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s-at-{-S-m aeb-mf-w a-mk-nI Hc-p ]-pX-nb N-phS-v s-hb-v̧ -n\-v X¿-ms-dS-p¡-pIb-mW-v. h-mb\s-b K-uchXca-mb-n I-mW-p¶hÀ¡-v a-mk-nIb-ps-S t-I-m -̧nIÄ Ø-nca-mb-n e -̀ya-m¡-m³ e£-y-w s-h¡-p¶ d-ot-Ug-vk-v ¢º-v k-wh-n[-m\-w ]-pX-phÀj-w a-pX \S -̧ne-m¡-pIb-mW-v. CX-v {-]I-mc-w Bk-vt-{-Se-nbb-n Fh-nt-Sb-p-w s-at-{-S-m aeb-mf-w a-mk-nI X]-me-n e -̀n¡-p-w.

aeb-mf-n ka-ql -̄n \S¡-p¶ {-]-mt-Zi-nI h-mÀ¯If-p-w-, Ad-nb-n -̧pIf-p-w {-]k-n² s-̧ S-p -̄p¶X-n\ -̧pd-w aeb-mf-n ka-ql -̄ns-â {-I-nb-mßI Xe-w AS-p¯d-nb-pIb-p-w-, t-{-]-mÂk-ml-n -̧n¡-pIb-p-w s-N¿-pI F¶ D¯ch-mZ-n -̄z-w s-at-{-S-m aeb-mf-w {-]hÀ¯IÀ DÄs-¡-mÅ-p¶-pï-v. aeb-mf-n ka-ql -̄ns-â Ie-m -k-ml-nX-y hfÀ¨If-n ]¦-mf-nb-mh-pI-, aeb-mf-n ka-ql -̄ns-â k-ma-ql-y h-nIk\ -̄n -̀mKh-m¡-mh-pI F¶-n§s-\ aeb-mf-nkaql¯n {]

kIvXnbpÅ Hc-p {-]k-n²-oIcWs-a¶ \-neb-nt-e¡-v s-at-{-S-m aeb-mf-w hfcWs-a¶-mW-v R§Ä B{-Kl-n¡-p¶X-v.

Hc-p a-m[-ya-w P\§f-ps-S iÐh-p-w-, {-]X-nO-mbb-pa-mb-n -̄oc-p¶X-v h-mb\¡-mc-ps-S kP-oh ]¦-mf-n -̄w s-I-mï-p I-qS-nb-mW-v. CX-n\-v h-mb\¡-mc-ps-S {-]X-nIcWh-p-w-, h-naÀi\h-p-w-, t-aÂt-\-m«h-p-w Dï-mt-b aX-nb-mI-q. s-at-{-S-m aeb-mf-w a-mk-nI H-mt-c-m aeb-mf-n I-pS-p-w_§f-ne-p-w Ø-nca-mb-n F -̄pIb-p-w-, h-mb-n¡s-̧ S-pIb-p-w s-N¿-p¶ Xc -̄nt-e¡-v hfÀ -̄ns-bS-p¡-m\-pÅ {-iaIca-mb Z-uX-ya-mW-v C-u ]-pX-phÂkc -̄n X-pS¡-w I-pd-n¡-p¶X-v.

{-]-nb h-mb\¡-mÀ C-u b-m{-Xb-n R§t-f-ms-S-m -̧w ]¦-mf-nIf-mhWs-a¶-v h-n\-oXa-mb-n A -̀yÀ°-n¡-p¶-p.

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Cover Photo: Model - Yati UpadhyayPhotography - Shyju (Olive Photography),Concept - Mudra Trivedi Shah (Mudra Dance Academy)

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k-wLÀj-w-! t-Icf ka-q-l-s-¯ Ak-z-Ø-a-m-¡-nb as-ä-mc-p kac-w AS-p-¯-I-m-e¯-v \S-¶-X-mb-n t-X-m¶-p-¶-n-Ã. k-wL-S\m k-z`-m-h-a-n-Ã-ms-X t-Ic-f-¯-n \S¶ ka-c -c-q-]-s-a¶ {-]t-X-y-IX I-qS-n-b-pï-v Fd-W-m-I-p-f¯-p-w t-I-mg-n-t-¡-mS-p-w \S¶ N-p-w_\ka-c-§Ä¡-v.

A{-Ia cl-n-X-a-mb-n, \-nb-a-h-n-t-[-b-a-mb-n Bk-q-{-XW-w s-Nb-vX N-p-w_\ka-c-§Ä I-mW-m\-p-w FX-nÀ¡-m\-p-w Bb-n-c-§Ä ka-c-Ø-e-§-f-n F¯-n t-Nc-p-¶X-p-w I-uX-p-I-I-c-a-mb I-mg-vN-b-m-W-v.

k-z´-w Cj-vS-{-]-I-mc-w cï-p-t-]À N-p-w_\ c-qt-]W k-vt-\l-{-]-I-S\-w \S-¯-p-¶X-v Hc-p ka-q-ls-¯ C{-X-t-¯-mf-w h-ndf--n-]-n-S-n-¸-n-¡-p-¶X-v Hc-p ]t-£ t-Icf Nc-n-{-X-¯-n t-cJ-s-¸-S-p-¯-m-\-n-S-b-pÅ t-I-maU-n BI-ms-\ hg-n-b-p-Å-q!

t-I-mg-nt-¡-mS-v \S¶ N-p-w_\ ka-c-w ka-c-h-n-c-p-²-c-ps-S Ag-n-ª-m-«-¯-n-e-mW-v Ie-m-i-n-¨-X-v. N-p-w_\ ka-c-w ae-b-m-f-n-Is-f C{-X-t-¯-mf-w Ak-z-Øa-m-¡-p-¶X-v F´-p-s-I-m-ï-m-s-W-¶-X-n\-v t-Ic-f-¯-ns-â X\X-v a-qe-y-t-_-m[-w-, k-w-k-vI-mc kZ-m-N-m-c-t-_-m[-w F¶-n-§-s-\-b-pÅ ad-p-]-S-n-I-f-mW-v N-p-w_\h-nc-p-²À ]d-b-p-¶X-v. F¶-m ka-c-m-\-p-I-q-e-n-IÄ D¶-b-n-¡-p¶ `c-W-L-S\ A\-p-i-m-k-n-¡-p¶ h-yà-n k-z-mX{-´-y-w-, kac-w s-N¿-m-\-pÅ Ah-I-mi-w F¶-n-§-s-\-b-pÅ I-mc-y-§Ä Bt-{-I-m-i-t-¯-mS-p-w Ak-l-n-

j-vW-p-X-t-b-mS-p-w I-qS-n-b-mW-v k-z-oI-c-n-¡-s-¸-«-X-v. N-p-w_\ka-c-w t-Ic-f-Nc-n{-X¯-ns-e Xs-¶ {-it-²-b-a-mb Hc-p k-z-mX{-´-y {-]J-y-m-]-\-a-mb-p-w h-ne-b-n-c-p-¯-s-¸-S-p-¶-p-ï-v. t-Ic-f-¯-ns-â ]-pc-pj t-a[-h-nX-z ka-o-]-\-§-f-mW-v-, k-v{-X-oIÄ DÄs-¸-S-p¶ N-p-w_\ka-c¡-mÀ s-Xc-p-h-n N-p-w_-n¡-p-I-hg-n-, s-hÃ-p-h-n-f-n-¡-s-¸-«X-v. s-]¬I-p-«-n-IÄ

DÄs¸sSbpÅ ka-c-¡-ms-c FX-nÀ¡-m³ t-Ic-f-¯-ns-e ]-pc-pj k-wL-§Ä I-pX-n-s-¨-¯-p-¶X-v CX-p-s-I-m-ï-m-s-W¶-v X-nc-¡-Y-m-I-r-¯-mb Z-oZ-n Z-mt-a-m-Z-c³ A`n-{-]-m-b-s-¸-S-p-¶-p. N-p-w_\ ka-cs-¯ \J-i-n-J-m´-w FX-nÀ¡-p-¶-hÀ h-mZ-n-¡-p¶ kZ-m-N-m-c-t-_-m[-w I-m]-S-y-¯-n-s-â-X-m-s-W¶-v ka-c¡-mÀ h-mZ-n-¡-p-¶-p. t-Ic-f-¯-n \-mÄ¡-p-\-mÄ hÀ²-n-¨-p-h-c-p¶ t-a-md t-]-me-o-k-n-§-v-, k-v{-X-o]-o-V\-§Ä F¶-nh I]S kZ-m-N-m-c-¯-ns-â X-pSÀ¨-b-m-W-v.-k-Z-m-N-m-c-h-m-Z-n-I-s-f-

¶-h-I-m-i-s-¸-S-p¶ t-Ic-f-¯-ns-e k-wL-S-\-IÄ-, X§Ä a-m{-X-w ic-n-s-b¶ ka-o-]-\-a-mW-v ]-n³X-p-S-c-p-¶-X-v. cï--pt-]À ]c-k-y-a-mb-n N-p-w_-n-¡-p-t-¼-mÄ XI-c-p¶ kZ-m-N-m-c-a-mt-W-m t-Ic-f-¯-n-e-p-ÅX-v? ka-c-m-\-p-I-q-e-n-IÄ t-N-mZ-n-¡-p¶-p.

F´-m-b-me-p-w t-Ic-f-¯-ns-e a-pJ-y-[-mc c-mj-v{-S-ob ]-mÀ«-n-IÄhs-c N-p-w_\ ka-cs-¯ A\-p-I-q-e-n¨-v c-wKs-¯¯-n F¶X-v N-p-w_\ ka-c¯-ns-â a-pt-¶-ä-a-mb-n IW-¡-m-¡-s-¸-S-p-¶-p.

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C´-y³ ka-q-l-¯-ns-\ A£-c-mÀ°-¯-n t-I-mc-n-¯-c-n-¸-n-¡-p-¶-X-m-b-n-c-p¶-p C´-y³ {-][-m\ a{-´-n \-t-c{-µ t-a-mZ-nb-ps-S Bk-vt-{-Se-nb³- kµÀi\-w. {-_-nk-v_-\-n \S¶ P-nþ20 D¨-t-I-m-S-n-b-n ]s-¦-S-p-¡-m-s-\-¯-nb aä-v t-e-mI t-\X-m-¡-s-f-¡-mÄ {-i²-n-¡-s-¸« t-e-mI t-\X-m-h-mb-n t-a-mZ-n a-md--n.

k-nU-v\-n AÂt-^-m¬k-v Ac-o-\-b-n \S¶ s-]-mX-p kt-½-f-\-h-p-w-, Bk-vt-{-S-e-n-b³ ]-mÀe-s-aâ-n {-][-m-\-a{-´-n \S-¯-nb {-]k-w-Kh-p-w Hc-p t-e-mI t-\X-m-h-ns-â H-u¶-Xys-¯ AS-n-h-c-b-n-Sp¶Xmb-n-c-p-¶-p.

