for a trip around the pristine locations in the Western Ghats close to Munnar. Many of these virgin beauties are not known to us fully nor explored by the herd of tourists flocking the hill stations. He has packed a lot of information with some rare photographs about the different locations and the exotic and rare fruits and flowers grown in that area. This will be very useful for our future guidance.

As editor of the magazine for two consecutive years Alexander brought out the issues in his own managerial style.

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When the Editor rang me up for an article for the

‘Second Home’, I started contemplating about a suitable subject. With the summer vacations not too far away, I felt it would be perfect to share with you some information about a land less seen.

A Hill Station holiday… the names probably that first come to one’s mind will be Ooty, Conoor, Kodaikanal, Munnar and so on – places much visited and stuffed with throngs of tourists and concrete monstrosities. Well, not far away from most of these places, lies a small bit of God’s Heaven – Kanthaloor !

A two hour drive from Munnar towards Marayoor lands you in Kanthaloor. The drive from Munnar to Kanthallor via Marayoor itself transports you to a different plane. The Eravikulam National Park located on the way is home to the endangered mountain goat species, the Nilgiri Tahr. The lush green carpets of tea give way to the dense eucalyptus forests. Move on to the sandal wood belts of Marayoor. This is the only place in Kerala where there is natural growth of sandal wood. On both sides of the winding Ghat road lie the protected sandal wood forests. 12 Kms from Marayoor is Kanthallor. En route lie acres and acres of sugarcane fields from which comes the famous ‘Marayoor Sharkara’(Jaggery).

There are several places where you can see how the ‘sharkara’ is made and you can also buy from here. Another must-see are the Dolmens. These remnants of the Stone Age civilization lie spread across the Marayoor terrain. In the local parlance, these are called “Muniyara”, meaning shelters of the Sadhus and Sages. Normally, these are built using four stone slabs, though you get to see ones with five too. There is also a theory which suggests that these were actually tombs

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constructed thousands of years ago. The best place to see these would be around Kovilkadavu, a little off Marayoor.

Here there are several dolmens on both sides of the river Pambar.

Dense mists envelope you as you get closer to Kanthaloor.

Lower the windows of your vehicle and breathe in the crisp, clean air. With a mix of Tamil and Malayali population, five villages originally combined to form a separate culture, which is the essence of Kanthaloor and exacted from the authorities several concessions, one of which is the Pattiserry Dam, crucial to the irrigation and water supply needs of this locale.

Surrounded by the Mannavan Chola, the largest Shola forest in Peninsular India, Kanthaloor is one place where you see the gigantic tree ferns. These giant ferns date back to the time of the Dinosaurs. Famous for being a land of exotic fruits and vegetables, Kanthaloor is probably the only place

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in Kerala where Apples grow abundantly. You can stop at any of the several orchards on the road-side and the owners will gladly let you take a tour and maybe even pluck a few if it is the right season. One can also see oranges, peaches, litchis, strawberries and several varieties of vegetables being grown here. In addition, you find many rare varieties of Passion Fruit too, including the very rare violet ones. A variety of small garlic, locally called ‘Poondu’, is abundantly cultivated in the hill tracts here and this Kanthaloor Poondu has a steady market in the plains, thanks to the inherent qualities of the produce.

Most of the coffee plantations have oranges grown as low shade crop. In the mid fifties, TATA and other large coffeegrowing concerns introduced chicory, followed by lemon grass oil extraction to the area. When the Government retreated, faced with shrinking markets, easy money-making enterprises surfaced, the most damaging was the commercial cultivation of eucalyptus, smothering the traditional agricultural patterns. However, with the recent onset of food security concerns and the increased emphasis being laid the world over for safe food, there has been a come-back to the ways of the good old days.

In this milieu, a few Malayalis have come to hold larger areas, where they are cultivating fruits, flowers and vegetables, in addition to rearing different types of livestock.

Mercifully, there have been positive signs of encouragement from the Government, leading to the presence of the Idukki Dwarf cows, Murrah buffaloes and even Kuttanadan ducks in large numbers here now. One can come across even Australian fruits like the Kiwi being grown. There is no “resort culture” here thankfully. The roads, most of which essentially demand a 4 wheel drive vehicle, inhibit the typical Kiwi Fruit

urban tourist looking for the usual mundane attractions. Yet, there are numerous comfortable and affordable home-stays, offering lean and mean food in a mix of Tamil and Malayali cuisine, for the genuine nature lover.