\t-c-{-µ-t-a-m-Z-n {-][-m-\-a{-´-n Bb-X-n\-p t-ij-w, At-a-c-n-¡-b-n \S¶ BZ-ys-¯ h-nt-Zi s-]-mX-p kt-½-f-\-¯-n\-v ka-m-\-a-m-b-n-c-p-¶-p- k-n-U-v\-n-b-n \S¶ s-]-mX-p-k-t-½-f\ ]c-n-]-m-S-n-b-p-w. C´-y-s-b¶ k-m[-y-X-

t-e-m-I ka-q-l-¯-n\-v a-p³]-n ^e-{-]-Z-a-mb-n Ah-X-c-n-¸-n-¡-m³ a-nS-p-¡-\-mb C´-y³ `c-W-m-[-n-I-m-c-n-s-b¶ h-nt-i-j-W-a-mh-p-w t-a-mZ-n¡-v CW-§-p-I. hf-c-p¶ t-e-mI ià-n F¶ C´-y-b-ps-S {-]X-n-O-mb t-e-mI k-m¼-¯-nI ià-n-IÄ¡-v a-p³]-n {-]I-S-a-m-¡-p-¶- X-c-¯-n-e-mW-v {-][-m-\-a-{-´-n-b-ps-S \b ka-o-]-\-§Ä.

h-n]-W-n-, -a-\-pj-y h-n`-h-t-ij-n F¶-n-§s-\ C´-y³ h-mW-nP-y k-m[-y-X-IÄ t-e-mI-t-¯-mS-v h-nf-n¨-p ]d-b-p-¶-X-n t-a-mZ-n h-nP-b-n-¡-p-¶-pïv.

a-pJ-y-a-{-´-n-b-m-b-n-c-ns-¡ K-pP-d-m-¯-n \S¶ hÀK-ob Ie-m-]-h-p-w-, a-pÉ-o-w I-q«-s-¡-m-eb-p-w -'s-hd-p-¡-s-¸«-' t-\X-m-s-h¶ h-nt-i-j-W-¯-n-\v AÀl-\-m-¡-n-b-n-c-p-¶-X-v t-a-mZ-ns-b k-w_-Ô-n¨-v h-nk-va-c-n-¡-s-¸-S-p¶ Nc-n-{-X-a-mb-n a-md-n-I-g-n-ª-p. k-nU-v\-n-b-n \S¶ s-]-mX-p kt-½-f-\-¯-n\-v a-p³]-v

Bk-vt-{-S-e-n-b-b-ns-e k-n¡-v h-wi-PÀ \S-¯-nb {-]X-n-t-j[ {-]I-S\-w C¯c-w I-mc-y-§Ä H-mÀ½-s-¸-S-p-¯-m-\-pÅ {-ia-amb-ncp¶p.

Bk-vt-{-S-e-n-b-b-ns-e C´-y³ P\-X-b-ps-S bi-Ê-p-bÀ¯-p¶ c-oX-n-b-n Hc-p C´-y³ {-][-m-\-a-{-´-n- B-k-vt-{-S-e-n-b³ `c-W-m-[-n-ImcnI-f-me-p-w a-m[-y-a-§-f-me-p-w BZ-c-n-¡-s-¸-«-X-n C´-y³ ka-q-l-¯-n\-v A`-n-a-m-\-n-¡-m-w.

C´-y-b-ns-e FÃ-m `-mj-m h-n`-m-K-¡-mc-p-w kP-o-h-a-mb-n ]s-¦-S-p¯ {-][-m-\-a-{-´-n-b-ps-S k-nU-v\-n-b-ns-e s-]-mX-p-k-t-½-f\-w `-mc-X-ob Ie-m-{-]-I-S-\-§-f-ps-S k-wK-a-t-h-Z-n-I-q-S-n-b-mb-n a-md-n.-a-e-b-mf-n h-mZ-y k-wL-a-mb C³t-U-mk-v d-nY-w Ah-X-c-n-¸-n¨ s-Nï-t-af-w s-]-mX-p-k-t-½-f\¯-ns-â a-pJ-y BIÀj-W-a-m-b-n-c-p-¶-p.

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WHAT IS LovEHt-«s-d ae-b-mf N-n{-X-§f-n At-k-m-k-n-t-bä-v I-y-ma-d-a-m-\-mb-n {-]hÀ¯-n-¨-n-«-pÅ H-mk-vt-{-S-e-n-b³ ae-b-mf-n t-P-mÀP-v t-P-mk^-v Hc-p-¡-p¶ {-lk-z N-n{-X-w -'WHAT IS LOVE' {-]ZÀi-\-¯-n-s-\-m-c-p-§-p¶-p. {-]a-pJ ]©-m_-n \S³ AaÀ{-i-m³ BW-v {-][-m\ t-d-mf-nÂ. \À¯-I-n-b-mb t-k-m\- j-m-P-l-m³-, _-me-\-S³ a-mÌÀ {-I-nk-vh-n³ X-pS-§-n-b-hc-p-w {-][-m\ IY-m-]-m-{-X-

§s-f Ah-X-c-n-¸-n-¡-p-¶-p. {-I-nk-vh-ns-â AÑ-\-mb-n k®-nb-p-w A½-b-mb-n k-o\ {-]-n³k-p-w A`-n-\-b-n-¡-p-¶-p. X-nc-p-h-\-´-]-p-cs-¯ t-Icf ^-ne-n-w A¡-m-Za-n-b-n ]T\-w ]-qÀ¯-n-b-m-¡-nb t-P-mÀP-v t-P-mk^-v 2000 a-pX 2005 hs-c I-y-ma-d-a-m³ k-me-p t-P-mÀP-ns-â At-k-m-k-n-t-b-ä-m-b-n-c-p¶p.

k-nU-v\-n-b-ns-e s-hâ-n t-_-mb-vk-v ¢_-v k-w-L-S-n-¸-n¨ Common Wealth Bank - BBW 7s cup t-k-m¡À S-qÀW-s-aâ-v k]-vX-w-_À 28\-v »-m¡-v S-u¬ e-n³h-pU-v ]-mÀ¡-v {-K-uï-n \S-¶-p. \-y-q k-u¯-v s-hb-nÂk-ns-e h-nh-n[ {-]t-Z-i- §-f-n \-n¶-pÅ 12 S-oa-p-I-f-mW-v h-mi-n-t-b-d-nb t-k-m¡À S-qÀW-s-aâ-n ]s-¦-S-p-¯-X-v. ae-b-m-f-n-IÄ a-m{-X-a-m-b-n-c-p¶-p FÃ-m S-oa-n-t-eb-p-w If-n-¡-mÀ F¶X-v Hc-p {-]t-X-y-IX Bb-n-c-p-¶-p. k-qc-y c-mt-I-j-ns-â k-z-mKX {-]k-w-K-t-¯-ms-S X-pS-§-nb NS-§-n _-m¡-vS-u¬ t-abÀ Ì-o^³ _-me-n S-qÀW-s-aâ-ns-â DZ-vL-m-S\-w \-nÀÆ-l-n-¨-p. I-u¬k-n-eÀ k-qk-mb-v _©-a-n³ Bi-wk {-]k-wK-w \S-¯-n. c-mh-ns-e F«-v aW-n- s-s-hI-p-t-¶c-w A©-v -hs-c \-oï-p\-n¶ aÂk-c-§-f-n IMA woolongo s-\ ]c-m-P-b-s-¸-S-p¯-n I-mâÀ_d-n t-k-m¡À ¢_-v BBW t-d-mf-n-wK-v t-{-S-m^-n t-PX-m-¡-f-m-b-n. s-_Ì-v s-¹bÀ Bb-n I-mâÀ_d-n ¢_-ns-e s-_³k-n³ X-nc-s-ª-S-p-¡-s-¸-«-p. I-mâÀ_-d-n-b-ps-S Xs-¶ t-P-m¬ t-K-mÄU³_-q«-v Ic-Ø-a-m-¡-n-b-t-¸-mÄ s-hâ-n t-_-mb-vk-v ¢_-ns-â t-K-mÄI-o-¸À k-zc-q]-v t-K-mÄU³ ¥-u ]-pc-k-vI-m-c-¯-n\Àl\-m-b-n. s-^-bÀ t-¹ Ah-mÀU-v ae-_-mÀ b-ps-s-W-äU-v S-o-w IcØ-a-m¡-n. t-e-mb-nU-v a-mX-y-p \µ-n {-]I-m-i-n-¸-n-¨-p. s-at-{-S-m- a-e-b-m-f-a-m-b-n-c-p¶-p ]c-n-]-m-S-n-b-ps-S a-oU-nb ]-mÀ«-vWÀ.

Bt-hi¯-nc-b-nf¡-n k-nU-v\-n-b-n s-hâ-nt-_-mb-vk-v s-kh³k-v

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Sangeetham = bit of wind, and much more of Arithmetic. (if this is right we are on track to crow

about Chenda and Percussion art.)Kerala’s Art heritage is rich and can never be there

without our ubiquitous ‘Chenda’ domineering here there and everywhere. It played its mundane improp-erly tuned Veekka chenda’s role to herald the distribu-tion of cinema show notices (handouts) in villages (we used to run like crazy headless chooks behind the bullock cart to procure one notice) and also excels at the very classy 300-400 strong drum ensemble at Tris-sore’s Elanjithara Melam’ (King of Chenda Melams). Chenda is assigned to female gender, and is said to have originated in Cambodia, of all the places. This EDIÁHG�PH� D� ELW�� ,� EHOLHYHG� DOO� DORQJ�&KHQGD� RULJL-nated in God’s own country. Be it so, let me begin this exposition by stating the famous Chenda humour “

“Thallu kollan ChendaPanam medikkan Marar” (Chenda takes the pounding,The Marar runs away with the loot!”)According to scriptures Nandikeswara (Siva’s Vah-

ana- the mighty bull) is the custodian of ‘laya sash-tra’ and drumming devices, which may be one of the

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reasons why Chenda is allowed inside any holy shrines or places of worship. When Siva Thandavam took place at Chidambaram shrine, Nandi is said to have played drum to Siva’s dancing.&KHQGD�JHQHUDWHV�D�ORXG�ÁDW�DQG�VKDUS�QRQ�PHOR-

dious sound, some Chenda cynics say it is an ear sore to hear- (unlike sweet sounding Maddalam or Mri-dangam – “soga sugha Mridanga taalamu”/ Saint Thyagaraja), and ‘Chenda’ became an ‘Asura Vadyam’ (Not a deva vadyam) and became known as ‘Ava nada YDG\DP·��\HW�LW�LV�ZHOFRPH�DW�DOO�KRO\�SODFHV���,W�SX]]OHV�me how being made out of the sacred cow hide with the tag of ‘Asura Vadyam’ it found its way inside holy VKULQHV���EULELQJ�ZDV�QRW�SUHYDOHQW�LQ�DQFLHQW�WLPHV��

Chenda being a percussion instrument is part and parcel of ‘Laya pramanam’ which is a major part of temple worship as music festivities and associated rit-XDOV��&KHQGD�LV�PDGH�RI �ELJ�EDUUHO�VL]HG�ÁDZOHVV�F\OLQ-drical Jack Fruit stumps (aged and matured) seasoned and exposed to elements for many years. The skin is peeled off and carved from inside out. It is still done by highly skilled ‘Perum Kollan’ skilled carpenters, all hand carved.

The place reputed for making perfect and high grade Chenda is Vellarkkad of Kerala. It is a sparsely populated sleepy village in Thalappilli Taluk, Trichur

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District. The seasoned Jackfruit stump, covering by selected cowhide (skin of naturally dead cow only), carved by highly skilled craftsmen, perfectly made chenda Vattam using handpicked special and specif-ic timber materials are some of the factors that gives Chenda its unique chenda nadam. Though I intended to write on various Chenda Melams, to start with, I decided to go a bit deep into Chenda as the instru-ment we know, and in the end I would only super-ÀFLDOO\�H[SODLQ�DERXW�0HODPV��DOO�GXH� WR�VKRUWDJH�RI �space, and may be my limited knowledge on this topic.

Chenda Makers are particular on the size of the GUXPV� WKH\� FDUYH�� WKH� VSHFLÀFDWLRQV� EHLQJ� �� IHHW� LQ�length, 1.5 Inches of drum thickness, I foot in face diameter. While carving the inside of the trunk, the WKLFNQHVV�RI �WKH�GUXP�LV�SHULRGLFDOO\�UHGXFHG�E\�����µ�spaced by 4” to generate a uniquely perfectly resonant drumming sound. To the open ends on either side LV� ÀWWHG�ZLWK� WZR� VSHFLDO-ly made ‘Chenda vattam’. Chendavattam is an inte-gral part of Chendas as it KROGV�WKH�VNLQ�ÀUP�RQ�WKH�drum periphery and main-tains the tempo. It is made out of Palm Tree wood (Eeeran Pana/ Borassus-Flabillifer/Sugar Palm/ known to produce the best ‘Toddy’) carved out LQ� SHUIHFW� VL]H�� DQG� ÀWWHG�to crown the open ends. Suitable sized Palm tree portion is chosen and it is boiled for a long time. 7KH�ÀQLVKHG�SURGXFW�LV�ÁH[LEOH��KDQG�PRXOGHG�WR�WKH�ULJKW�VL]H��,Q�WKH�À[LQJ�SURFHVV�XVLQJ�WKH�VROLG�DIÀ[LQJ��seed extract of ‘Pananchimaram’, it is the only adhe-VLYH�XVHG�IRU�À[LQJ�&KHQGDYDWWDP��7KH�MRE�RI �GUDS-ing tight on either end by cow hide is a skilled job. In some cases depending on the choice of the drummer, Bamboo tree Chendavattam is also used. Skins taken from various parts of the cow (which had a natural GHDWK�� DUH� XVHG� WR� JHQHUDWH� VSHFLÀF� WRQHV� JHQHUDWHG�while drumming. No other types of skins are used in draping Chenda, not even bull skin.

A busy and heavy user of Chenda needs changing &KHQGDYDWWXP����WLPHV�LQ�D�\HDU��7KH�ÀQLVKHG�GUXP�LV�suspended on the left shoulder of the player vertically using strong rolled cloth suspender in a vertical fash-ion. In speciality Chendas Calf ’s skin is used, while in some speciality Chendas very soft lower belly skin is used, all depending on the purpose of usage and need. $�ÀQLVKHG�&KHQGD�ZLOO�ZHLJK����NLOR�JUDPV�

Both sides of the Chenda are not used for drum-ming. The top held side “Valam thala’ covered with 5 to 7 layers of cow hide is the one on which drumming

is done. The other side ‘Edam thala’ covered with one or two layers of very soft calf leather. Edam Thalia chenda is ‘uruttu chenda’. Specially used to generate rolling beats, wherein the variation as well as speed is of telling effects.&KHQGDV� DUH� LGHQWLÀHG� E\� WKH� ¶&KHQGD� 9DWWDP·��

size of the circumference of the drumming surface- we have 8 and half Veekkan chenda,9 veechan chen-da, 9 ¼ Veechan chenda, 9 ½ Veechan chenda, 9 ¾> 10Kali Veechan chenda. Moreover single beat chen-da’s are Veekkan chenda, (they keep the all-important split second time of beats) while we have Achan chen-da, Uruttu chenda (they facilitate rolling beats) Muri chenda etc.�&KHQGD�FDQQRW�ÁRZ�RXW�RQ�LWV�RZQ� /D\D�GKDUD�

without the aid of ‘Chenda Kol’ (drumming sticks). Here too the elders have researched hard in choos-ing the right materials for its making. Murukku is the

common Timber used to make ‘Chendak-NRO·�� %DPERR� WRR� LV�used due to its melo-dious sound produc-ing capacity, hard-ness, toughness and durability. Suitable and matured piece of timber is selected sea-soned and crafted into the customary shape using sharp shaving knives. Drummers are picky and chosy in this regard and without the particular drum and

drumming sticks they won’t be comfortable to play.Chenda Melams: Just think of two hundreds of

&KHQGD�PDHVWURV�LQ�XQLVRQ�SOD\�ZHOO�RYHU���WR���KRXUV�adhering to the laya arithmetic without once even los-ing a beat, increasing and decreasing the tempo (aro-hana- avarohana) is a common feature of our chenda melams. The famous two varities of Chenda Melams may be Panchary and Pandi melams. On few occasions we could hear Chabad, Anjadantha, chamba, Adantha, Dhruvam melams though rarities and on occasions far in between. But for majesty Pandy and elegance it is Panchari melam that stands apart. It will take consid-erable time to explain the time cycles of these melam DQG�KRZ�LW� LV�QHJRWLDWHG��UHIHU�WR�������.HUDOD�*RYW�Publication by PS Warrior). In Panchari melam it cov-HUV�ÀYH�F\FOHV�FRQWDLQLQJ�¶*KDWDNDPV·��1HUNNRO�*KDW-tam, Thakkitta Ghattam, Kuzha marinja ghattam, each of which is handled in different tempos). Chenda is gaining popularity beyond belief even in Sydney. I am sure it is here to stay.

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Yati Upadhyay

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her passion, She is a member of

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one of the best Bollywood

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kt-´-mj¯-ns-âb-p-w ka-m[-m\¯-ns-âb-p-w \-oÀ¨-me-pIÄ Hg-pI-p-w.

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X-n-^-e-a-mb-n Cc-p-]-¯-n-b©-v c-q]-b-p-w \ÂI-n. IÀ®-m-SI k-wK-o-X-¯-n I-qS-p-X ]T-n-¡-m-\-pÅ D]-t-Zi-w \ÂI-n a-mÌÀ \-m«-n-t-e¡-v aS¡-n Ab¨-p. k-wK-oX ]T-\-¯-n\-p t-ij-w [-mc-mf-w At-a-N-zÀ \-mS-I-§Ä¡-v k-wK-oX-w \ÂI-n. C-u \-mSI _Ô-a-mW-v At-±-l-¯-n\-p k-n\-n-a-b-n-t-e-¡-pÅ h-mX-m-b-\-§Ä X-pd-¶-X-v. 1977þ \-mSI k-wh-n-[-m-b-I-\-mb {-i-oa-qe-w\Kc-w h-nP-b³ k-wh-n-[-m\-w s-Nb-vX -'Fs-â {-K-ma-w-' F¶ N-n{-X-¯-ns-e \-me-p K-m\-§Â¡-p-w At-±l-w k-wK-oX-w \-nÀh-l-n-¨-p.- A-X-ns-e -'IÂ]-m-´-I-m-e-t-¯-m-f-w-'- F-¶ -K-m\-w C¶-p-w k-wK-oX t-{-]a-n-I-f-ps-S Cj-vS K-m\-§-f-n-s-e-m-¶-mb-n \-ne-\-n¡-p-¶-p. A¼-nf-n k-wh-n-[-m\-w s-Nb-vX -'h-oW-]-qh-v-' F¶ N-n{-X-¯-ns-e K-m\-§-f-mW-v At-±-ls-¯ Ne-¨-n{-X c-wK¯-v {-]k-n-²-\-m-¡-n-b-X-v. {-i-oI-p-a-m-c³ X¼-n-b-ps-S cN-\-b-n t-bi-p-Z-mk-v Be-]-n¨ -'\j-vS-k-zÀK-§s-f-' F¶ K-m\-w F¡-m-e-s-¯b-p-w h-nj-mZ-w N-me-n¨ s-\-mÌ-mÄP-nI-v K-m\-§-f-n-s-e-m-¶-m-W-v. t-a-ml³e-m-e-ns-â A`-n-\b ]IÀ¨s-I-mï-v {-it-²-b-a-m-b -']-m-Z-a-p{-Z-' F¶ N-n{-X-¯-ns-e s-I-mS-¸-\-¡-p¶-v lc-n hc-n-I-s-f-g-p-X-nb -'A¼-e-a-n-Ã-ms-X B¯-d-b-n h-mg-p-w-' F¶ K-m\-w `à-n-b-p-t-Sb-p-w i-r-wK-m-c-¯-n-s-âb-p-w s-s-hh-n[-y-w Hc-p-t-]-ms-e k¶-n-t-h-i-n-¸-n¨-v K-m\-K-ÔÀƳ kh-n-t-i-j-a-mb N-mc-p-X-t-b-ms-S Be-]-n-¡-p-Ib-p-w s-Nb-vX-p. `P-\-IÄ¡-v D]-t-b-m-K-n-¡-p¶ K©-nd F¶ h-mZ-y D]-I-c-Ws-¯ ^e-{-]-Z-a-mb-n D]-t-b-m-K-n-¡-p-h-m\-p-w t-a-ml³e-m F¶ AX-p-e-y- \-Ss-\ ]c-n-Nb k¼-¶-\-mb K©-nd h-mb-\-¡-m-c-\-mb-n Ah-X-c-n-¸-n-¡-m\-p-w Ig-nª-p. hc-n-I-f-ps-S A´-c-wK-w s-]-me-n-¸-n-s-¨-S-p-¡-p-h-m-\-pÅ k-wK-oX at-\-m-[À½h-p-w D]-I-cW k-wK-o-Xs-¯ H-uN-nX-y ]-qÀÆ-w k¶-n-t-h-i-n-¸-n-¡-p-h-m-\-pa-pÅ Ig-nh-p-w At-±-l-¯-ns-â K-m\-§s-f t-hd-n«-p \-nÀ¯-n. k-z]-v\-§-s-f-m-t-¡b-p-w ]¦-p-s-h¡-m-w-, h-n®-ns-â h-nc-n-a-m-d-nÂ-, ]-mS-p-h-m-\-mb-v h¶-p \-ns-â ]S-n-h-m-X-n¡ X-pS-§-nb K-m\-§f-p-w