Catch in the breath-taking Kanthaloor sun set and on your way back, take the Mattupetty road to Munnar – you can drive through a stretch of the Mannavan Chola with it’s giant tree ferns, chance an encounter with the elusive Bison or a herd of elephants, go across to Kundala Dam and further on to Mattupetty Dam and then on to Munnar.

Alternatively, you can drive down via the Chinnar Wildlife Sanctuary, home to a wide plethora of flora and fauna, including the Grizzled Giant Squirrel and the famous white Bison of Manjampetty.

In a nut-shell, if it is a pristine holiday location that you have in mind, have no doubts, head for Kanthaloor and be one with Mother Nature in all her glory… w

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(R‑m³ _l‑pa- m‑ \ - n‑ ¡ - p‑ ¶ t‑]c‑pI - f - m‑ W‑v ]d-ªX - )v‑ . At‑¸m‑ Ä - Bf‑v close(d) relation categoryb‑mW‑v. (hoïpw Bß-KX - w‑ )‑ "C‑u ^‑mZ-dn‑ à - m‑ ,‑ {‑_Z-dn‑ Ã‑m Fs‑¶m‑ s‑¡ ]d-bp‑ ¶ - X - n‑ \‑v a‑p³t‑],‑ At‑§¡‑v DÅ ^‑mZ-dn‑ s- â ‑ b‑pw‑ {‑_Z-dn‑ t- â ‑ b - p‑ s‑am‑ s‑¡ t‑]c‑p ]d-ªp‑ I - q‑ t- S‑ ,‑ F´‑m I‑pd-¨n‑ e - m‑ t‑Wm‑ ?‑' $$ ‑C\‑n X‑nc‑p-h-\-´-]‑pc‑w s‑db‑nÂt‑h t‑Ìj-\‑ns‑e t‑]‑mÀ«‑nt‑¡‑mb‑n-t‑eb‑v¡‑v X‑nc-¡p‑ ] - n‑ S- n‑ ¨ ka-bw‑ . hc‑nhc‑nb - m‑ b‑n h‑ml-\§ - Ä h¶‑ps- I ‑ m‑ ï - n‑ c‑n¡ - p‑ ¶ - p‑ . hï‑n \‑nÀ¯‑p¶ - X - n‑ \‑p a‑p³]‑p Xs‑¶ Øe‑w I‑me‑nb - m‑ ¡ - m‑ \‑mb‑n h‑nk‑ne - q‑ X‑n _lf‑w s‑hb‑v¡p‑ ¶ t‑]m‑ e‑ok - p‑ I - m‑ c- ³. CX‑n\ - n‑ s‑S \‑nd‑p¯ - m‑ s‑X t‑lm‑ W-Sn‑ ¨‑v aä‑p h‑ml-\§ - s- f ‑ s- b ‑ m‑ s‑¡ H‑mhÀt‑S¡‑v s‑Nb‑vXv‑ kÀ¡‑mc- n‑ s‑â t‑_m‑ ÀU‑ph - ¨ Hc‑p h‑ml\‑w t‑]m‑ À«‑nt- ¡ ‑ m‑ -

b‑ps‑S H¯ \S‑ph - n‑ e - m‑ b‑n h¶‑p \‑n¡‑p¶ - p‑ . I‑md‑v \‑nÀ¯‑nb - n‑ «‑pw‑ t‑Um‑ d‑pI - Ä X‑pd-¡p‑ ¶ - n‑ à - . ]‑pd-In‑  t‑lm‑ WS‑n i_‑vZ§ - f - p‑ s- S‑ b‑pw‑ Ak‑mc‑w s‑Xd‑nb - p‑ t- S‑ b‑pw‑ ]‑qc‑w!‑ kÀ¡‑md- n‑ s‑â "h‑ml-\'‑- ¯‑nt- \ ‑ m‑ S- p‑ Å _l‑pa- m‑ \ - w‑ s- I ‑ m‑ ï‑v t‑]m‑ e‑ok - p‑ I - m‑ c- ³ A\-´X-bn‑ t- e ‑ ¡‑v I®‑pw‑ \ - «‑v a‑md‑n \‑n¡‑pI - b - m‑ W - v.‑ s‑s{‑ U ‑ hÀ N‑mS‑nb - n‑ d- §‑n i‑nh-t£ ‑ {- X ‑ ¯ - n‑ s‑e {- ] ‑ Z- £ - n‑ W - s‑¯ H‑mÀ½‑n¸ - n‑ ¨ - p‑ s- I ‑ m‑ ï‑v I‑md‑ns‑â ]‑nd-In‑ e - q‑ s‑S H‑mS‑nh - ¶‑v CS-Xp‑ h - i - s‑¯ t‑Um‑ À X‑pd-¶n‑ «- ,v‑ X‑nc‑ns‑I ]‑ms‑ª¯‑n he-Xp‑ h - is‑¯ t‑Um‑ d‑v X‑pd-¶p‑ ] - n‑ S- n‑ ¨ - p‑ s- I ‑ m‑ ï‑v Aä³j-\m‑ b‑n \‑n¶-t¸ ‑ m‑ Ä‑, D¶-X§ - f - n‑  \‑n¶‑v kK‑uc- h - w‑ ,‑ aµ‑w,‑ aµ‑w Hc‑p "t‑Om‑ «‑m' Dt‑Zy‑ m‑ K - Ø-{] ‑ a- m‑ W - n‑ b‑pw‑ ]X‑v\n‑ b‑pw‑ `‑qa‑nb - n‑ t- e ‑ ¡‑v X‑r¸‑mZ- § - Ä ]Xn-¸n¨p!