A¨-p-t-h-«s-â h-oS-v-' F¶ _-me-N-{-µ-t-a-t-\-ms-â N-n{-X-¯-n t-bi-p-Z-mk-v

Be-]-n¨ Nµ-\-k-p-K-Ô-n-b-mb Hc-p K-m\-a-p-ï-v. -'Nµ\-w aW-¡-p¶ ]-qt-´-m-«-w-' -F-¶-m-c-w-`-n-¡-p¶ C-u at-\-m-lc K-m\-¯-n\-v hc-n-IÄ Fg-p-X-n-b-n-c-n-¡-p-¶X-v Fk-v. ct-a-i³ \-m-b-c-mW-v. ef-nX k-wK-o-X-¯-ns-â kt-¦-X-¯-n N-n-«-s-]-S-p-¯-nb-nc-n-¡-p-¶-, k-ml-n-X-yh-p-w C-uWh-p-w X½-n-e-pÅ AX-n-h-n-t-e-m-e-a-mb X-mZ-mß-y-w A\-p-`-h-a-m-¡-p¶ C-u Hä K-m\-w aX-n h-nZ-y-m-[-c³ F¶ ]-n.-Fk-v h-nZ-y-m-[-cs-â k-wK-oX k-wk-vI-m-c-s-¯- a-\-Ê-n-e-m-¡-p-h-m³. i-me-o-\-X-, k-uµ-c-y-w-, {-K-ma-oW \-nj-vI-f-¦-X-, ]¨¸-,-v h-nj-mZ-w-, k-vt-\l aÀ½-c-§Ä X-pS§-n Hc-p ic-m-ic-n ae-b-m-f-n-b-ps-S l-rZ-b-h-n-I-m-c-§Ä a-pg-p-h³ h-nI-mc X-o{-h-a-mb-n Ah-X-c-n-¸-n-¨-X-mW-v h-nZ-y-m-[c k-wK-o-X-¯-ns-â {-]t-X-y-I-X. A[-n-Is-a-m¶-p-w s-Nb-vX-n-«-n-Ã; F¶-m s-Nb-vX-s-XÃ-m-w IÂ]-m-´-I-m-e-t-¯-mf-w \-ne-\-n¡-p-¶X-p-w.

X-ri-qÀ P-nÃ-b-ns-e Bd-m-«-p-]-pg F¶ {-K-ma-¯-n 1945 a-mÀ¨-v Bd-n-\-mW-v Hc-p he-nb I-q«-p-I-p-S-p-w-_-¯-n-s-e A-wK-a-mb At-±l-w P\-n-¨-X-v. ]-qc-§-f-ps-S \-mS-mb Bd-m-«-p-]-pg F¶ -{-K-m-ah-p-w Ah-n-S-ps-¯ s-FX-o-l-y-§-f-p-w -\-m«-p k¦Â]§f-p-w N-n«-I-f-p-s-aÃ-m-w h-nZ-y-m-[-c-\-ns-e k-wK-oX hg-n-Is-f c-q]-s-¸-S-p-¯-n. h-nZ-y-m-[-cs-â AÑ\-p-w a-p¯-Ñ\-p-w IÀ®-m-SI k-wK-o-X-¯-n k-ma-m\-y-w Ad-nh-p-Å-h-c-m-b-n-c-p-¶-p. a-p¯-ѳ s-I-m¨-¡³ Bi-m³ Xs-¶-b-mW-v Bt-±-l-¯-ns-â BZ-y K-pc-p. X-pSÀ¶-v {-]i-k-vX-c-mb ]e K-pc-p-¡³a-m-c-n \-n¶-p-w k-wK-oX-w A`-y-k-n-¡-m-\-pÅ `-mK-yh-p-w At-±-l-¯-n\-p e`-n-¨-p. F«-m-w ¢-mÊ-n ]T-n-¡-p-t-¼-mÄ t-Zh-c-m-P³ a-mÌ-d-n-t-\-m-S-pÅ Bc-m-[\ a-q¯-v a{-Z-m-k-n-t-e¡-v hï-n Ib-d-nb Nc-n-{-Xh-p-w At-±-l-¯-n-\-p-ï-v. -'H-mS-b-n \-n¶-v-' F¶ kX-y³ k-n\-n-a-b-n s-al-_-q-_-n-s-\-m¸-w -'H-m d-n£-m-h-me-' F¶ ]-m«-ns-â t-I-mdk-v ]-mS-m³ t-Zh-c-m-P³ Ah-kc-w s-I-mS-p¯-p. {-]

]-mS-m-w \a-p¡-v ]-mS-m-w

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CX-n\-v DZ-m-l-c-W-a-mb-n ]d-b-m-w-. {-]-X-y-I-n¨-v h-nj-mZ-w N-me-n¨ ]-m«-p-I-f-n hc-n-I-f-ps-S Bß-m-h-ns-\ s-X-m«-p-t-\-m-h-n-¡-ms-X -s-X-b-mW-v At-±l-w k-wK-oX-w \ÂI-n-b-n-c-p-¶X-v. aª-n³h-n-t-e-m-ea-m-w-, \j-vS-k-zÀK-§s-f-, a-m\-h-l-r-Z-b-¯-n³ F¶-o ]-m«-p-I-s-fÃ-m-w CX-n\-p DZ-m-l-c-W-§-f-m-W-v.- A-k-w-k-vI-r-X-a-mb LS-\-b-n \-n¶-v s-ae-U-n-b-ps-S \\-p¯ k-zÀK-§-f-n-t-e¡-v Bk-z-m-Z-Is-\ DbÀ¯-p¶ ]-m«\-p`-h-a-mW-v At-±l-w k½-m-\-n-¨-X-v. 1989þ Xc-w-K-nW-n ]-pd-¯-n-d-¡-nb c-mK-X-c-w-K-nW-n F¶ k-wK-oX BÂ_-¯-ns-e ]-m«-p-I-s-fÃ-m-w AX-y-]-qÀÆ-w k-pµ-c-§-f-m-b-n-c-p-¶-p. h-m\-ns-e \µ-n\-n t-as-e-, Aa-m-h-mk-n \-mf-nÂ-, \-n³t-a\-n-, t-a-ml-I-p-c-p-h-n¡-v F¶-nh FS-p¯-p

]d-t-b-ï-X-mW-v. \-nc-h[-n `à-n K-m\-§f-p-w At-±l-w N-n«-s-¸-S-p-¯-n-b-n-«-p-ï-v. I-qS-ms-X aä-p k-wK-oX k-wh-n-[-m-b-IÀ¡-pt-hï-n ]-mS-p-h-m-\-pÅ Ah-kc-w At-±-l-¯-n-\-p-ï-m-b-n-«-p-ï-v. ]-n.-P-b-N-{-µ-t-\-m-s-S-m¸-w -'IY-m-h-t-i-j³-' F¶ N-n{-X-¯-n At-±l-w ]-mS-nb -'I®-p \«-p I-m¯-n-c-p-¶-n«-p-w-' F¶ K-m\-¯-n At-±-l-¯-ns-â Be-m-]\-w D¨-Ø-m-b-nb-n-e-qs-S \-mS³ k-wK-o-X-¯-ns-â `-mh-X-es-¯ t-X-mä-n-b-p-WÀ¯-p-¶-p. a-pÃ-t-\g-n cN-n¨-v h-nZ-y-m-[-c³ C-uW-w \ÂI-nb Xc-w-K-n-W-n-b-ps-S Hc-p K-m\-a-p-ï-v -']-p-©-h-b N-nd Dd-b-v¡-p¶ t-X-mä-w ]-m«-v-' C-u K-m\-w {-i²-n-¨-m aX-n CX-p Xs-¶-b-mW-v h-nZ-y-[c k-wK-o-X-¯-ns-â Bß-mh-p-w B[-mc {-i-pX-n-b-p-w.

"H-mS-b-n \-n¶-v-' F¶ kX-y³ k-n\-n-a-b-n s-al-_-q-_-n-s-\-m¸-w -'H-m

d-n£-m-h-me-' F¶ ]-m«-ns-â t-I-mdk-v ]-mS-m³ t-Zh-c-m-P³ Ah-kc-w

s-I-mS-p¯-p. {-]X-n-^-e-a-mb-n Cc-p-]-¯-n-b©-v c-q]-b-p-w \ÂI-n. IÀ®-m-SI

k-wK-o-X-¯-n I-qS-p-X ]T-n-¡-m-\-pÅ D]-t-Zi-w \ÂI-n a-mÌÀ \-m«-n-

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I-pS-n-t-bä-w F¶ h-m¡-n\-v ]e-Xc-w AÀ°-§-f-mW-v t-Ic-f-¯-n \ÂI-s-¸-S-p-¶-

X-v F¶X-v h-mb-\-¡-mÀ {-i²-n-¨-n-«-p-ï-m-h-pt-a-m? t-P-me-nt-¡-m _-nk-n-\-Ê-nt-\-m t-hï-n h-nt-Z-i¯-v I-pS-n-t-b-d-p-¶-hs-c \-m-w {-]h-m-k-n-IÄ F¶-p h-nf-n-¡-p-¶-p. Ahs-c \a-p¡-v _l-p-a-m-\-a-m-W-v. t-Ic-f-¯-ns-e e£-I-W-¡-n\-v I-pS-p-w-_-§Ä Ah-c-ps-S ]W-w-s-I-mï-mW-v k-pJ-a-mb-n P-oh-n-¡-p-¶X-v.A-hÀ At-a-c-n-¡³ As-Ã-¦-n b-qt-d-m-]-y³ ]-ucX-z-w k-z-oI-c-n-¨-me-p-w \-m-w Ahs-c ae-b-m-f-n-I-f-mb-n k-vt-\l-n-¡-p-¶-p. t-Icf-w h-n«-p-t-]-mb-n I-pS-n-t-b-d-nb as-ä-mc-p I-q«-c-p-ï-v. AhÀ C´-y-b-v¡-p-Å-n Xs-¶ I-pS-n-t-b-d-n-b-h-c-m-W-v. a-p-ws-s-_-, s-Ns-s-¶-, UÂl-n -X-p-S-§-nb \K-c-§-f-n a-m{-X-aÃ-, C´-y-s-b-m-«-m-s-I-b-pÅ Bb-n-c-¡-W-¡-n\-p s-Nd-p \K-c-§-f-ne-p-w Ahs-c I-mW-m-w. A©-v s-kâ-v `-qa-n-b-n-s-e-mc-p h-oS-v As-Ã-¦-n-s-e-mc-p ^-vf-mä-v. Ah-c-ns-e [\-n-I-c-ps-S P-oh-n-X-s-s-ie-n FÃ-m k-pJ-k-u-I-c-y-§f-p-w \-nd-ª-X-m-W-v. C-u I-pS-n-t-b-ä-¡-m-s-cb-p-w \-m-w BZ-c-n-¡-p-Ib-p-w k-vt-\l-n-¡-p-Ib-p-w s-N¿-p-¶-p. {-]h-m-k-n-IÄs-¡-m¸-w ]W-s-a-¯-n-¡-m³ AhÀ¡-p Ig-n-b-p-¶-n-s-Ã-¦-ne-p-w t-Ic-f-¯-ns-e At-\-I-m-b-nc-w I-pS-p-w-_-§s-f AhÀ kl-m-b-n-¡-p-Ib-p-w k-wc-£-n-¡-p-Ib-p-w s-N¿-p-¶-p-ï-v.

as-ä-m-c-p-Xc-w I-pS-n-t-b-ä-¡-m-c-mW-v t-Ic-f-¯-ns-â ka-o] k-wØ-m-\-§-f-n {-]t-X-y-I-n¨-v Xa-n-g-v\-m-S-v

---þ IÀ®-m-SI `-qa-n h-m§-n I-rj-n- s-N-b-vX-p- P-o-h-n-¡-p-¶-hÀ. Ch-c-n `-qc-n-`-m-Kh-p-w s-Nd-p-I-n-S-¡-m-c-m-W-v. h³ t-X-m«-§-f-ps-S DS-a-I-f-p-a-p-ï-v. C§-s-\-s-b-m-c-p-I-q«-w I-pS-n-t-b-ä-¡-mc-pÅ hk-vX-pX s-]-mX-p-h-n \½-p-s-S-b-n-S-b-n ]c-m-aÀi-n-¡-s-¸-S-m-d-n-Ã. CX-n\-v I-mc-W-§-f-p-ï-v. H¶-v: AhÀ Ah-c-p-s-S -\-m-«-ns-e P-oh-n-X-h-p-a-mb-n HX-p-§-n-I-n-S-¡-p-¶-h-c-mW.-v cï-v: Ah-c-n \-n¶-v I-mc-y-a-mb ]W-s-a-m¶-p-w t-Ic-f-¯-n-t-e¡-v Hg-p-I-p-¶-n-Ã. {-]h-m-k-n-IÄ F¶-v Ahs-c \-m-w h-nt-i-j-n-¸-n-¡-m-d-n-Ã. h-nt-Z-i¯-v t-]-mb-h-t-c-mS-v {-]ZÀi-n-¸-n-¡-p¶ {-i²t-b-m X-mÂ]-c-yt-a-m Ah-t-c-mS-v {-]I-S-n-¸-n-¡-m-d-n-Ã. Ah-k-m-\-s-¯-b-n\-w I-pS-n-t-b-ä¡-mÀ t-Ic-f-¯-n-\-p-Å-nÂXs-¶ I-pS-n-t-b-d-n-b-h-c-m-W-v. ae-b-m-f-n-I-f-ps-S s-]-mX-p NÀ¨-I-f-n I-pS-n-t-b-ä-¡-mÀ F¶-p h-nf-n-¡-p-¶X-v Ch-s-c-b-mW-v. t-Ic-f-¯-ns-â Hc-p `-mK¯-v \-n¶-v as-ä-mc-p `-mK-¯-p-t-]-mb-n `-qa-n h-m§-n I-rj-n-s-N-b-vX-p- P-o-h-n-¡-p-¶-h-c-mW-v ChÀ. ae-b-m-f-n-I-f-mb h-nt-Zi I-pS-n-t-bä¡-m-s-cb-p-w AJ-n-t-e´-y I-pS-n-t-bä¡-ms-cb-p-w k-vt-\l-n-¡-p-Ib-p-w BZ-c-n-¡-p-Ib-p-w-, Xa-n-g-v\-m-S-v-þ-IÀW-m-SI I-pS-n-t-bä¡-ms-c Hc-p AZ-ri-y t-e-mI-a-mb-n a-mä-n \-nÀ¯-p-Ib-p-w s-N¿-p¶ t-Icf-w-, k-z´-w \-m«-n I-pS-n-a-mä-w \S-¯-n-b-hs-c h-naÀi-n-¡-m-\-p-]-t-b-m-K-n-¡-p¶ h-m¡-mW-v "I-pS-n-t-bä-w." t-Icf-w h-n«-p-t-]-mb-n I-pS-n-t-b-d-p-¶X-v BZ-c-W-o-b-w. t-Ic-f-¯-n-\-p-Å-n I-pS-n-a-m-d-p-¶X-v A]-e-]-\-o-b-w.

ae-b-m-f-n-I-f-mb h-nt-Zi I-pS-n-t-bä¡-m-s-cb-p-w AJ-n-t-e´-y I-pS-n-

t-bä¡-ms-cb-p-w k-vt-\l-n-¡-p-Ib-p-w BZ-c-n-¡-p-Ib-p-w-, Xa-n-g-v\-m-S-v -þ -IÀW-m-

SI I-pS-n-t-bä¡-ms-c Hc-p AZ-ri-y t-e-mI-a-mb-n a-mä-n \-nÀ¯-p-Ib-p-w

s-N¿-p¶ t-Icf-w-, k-z´-w \-m«-n I-pS-n-a-mä-w \S-¯-n-b-hs-c h-naÀi-n-¡-m-

\-p-]-t-b-m-K-n-¡-p¶ h-m¡-mW-v "I-pS-n-t-bä-w'.

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ae-b-m-f-n-I-f-ps-S k-ma-q-l-nI NÀ¨-I-f-ns-e h-nN-n-{-X-a-mb Hc-p Cc-«-¯-m-¸-mW-v C-u ka-o-]-\-¯-n \-m-w I-mW-p-¶-X-v.

C-u I-pS-n-t-bä¡-mc-n `-qc-n-]-£h-p-w cï-m-w t-e-mI-a-m-l-m-b-p-²-I-m-e¯-p-w AX-n\-p t-ij-h-pa-p-ï-mb k-m¼-¯-nI XIÀ¨-b-n ]«-nW-n ac-W-¯-n \-n¶-p-w c£-s-¸-S-m³t-hï-n k-z´-w \-mS-p-h-n«-v `-qa-n \-nÊ-mc h-ne¡-v e`-n-¡-p¶b-nS-§-f-n-t-e¡-p-w-, A\-[-n-I-r-X-a-mb-n kÀ¡-mÀ hI I-mS-p-I-f-n-t-e¡-p-w ]e-m-b\-w s-Nb-vX Gäh-p-w X-mg-s-¯-¡-n-S-b-n-e-pÅ I-rj-n-¡-mc-p-w I-rj-n-s-X-m-g-n-e-m-f-n-If-p-w I-pS-n-b-m³a-m-c-p-a-m-b-n-c-p-¶-p. AhÀ I-mS-v s-h«-n I-rj-n-s-Nb-vX-v k-z´-w I-pS-p-w-_-¯-n\-p-w ka-q-l-¯-n\-p-w t-hï-n h-nf-I-f-pX-v]-m-Z-n-¸-n¨-v Hc-p ]-pX-nb P-oh-nX k-m[-yX \-nÀ½-n-¨X-v t-Ic-f-¯-ns-e ]c-n-Ø-nX-n h-mZ-n-I-f-ps-S IS-p¯ h-naÀi-\-¯-n\-p ]-m{-X-a-m-b-n. t-Ic-f-¯-ns-e ]c-n-Ø-nX-n \i-n-¸-n-¨X-v C-u I-rj-n-¡-m-c-m-s-W¶-v Dd¨-v h-ni-z-k-n-¡-p¶ [-mc-mf-w _-p²-n-P-o-h-n-Is-f C¶-p I-mW-m-w.

N-ne hk-vX-p-X-Is-f k-uI-c-y-]-qÀÆ-w ad-¨-p-s-h-¨-p-s-I-m-ï-m-W-v-C-hÀ h-naÀi-n-¡-p-¶X-v F¶-X-mW-v h-mk-vX-h-w. H¶-v: C-u I-pS-n-t-bä¡-mÀ I-m«-n IS-¡-p-¶-X-n\-p Zi-I-§Ä a-p¼-p-Xs-¶ h\-w hI-p¸-v t-Ic-f-¯-ns-e I-mS-p-I-f-ps-S Gäh-p-w he-nb N-qj-Ic-p-w \-mi-I-m-c-n-I-f-p-a-mb-n¯-oÀ¶-n-c-p-¶-p.- h-\-w-h-I-p¸-v CX-x]c-y´-w s-h«-n-b-n-«-pÅ I-mS-n-s-âb-p-w ac-§-f-p-s-Sb-p-w Hc-p s-Nd-nb iX-a-m\-w a-m{-X-a-mW-v I-rj-n-¡-mÀ A¶-w h-nf-b-n-¡-m³ D]-t-b-m-K-n-¨-n-«-p-Å-X-v. cï-v: h\-w hI-p-¸-n-s-\-t-¸-ms-eXs-¶ -_-r-l-¯-mb h\-\-i-o-I-cW-w \S-¯-nb as-ä-mc-p ià-n-b-m-b-n-c-p¶-p h³t-X-m-«-§Ä. D¯-t-c-´-y³ a-pX-e-m-f-n-a-m-c-p-w- X-n-c-p-h-n-X-m-wI-qÀ c-mPI-pS-p-w-_-

a-S-¡-a-pÅ {-]_-e-c-m-b-n-c-p¶-p t-X-m«-h-y-h-k-m-b-¯-n\-p ]-n¶-n-e-p-ï-m-b-n-c-p-¶-X-v. ]c-n-Ø-n-X-n-h-m-Z-n-IÄ h\-w-h-I-p-¸-n-t-\b-p-w h³t-X-m-«-§-t-fb-p-w Ah-c-ps-S h-naÀi-\-¯-ns-â ]c-n-[-n-b-n \-n¶-v H-uZ-m-c-y-]-qÀh-w -H-g-n-h-m-¡-n. X-mg-v¶-h-c-n X-mg-v¶-h-c-mb I-rj-n-¡-ms-c a-m{-X-w AhÀ D¶-w- h-¨-p.