Ch‑ns- S‑ s- b ‑ m‑ s‑¡b - m‑ W‑v Hk‑na- m‑ ³U‑nb - m‑ k‑v k‑n³t‑{U ‑ m‑ a- n‑ s‑â {‑] k-àn‑ . "Ozymandias Syndrome The belief that power and wealth grants you a sort of immortality that elevates you above the herd of mankind' (A[‑nI - m‑ c- h‑pw‑ k¼¯‑pw‑ X§Ä¡‑v a\‑pj - y‑ K - W - § - f- p‑ s‑S a‑pI-fn‑ t- e ‑ ¡‑v DbÀ¯‑p¶ h‑n[-¯n‑  Hc‑pX - c‑w A\-iz‑ c- X {‑]Z‑m\‑w s‑N¿‑p¶ - p‑ s- h ‑ ¶ (a‑qV - )‑ h‑ni‑zm‑ k - w‑ )‑ . Ahc-hc- psS k¦-ev] ‑ § - Ä¡‑pw‑ ,‑ N‑pä‑p] - m‑ S- p‑ I - Ä¡‑pw‑ ,‑ {‑]X‑o£ - I - Ä¡‑pw‑ ,‑ N‑ne-t¸ ‑ m‑ Ä t‑bm‑ K‑yX - IÄ¡‑pw‑ ,‑ Ig‑nh - p‑ I - Ä¡‑pw‑ AX‑oX - a- m‑ b H‑ut‑Zy‑ m‑ K - n‑ I ]Z-hn‑ I - t- f‑ m‑ ,‑ D¶-X- _-lp‑ a-Xn‑ I - t‑fm‑ ,‑ Ø‑m\-am‑ \ - § - t‑fm‑ ,‑ Ae‑v]w‑ k‑m¼-¯n‑ I t‑\«t‑am‑ ({‑]t‑Xy‑ I‑n¨‑v Ah‑ni‑p²a‑mb a‑mÀ¤§f‑ne‑qs‑S)‑ Hs‑¡ s‑sI ‑ h-¶m ]ec‑pw‑ X§Ä IS¶p-h¶ - h-gn-Is- fm-s¡ memorybn \n¶v erase sN-bvXn-«v kzbw he‑nb t‑{i ‑ j‑vTc- p‑ w‑ ,‑ ià-cp‑ w‑ ,‑ _‑p²‑na- m‑ ³ - a‑mc‑pw‑ ,‑ he‑nb Ad‑nh - p‑ Å - h - c‑ps‑am‑ s- ¡ ‑ b - m‑ s- W ‑ ¶‑v Ø‑m]‑n¨ - ,‑ v‑ X§Ä Hmtcm "Ip-«nssZ-h'- §-fm-sW-¶pw, C‑u `‑qa‑n X\n¡p N‑pä‑pw‑ Id-§p‑ Ibm-sW¶p-sa¶ a‑mb‑nI h‑n{‑`m‑ ´ - n‑ b - n‑  F¯‑nt- ¨ ‑ c- p‑ ¶‑p. Ft‑¸m‑ Ä t‑hWs‑a¦ - n‑ e‑pw‑ s‑sI ‑ h‑n«‑p t‑]m‑ I‑mh - p‑ ¶‑, ]eÀ¡‑pw‑ s‑sI ‑ h‑n«‑p t‑]m‑ b‑n«- p‑ Å‑, £W-`w‑ K - p‑ c- a- m‑ b s‑Fi‑zc- y‑ § - f- m‑ W‑v X§Ä¡‑v e`‑n¨ - n‑ c- n‑ ¡ - p‑ ¶ - s- X ‑ ¶ kX‑yw‑ ad-¶n‑ «‑v KÀÆ‑pw‑ Al-´b - p‑ s- a‑ m‑ s‑¡ a‑pJ-ap‑ {- Z‑ b - m‑ ¡ - m‑ \ - m‑ W‑v AhÀ {‑ia‑n¡ - p‑ ¶ - X - v.‑ "R‑m³ F{‑Xb - p‑ ï‑,v‑ F{‑Xt‑b DÅ‑q'‑ F¶ t‑_m‑ [‑w k‑zb‑w Dï‑mt- I ‑ ï - X - t‑Ã?. ]e Z‑pj‑n¨ {‑]h-WX - I - f - p‑ t- S‑ b‑pw‑ h‑n¯‑v I‑p«‑nI - f - p‑ s‑S a\-Ên‑  hfÀ¯‑n,‑ Al-¦m‑ c- n‑ I - f - m‑ ¡‑n,‑ hj-fm‑ ¡ - n‑ s- b ‑ S- p‑ ¡ - p‑ ¶ - X‑v P‑mS-If - p‑ s‑Sb‑pw‑ A]-IÀj-Xm‑ t- _ ‑ m‑ [ - ¯ - n‑ t- â ‑ b - p‑ s- a‑ m‑ s‑¡ h‑nf-\n‑ e - § - f - m‑ b C¶s‑¯ a‑mX‑m] - n‑ X - m‑ ¡ - f - m‑ W - v.‑ CX‑n he‑n¸ - s- ¨ ‑ d- p‑ ¸ - s- a‑ m‑ ¶ - p‑ a- n‑ à - .