CX-n-t-\-¡-m-t-fs-d h-nN-n-{-X-a-mb as-ä-mc-p hk-vX-p-X-b-pï-v. t-Icf¯-ns-e I-rj-n-¡-mÀ I-m«-n-t-e¡-p ]e-m-b\-w s-N¿-p¶ \-mÂ]-X-p-I-f-ne-p-w A³]-X-p-I-f-ne-p-w ]c-n-Ø-nX-n h-mZ-¯-ns-â P·-`-q-a-n-b-mb At-a-c-n-¡-b-ne-p-w b-qt-d-m-¸-ne-p-w t-]-me-p-w \-ma-n-¶-d-n-b-p¶ ]c-n-Ø-nX-nt-_-m[-w c-q]-h-X-vI-c-n-¡-s-¸-«-n-c-p-¶-n-Ã. ]c-n-Ø-n-X-n-t-_-m-[-¯-ns-â {-]Ya t-hZ ]-pk-vX-I-a-mb-n Ic-p-X-s-¸-S-p¶ "kb-eâ-v k-v{-]-n-wK-v" F¶ ]-pk-vXI-w t-d¨Â I-mg-vk¬ At-a-c-n-¡-b-n {-]k-n-²-o-I-c-n-¡-p-¶-X-pXs-¶ Ad-p-]-X-p-I-f-ps-S Bc-w-`-¯-n-e-m-b-n-c-p-¶-p. \½-ps-S ]c-n-Ø-n-X-n-h-m-Z-nIÄ h-mZ-n-¡-p-¶-X-p \-n-c-£-c-I-p-£-n-If-p-w \-nÀ[\-c-p-a-m-b-n-c-p¶ I-pS-n-t-bä I-rj-n-¡-mÀ A¡-m-e-¯-p-Xs-¶ ]c-n-Ø-n-X-n-h-m-Z-n-I-f-m-t-I-ï-X-m-b-n-c-p¶-p F¶-mW-v-!

]-qÀh-I-me {-]-m_--ye-t-¯-ms-S I-pä-w N-pa-¯-p¶ Ct-X ]c-n-Ø-nX-n h-mZ-n-I-f-mW-v C¶-v Ah-c-ps-S X-pd¶ I®-p-I-f-ps-S a-p³]-n t-Ic-f-¯-ns-e \Z-n-Is-f aW-e-qä-v a-m^-nb Bk-q-{-X-n-X-a-mb-n D·-q-e-\-m-i-w s-N¿-p-¶-X-ns-\ \-nÀh-n-I-m-c-a-m-b-n- t-\-m-¡-n-\-n¡-p-¶X-v-! H¸-w AhÀ \Z-n-I-f-nÂ\-n¶-p s-hÅ-s-a-S-p-¡-p-¶-X-m-W-v h³ B]¯-v F¶-v h-mZ-n-¡-p-Ib-p-w s-N¿-p-¶-p.- \-Z-n-IÄ s-hů-n\-p t-hï-n-b-mW-v-, aW-e-n-\-p-t-h-ï-n-b-Ã. \Z-n-I-f-n \-n¶-v aW-e-q-ä-n-s-b-S-p-¡-p-¶X-v s-X§-v s-h«-n X-mg-v¯-n-b-n«-v t-X§ ]c-n-t-i-m-[-n-¡-p-¶-X-p-t-]-m-s-e-b-m-W-v.

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s-s-Zh-w N-nc-n¡-m¯X-v s-hd-ps-Xbà a\-pj-yc-paX¯-ns-â t-]c-n \S¯-p¶ t-I-m{-]-mb§ÄIï-n«-mh-m-w kl-ns-I« s-s-Zh-w C{-]I-mc-w Ac-pÄ s-N¿-p¶-p. FÃ-mht-c-mS-p-w F{-X {-]-mhi-y-w ]dª-p R-m³ ià-nb-mW-v Ac-q]-nb-ms-Ws-¶-ms-¡ (DÅX-v ]db-mat-Ã-m {-K-mh-nä-n F¶ k-n\-na Iï¸-w F\-n¡-p-w As-§s-\s-b-ms-¡ t-X-m¶-n-) F¶-n«-p-w t-e-mI-w a-pg-ph\-p-w c-q]§f-ps-S {-]fbat-à Bc-pï-v t-IÄ¡-m³ ? C\-nb-p-w Fs-¶ C§s-\c-q]§f-pï-m¡-n {-]X-n¡-q«-n Ibä-m\-mW-v ]c-n]-mS-ns-b¦-nÂFs-â \-n§t-f-mS-pÅ {-K-mh-nä-nb-p-w t-]-mI-p-w. FÃ-m-w Cs-«d-nª-n«-p R-ms-\s-â ]-mS-pt-\-m¡-p-w.

In a dark room, during the night

A warm candle gave lot of light.

The wavy flame danced

all the time

The melting candle

remained steady and still.

The burning wick was

shaped like curl

Fragrance smelt like a flower

It was beautiful as a pearl.

Nayana Santhosh

Nayana Santhosh

Class: 5, Randwick Public School

Thampi Antony

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My pallikkoodam

The other day my four grand-daughters joined me as I took

a walk along the memory lane of my old primary school and I could hear them laughing and screaming in disbelief with intermittent com-ments of Oh no! How awful! Are you kidding!

Being born and brought up in western countries their school days are world apart to mine.

The Government primary school at Kozhencheri was built on a massive rock and it was appro-priately named “ Parepallikudam” which meant “ The school on the rock”.

The new school year started on the first Monday of June and going to school for the very first time was the beginning of a big adventure for me even though the thought of mixing with other children, especially boys who were bullies terrified me.

We had no heavy school bags to carry. There was only a slate, a slate pencil and one textbook in the school bag, which was made of gunnysack material. All the children walked to school and since my house was near the school I had to walk only a short distance. But there were children who walked up to five kilometres.

When the first school bell rang we assembled on the rock in front of the school. Then the teachers and students stood in rows and sang the state anthem with reverence, hands folded together in praying position. Kerala was formerly known as Travencore and it was a princely state ruled by kings, the last one to rule was a handsome looking Maharaja called Swami Chithira Thirunal. Even at the tender age of six I was fascinated by his majestic good looks and so it gave me great pleasure to sing the anthem every morning, which was full of praise for the king and his land.

The school was one big long hall, solidly built with three entrances at the front and back. There were no dividing walls or screens between the five classes. Each class had a table and chair for the teacher and a blackboard nearby. The children sat on benches arranged in long rows on each side of the table and another row at the back facing the teacher. We had no desks, so we held our slate on our laps while writing lessons and exams.

While class 1 would be learn-ing the Malayalam alphabets by repeating them loudly over and

over with the teacher, another class would be mastering their addition and subtraction skills in a loud sing-song fashion, another class reciting poetry and so on. All these noises and voices mixed and merged from one end of the room to the other. But from day one we were trained not to get distracted and to concentrate only on what our own teacher was teaching. At the slightest sign of distraction we got punished by the nasty cane! Teachers used the cane regularly to motivate us to study harder and to discipline us. We often got group punishment when no one admitted to some mischief they had done. Even though we feared our teach-ers more than God we also had great respect for them.

During the two short intervals we would rush out to the rocks outside to play. The girls played at the back of the school. We skipped with ropes made from coconut leaves or played hopscotch. The boys managed to kick and toss football on the hard rock surface and they ran and chased each other playing their favourite game ‘Police and robbers ‘. They often used to fall and scrape their knees on the rock; the blood was wiped off with leaves from a bush, which

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had antiseptic qualities.Under the tropical sun

the days were always hot and humid. We had no plastic bottles to take water with us and we were not aware of the dangers of dehydration. When thirsty children drank water from the school well but I would try to avoid it as the well was never kept clean. Leaves and other strange objects floated in the well while brown frogs croaked and leaped about merrily. We used to spot a big

an isolated part of the rock to wee and it became a fun ritual. Before we were ready to leave the hot sun made everything vanish in a flash like a magi-cian. Our rock was sanitized, sterilized and made clean as a slate by the powerful sunrays. Who needed a toilet or a toilet cleaner!

The school bell rang loud at 1.00 P.M. announcing the end of school. We would rush out of our classrooms screaming and relieved of classroom boredom.

was customary for the children and adults to get a new set of clothes for Onam. So on the first day of school after Onam holidays the boys marched to school in their new shorts and shirt and the girls looked pretty in their long skirt and short blouse. I still remember the beaming faces of children from poor families as they showed off their new outfits.

Christmas was a religious affair at Kozhencheri with lots of carol singing and church ser-

fat snake curled up inside the rings, which was covered with emerald green moss. The boys used to throw stones at the snake but it would not budge or move and continued to slumber away. Miraculously none of us ever got sick by drinking water from our school well. It must have been a divine well!

The school had no toilets so the children used the wide-open rock faces to do their business. Initially I was embarrassed and tried to contain myself till I got home. Later on I joined my three girl friends and we used to go to

With bare feet we ran down the hot rock and marched off home through the dusty main road. At home a hearty lunch would be waiting for me. But to many less fortunate children lunch was just a bowl of rice Congee or boiled tapioca.

Besides the long summer vacation from April to June there were two short holidays for Onam and for Christmas. Each holiday brought special kind of joy in our young lives. Putting up the swing on the sturdy jackfruit tree and trying to swing as high as we could was one of the delights of Onam. It

vices. Children did not get any presents, as Santa Claus had never heard of our village. The long summer holidays stretched ahead, a magical time in any student’s life.

Five years passed by and I got ready for my next adven-ture- starting high school in a prestigious boarding school called “Nicholson Girls high School” at Thiruvella.

With misty eyes I said good-bye to my humble pri-mary school where I started my journey in education, where dedicated and underpaid teach-ers motivated every student to perform well in their unique and old-fashioned way.

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CHILLI BOWL

FP

Jomesh Thomas Wollongong

COOKERY

* Take the frozen puff pastry sheet from freezer and keep in fridge for 20 minutes.* Place the butter and sugar in a small, non-stick frying pan over a medium heat stir to dissolve* Add bananas, reduce heat and cook for 5 minutes or until the bananas have. caramelized in the sauce * Stir in corn flour to the banana mixture and switch off the heat.* Divide the banana mix into small portions and leave it to cool down.[ 24 of them ].* Pre Heat the oven on 180 degree celcius for 10 minutes.* Lay the pastry sheet on a flat surface and cut them into 24 squares [4 squares each x 6 sheets].* Lightly brush edges of pastry with egg wash.* Place banana filling in center of squares.* Fold over puff pastry to create a triangle and gently press edges to seal with a fork.* Prick tops of triangles a few times with fork on top.

Cooking Method

Prep Time: 90 Minutes

Ingredients :Ripened bananas - 10 [thickly sliced on the diagonal]Brown Sugar - 3 TspCorn Flour - 1TspUnsalted Butter - 60 gmsGround Cinamon - 1 TspPuff Pastry Sheet- 6 [1pkt]Egg Wash [beaten egg] -1 Icing Sugar - 2 Tsp

* Line a baking paper on the oven rack and arrange triangles on them leaving a small gap in between. * Give a egg wash on top of each triangles with a brush.* Place them into the pre-heated oven in the middle rack.* Bake on 200 degree Celsius for 20 minutes until parcels are puffed up and have a golden brown color on top.* Remove the triangles from oven and keep aside for 10 minutes to cool down.* Mix icing sugar & ground cinamon and lightly dust the triangles.* Serve with vanila ice cream or fresh whipped cream.

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K-n¶k-v_-p¡-n Ibd-n ]ä-m-s-\-¦ -ne-p-w ]ä-p-at-Ã-m F¶ {-]X-y-m-i-t-b-ms-S ]-mh-w

]-m¸-¨³ k½ -X-]{-X-w H¸-p-s-h¨-p. kh-mc-n \S-t-¯ï I-pX-n-c-b-ps-S ka-o-]-

t-¯¡-v ]X-ns-b h-nd-b-v¡-p¶ I-me-S-n-I-t-f-ms-S \S¶-p \-o§-n. ]-m¸-¨s-â I®-ns-e

]c-n-{-`a-w Iï-n-«-mh-m-w I-pX-nc ]-pÑ-t-¯-ms-S Xe-s-h-«-n¨-v ]-m¸-¨s-\ H¶-p t-\-m¡-n.

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c-¸-p-d-¯-v\-n¶-v Hä N-m«-¯-n\-v X-ms-g-b-n-d§-n h-o«-n-t-e-t-¡-m-S-n-b-mt-e-m F¶-v N-n´-n-¡-p-¶-X-n\-v a-p¼-mb-n I-pX-nc ]X-ps-¡ \S-¶-p-X-p-S-§-nb-nc-p¶-p. ad-nb-m½ ]dª B]-vX-h-mI-y-w s-]s-«¶-v a\-Ê-n H-mÀ½ h¶-p. -'Ad-nb-m¯ ]-nÅb-v¡-v s-N-md-n-b-p-t-¼-mÄ Ad-nb-m-w-' I-pX-n-c-k-h-m-c-n-b-ps-S _-me-]-m-T-§Ä a-md-n-\-n¶-p ]d-ª-X-n³ {-]I-mc-w ]-m¸-¨³ `b-,-Z-p--xJ-,-t-Z-j-y-,-h-n-I-m-c-t-¯-ms-S I-pX-n-c-b-ps-S R-mW-n AÅ-n-]-n-S-n-¨-n-c-p-¶-p. Hc-p-h-n[-w \-nb-{-´-n-¨-p. l-mf-ns-â \-me-v hi-§-f-ne-p-w LS-n-¸-n-¨-n-c-n-¡-p¶ he-nb I®-m-S-n-b-n I-pX-n-c-¸-p-d-¯-n-c-n-¡-p¶ Xs-â

I¿-nÂI-n«-nb k½-X-]{-X-w h-mb-n-¨X-p-w Xe-b-n Hc-p CS-n-¯-ob-v s-h«-n. I-pX-nc Nh-n«-n s-I-mÃ-p-I-t-b-m-, I-pX-n-c-]-p-d-¯-v\-n¶-v h-oW-v s-s-II-m-s-e-m-S-n-ª-mt-e-m AX-ns-â ]c-n-]-qÀ® D¯-c-h-m-Z-nX-z-w Ø-m]-\-¯-n-\-Ã-, I-pX-nc H-mS-n¨ ]-m¸-¨-\-m-b-n-c-n¡-p-w F¶-mW-v H¸-n«-p \Ât-I-ïX-v. k-z´-w ac-W-]{-X-w I¿-n ]-nS-n¨-v ]-m¸-¨³ Zb-\-o-b-a-mb-n aZ-m-½s-b H¶-p-t-\-m-¡-n. aZ-m½ K-uc-h-`-m-h-¯-n-e-m-ï-p. GX-m-b-me-p-w Bt-e-m-N-n¨-v \-n¡-m³ ka-b-a-n-Ã. F´-mb-me-p-w I-pX-nc Nh-n«-n h-nt-Z-i -c-m-P-y¯-v ac-n¡-p¶ BZ-y ae-b-mf-n F¶ \-ne-b-n K-n¶k-v_-p¡-n Ibd-n ]ä-m-s-\-¦-ne-p-w ]ä-p-at-Ã-m F¶ {-]X-y-m-i-t-b-ms-S ]-mh-w ]-m¸-¨³ k½-

c-s-b -Hc-p h-n[-w \-nb-{-´-n¨-v ]-m¸-¨³ ]T-\-l-m-f-n-s-e-¯-n-¨-p. I-pX-n-c-b-ps-S a-pI-f-n aZ-m½ Ibd-n Cc-p¶-p Xs-¶ a-p¶-n-e-n-c-p¯-n I-pX-nc kh-m-c-n-b-ps-S _-me-]-m-T-§Ä ]T-n-¸-n-¡-p-at-Ã-m F¶-m-i-z-m-k-t-¯-mS-p-w BË-m-Z-t-¯-m-S-p-w-I-qS-n I-pX-n-c-b-ps-S AS-p¯-v \-ne-b-p-d-¸-n¨-p. aZ-m½

X-]{-X-w H¸-p-s-h¨-p. kh-mc-n \S-t-¯ï I-pX-n-c-b-ps-S ka-o-]-t-¯¡-v ]X-ns-b h-nd-b-v¡-p¶ I-me-S-n-I-t-f-ms-S \S¶-p \-o§-n. ]-m¸-¨s-â I®-ns-e ]c-n-{-`a-w Iï-n-«-mh-m-w I-pX-nc ]-pÑ-t-¯-ms-S Xe-s-h-«-n¨-v ]-m¸-¨s-\ H¶-p t-\-m¡-n. X-ma-k-n-b-ms-X aZ-m½b-ps-S AS-p¯ \-nÀt-±i-w I-mX-p-I-f-n a-pg-§-n; "I-pX-n-c-b-ps-S s-\ä-n-b-n XSh-n-, R-mW-n ]-nS-n¨-v I-pX-n-cb-v¡-v a-pt-¼ \S¶-v ]T-\-i-m-e-b-ps-S he-nb l-mf-n-t-e¡-v IS-¡-p-I". a-nS-n-¡-p¶ l-rZ-b-t-¯-ms-S-, h-nd-b-v¡-p¶ s-s-II-t-f-ms-S ]-m¸-¨³ I-pX-n-c-b-ps-S Xe-b-n XS-h-n-. a-Z-m½ ]dª {-]I-mc-w \S-¯-n. At-c-mK-y Z-rVK-m-{-X-\-mb I-pX-n-c-b-ps-S BI-m-c -hS-nh-v ]-m¸-¨s-â kIe \-mU-o-R-c-¼-p-It-fb-p-w XIÀ¡-p-¶-X-m-b-n-c-p-¶-p. I-pX-n-c-b-ps-S \-nb-{-´W-w X-ms-\-m-ä-b-v¡-Ã-t-Ã-m-, aZ-m-½b-p-w Xs-â I-qs-S Dï-mI-pat-Ã-m -F-¶-pÅ Hc-m-i-z-k-¯-m I-pX-n-

I-pX-n-c-b-ps-S ka-o]-w Hc-p s-Nd-nb Ì-qÄ C«-X-n\-v t-ij-w ]-m¸-¨-t-\-mS-v I-pX-n-c-b-ps-S a-pI-f-n-t-e¡-v Ib-d-p-h-m³ Bh-i-y-s-¸-«-p. ]-m¸-¨³ Hc-n-¡ÂI-qS-n aZ-m-½-s-b -t-\-m¡-n s-\S-p-h-oÀ¸-n-«-p. X-m³ Ib-d-n-b-X-n\-p t-ij-a-mh-p-w aZ-m½ I-pX-n-c-]-pd¯-v Ibd-n Xs-¶ a-mt-d-mS-v t-NÀ¯-v ]-nS-n¨-v I-pX-n-c-k-h-m-c-n ]c-n-i-o-e-n-¸-n-¡-pI F¶ Dd¨ h-ni-z-m-k-t-¯-ms-S kIe s-s-Zh-§-t-fb-p-w h-nf-n¨-v ]-m¸-¨³ Hc-p-h-n-[-¯-n I-pX-n-c-¸-p-d¯-v Ib-d-n. aZ-m-½-b-ps-S D-ug-¯-n\-v I-m¯-n-c-p¶ ]-m¸-¨³ IïX-v Ì-qs-fS-p¯-p a-md-n AIs-e \-n¶-v a-mÀK-\-nÀt-±-i-§Ä \ÂI-p¶ aZ-m-½-s-b-b-mW-v. IÀ¯-ms-h I-pX-n-

h-nf-d-ns-hf-p¯-nc-n-¡-p¶ a-pJ-w ]-m¸-¨³ H¶-p-c-ï-m-hÀ¯-n k-q£-n¨-p t-\-m¡-n. P-oh-n-X-¯-n Hc-n-¡e-p-w C§s-\ Hc-p-a-pJ-w X-m³ Iï-n-«-n-Ãt-Ã-m F¶-v ]-m¸-¨³ s-R«-t-e-ms-S H-mÀ¯-p. Hc-p aW-n-¡-qÀ \-oï-p-\-n¶ I-pX-nckh-m-c-n-s-¡-m-S-p-h-n h-nbÀ¯-vI-p-f-n¨-v h-nf-d-n-\-n¡-p¶ ]-m¸-¨s-\ ]W-a-S-b-v¡-p¶ I-mc-y-w aZ-m½ H-mÀ½-n-¸-n-¨-p. t-U-mfÀ 60 \ÂI-n \à P-oh-\-p-w-s-I-mï-v I-pX-n-c-m-e-b-¯-n \-n¶-v H-mS-n I-md-n Ibd-n ]-m¸-¨³ Xs-â aI-f-ps-S U-m³k-v I-mW-p-h-m-\-mb-n ]-pd-s-¸-«-p. I-md-n-e-n-c-p¶-v ]-m¸-¨³ Bß-KX-w s-Nb-vX-p. "]-m]-n s-N¶-nS-w ]-mX-mf-w'.