Hc‑p I‑ym‑ ³kÀ ]‑nS‑ns- ] ‑ «- m‑  t‑]m‑ s‑c C‑u P‑mS-Is- f ‑ m‑ s‑¡ Xe-ap‑ S‑n s‑Im‑ g‑nb - p‑ ¶ - X - n‑ t- \ ‑ ¡ - m‑ Ä t‑hK-¯n‑  s‑]m‑ g‑nª - p‑ t- ] ‑ m‑ I - m‑ ³. k‑zb‑w \½s‑fb‑pw‑ \½‑ps‑S I‑p«‑nI - s‑fb‑pw‑ P‑oh‑nX - ¯ - n‑ s‑e Bt‑cm‑ K‑y] - c- a- m‑ b aÕ-c§ - Ä¡‑v Hc‑p¡ - p‑ ¶ - t- X ‑ m‑ s- S‑ m‑ ¸ - w‑ ,‑ K‑pc‑pX - z‑ t- _ ‑ m‑ [ - a- p‑ Å - ,‑ ka‑ql - ¯ - n‑ t- \ ‑ m‑ S‑v D¯-ch - m‑ Z- n‑ X - z‑ h‑pw‑ IS-¸m‑ S- p‑ a- p‑ Å D¯a ]‑uc-·m‑ c‑mb - n‑ ¯ - o‑ c- m‑ ³ kÖ-am‑ t- ¡ ‑ ï N‑pa-Xe - I - q‑ S- n‑ b - p‑ s- ï ‑ ¶‑v H‑mÀ½‑n¸ - n‑ ¡‑m\ - m‑ W‑v C{‑Xb‑pw‑ I‑pd‑n¨ - X - v.‑ \½‑ps- S‑ b‑pw‑ \½‑ps‑S I‑p«‑nI - f - p‑ s- S‑ b‑pw‑ Ff‑na- b - m‑ I - s‑« \½‑ps‑S {‑]X‑m] - w‑ .... Ah-cp‑ s‑S ]‑uc-t_ ‑ m‑ [ - a- m‑ I - s‑« \½‑ps‑S Bt‑Lm‑ j - w‑ ....

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‘Mummy’ of Ozymandias

The Second Home

75

Pattom Thanu Pillai

C. Kesavan

E.M.S. Namboothiripad

Swadesabhimani Ramakrishna Pillai

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M.N. Govindan Nair

K. Sukumaran Kerala Kaumudi

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