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Po-hn-Xw...R-m³ Al¦c-n¨-nc-p¶-p. FÃ-m-w Hc-p \-na-nj-w s-I-mï-v- X-oÀ¶-p. Fs-â s-SI-v-Ì-n-wK-v- BWt-Ã-m C-u A]IS-w Dï-m¡-nbX-v- Ft-¶-mÀ¡-pt-¼-mÄ Cs-¶\-n¡-v AX-nb-mb Z-p-xJa-pï-v-. ]s-£ R-m³ Bs-cb-p-w s-I-m¶-nÃt-Ã-m F¶ t-\c-nb Hc-p Bi-z-mkh-p-w. a¡Ä A¶-v--v-I-qs-Sb-nÃ-mX-nc-p¶X-p-w I-mc-ya-mb-n.-' Pb-v-a-n \-mj-ns-â ic-oc¯-ns-â Fg-p]X-p iXa-m\-h-p-w X-os-¸-mÅe-n Ic-nª-p t-]-mb-nc-p¶-p. 3rd & 4th U-n{-K-nb-mW-v- s-]-mÅe-ns-â t-{-KU-v-. Ahc-ps-S FÃ-pIÄ t-]-me-p-w N-mÀt-¡-mÄ ]c-pha-mb-nc-p¶-p. U-mek-ns-e ]-mÀ¡-v-e-mâ-v- Bi-p]{-X-nb-n ]¯-v- Bg-v-NIf-mW-nhÀ t-I-mab-n I-nS¶X-v-. cï-p hÀj¯-n\-nSb-n a-p¸X-p kÀPd-nIÄ. AX-nt-hZ\b-ps-SX-mb-nc-p¶-p

Pb-v-a-n \-mj-n\-p H¶-p-w H-mÀ½b-nÃ-, hï-nt-b-mS-n¡-p¶X-n\-nSb-n s-SI-v-Ì-v-

s-Nb-v-XX-p-w....At-X X-pSÀ¶-v- hï-n ]e XhW I-p«-n¡cW-w ad-nªX-p-w. Ahk-m\-w X-o ]-nS-n¨X-p-w H¶-p-w H-mÀ½b-nÃ..]t-£...A]ISØet-¯¡-v- ]-mª-p h¶ t-]-me-nk-pI-mcs-â ]t-{-S-mÄ I-md-ns-e I-y-madb-n ]X-nª Ahc-ps-S \-neh-nf-n l-rZbt-`ZIa-mb-nc-p¶-p. -'R-m³ I-md-n\-pÅ-n s-]«-pt-]-mh-pIb-mb-nc-p¶-p. Fh-ns-S \-nt-¶-m Hc-p X-o¡-pÞ-w h¶-v- Fs-â t-Zl¯-p h-oW-p. R-m³ I-md-ne-nc-p¶-p ]¨¡-v- I¯-n. Aed-nIcb-m³ a-m{-Xt-a F\-n¡-v- Ig-nª-pÅ-q. C§s-\s-bÃ-m-w k-w`h-n¨X-v- R-m³ hï-n H-mS-n¡-p¶X-nSb-n s-SI-v-Ì-v- s-N¿-m³ t-]-mbX-v- s-I-mï-v- a-m{-X-w. ]eXhW ]ec-p-w Ct-X¡-pd-n¨-v- Fs-¶ D]t-Zi-n¨-nc-p¶-p. ]t-£ R-m³ Ahc-ps-S h-m¡-pIs-f ]-pÑ-n¨-p XÅ-n. Fs-â s-Nd-nb I-p«-nIÄ I-md-ne-pÅt-¸-mÄ t-]-me-p-w F{-Xt-b-m XhW R-m³ s-SI-v-Ì-v- s-Nb-v-X-nc-p¶-p. FÃ-m-w Hc-pt-]-ms-e s-N¿-ph-m³ Ig-nh-pÅ aÄ«-n S-mk-v-I-n-wK-v- k-v-I-n DÅ Hc-p k-q¸À t-a-m-w Bb-n

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\-mf-pIÄ. C¶-nt-¸-mÄ \-mj-n\-v- he-nb Hc-p Z-uX-ya-pï-v-. Xs-â C-u A\-p`h-w BÀ¡-p-w hc-mX-nc-n¡-ph-m³ h-ml\-w H-mS-n¡-p¶X-n\-nSb-n s-SI-v-Ì-v- s-Nb-v-X-me-pï-mI-mh-p¶ A]ISs-¯¡-pd-n¨-v- BÄ¡-ms-c t-_-m[h-m·-mc-m¡-pI F¶X-mW-v- e£-y-w. At-ac-n¡b-ns-e ]e k-v-I-qf-pIf-p-w _-nk-n\k-v- Ø-m]\§f-p-w AhÀ Xs-â Z-uX-yh-pa-mb-n kµÀi-n¨-p Ig-nª-p. X-os-]-mÅt-eä Xs-â s-s-II-me-pIÄ BÄ¡-ms-c I-mW-n¨-p s-I-mS-p¡-ph-m³ aS-nb-pa-nÃ. BÀ¡-p-w Xs-â A\-p`h-w hc-mX-nc-n¡W-w F¶ {-]-mÀ°\ a-m{-X-w. cï-p hÀjs-¯ ]-mÀ¡-v-e-mâ-ns-e h-mk-w

Hc-mÄ¡-v- A]ISa-pï-mI-m\-pÅ k-m[-yX aä-pÅht-c¡-mÄ Cc-p]¯-na-q¶-v- iXa-m\-w I-qS-pXe-mW-v-. s-s-{-Uh-v- s-N¿-p¶X-n\-nSb-n hc-p¶ s-at-ÊP-pIf-p-w-, Ahb-v-¡-v- hfb-w ]-nS-n¨-p s-I-mï-v- ad-p]S-n Ab¡-ph-m³ I-mW-n¡-p¶ h-y{-KXb-p-w Hc-mf-ps-S {-i²b-p-w a-m\k-nI \-neb-p-w Deb-v-¡-pIb-p-w AX-phg-n

A]IS k-m[-yX I-qS-pIb-p-w s-N¿-p¶-p. C¶s-¯ At-ac-n¡³ P-oh-nXc-oX-nb-n aÄ«-n S-mk-v-¡-n-wK-v- Hg-n¨-v- I-qS-m\-mh-ns-æ-n t-]-me-p-w-, s-SI-v-Ì-n-wK-v- B³U-v- s-s-{-Uh-n-wK-v- Hc-p acW¡f-n Xs-¶b-mW-v-. Hc-p s-SI-v-Ì-v- s-at-ÊP-v- h-mb-n¡-ph-mt-\-m s-s-S¸-v- s-N¿-ph-mt-\-m FS-p¡-p¶ B A©-p s-k¡â-v kab-w hï-n H-mS-n¡-p¶ Bf-ps-S ]-qÀW {-i² t-d-mU-n \-n¶-p-w t-^-mW-nt-e¡-v- a-md-p¶-p. t-^-mW-nt-e¡-v- t-\-m¡-p¶ C-u A©-p s-k¡â-n X-oÀ¨b-mb-p-w F´-p-w k-w`h-n¡-m-w; F´-p-w�-! \½Ä a\k-ne-m¡-nbX-n I-qS-pX A]ISa-mW-v- s-SI-v-Ì-v- s-Nb-v-X-p hï-n H-mS-n¡-p¶hs-c I-m¯-nc-n¡-p¶X-v-. At-X¡-pd-n¨-v- K-ucha-mb-n N-n´-nt-¡ï-nb-nc-n¡-p¶-p. At-ac-n¡b-ns-e N-ne k-wØ-m\§f-n h-ml\t-a-mS-n¡-p¶X-n\-nSb-n s-kÂt-^-m¬ D]t-b-mK-n¡-m³ ]-mS-nà F¶-v- IÀi\ \-nba§f-pï-v-. s-SI-v-k-mk-n k-v-I-qÄ kab§f-n a-m{-Xt-a s-kÂt-^-m¬ \-nt-c-m[\-w DÅ-q. F´-mb-me-p-w-, \½Ä a-mX-m]-nX-m¡Ä hï-n H-mS-n¡-ph-m³ X-pS§-p¶ I-ua-mc{-]-mb¡-ms-c Cs-XÃ-m-w \-nc´c-w ]dª-p a\k-ne-m¡W-w. h-ml\t-a-mS-n¡-pt-¼-mÄ t-^-m¬ s-s-ke³k-n s-hb-v-¡-pI. Hc-p I-mcWhi-me-p-w h-ml\t-a-mS-n¡-pt-¼-mÄ s-at-ÊP-pIÄ t-\-m¡-pIt-b-m Ab¡-pIt-b-m Cà F¶-v- k-zb-w X-oc-pa-m\-w FS-p¡-pI. I-p«-nIÄ¡-v- C¡-mc-y¯-n \-m-w Xs-¶ a-mX-rI I-mW-n¡-pI. As-X-, s-hd-p-w Hc-p s-SI-v-Ì-v- s-at-ÊP-p aX-n P-oh-nX-w Xs-¶ CÃ-ms-X Bh-m³.

s-at-ÊP-v- h-mb-n¡-ph-mt-\-m s-s-S¸-v- s-N¿-ph-mt-\-m FS-p¡-p¶ B A©-p

s-k¡â-v kab-w hï-n H-mS-n¡-p¶ Bf-ps-S ]-qÀW {-i² t-d-mU-n \-n¶-p-w

t-^-mW-nt-e¡-v- a-md-p¶-p. t-^-mW-nt-e¡-v- t-\-m¡-p¶ C-u A©-p s-k¡â-nÂ

X-oÀ¨b-mb-p-w F´-p-w k-w`h-n¡-m-w; F´-p-w-!

Pb-v-a-nb-ps-S P-oh-nX-w a-mä-n ad-n¨-p. he-nb Hc-p A]IS¯-n a-pJ-w a-pg-ph³ s-]-mÅ-nt-¸-mb U-mek-v- s-hb-n³k-v- BW-v- C¶hc-ps-S P-oh-nX ]¦-mf-n. At-ac-n¡b-n BZ-ya-mb-n ]-qÀWa-mb-n t-^k-v- {-S-m³k-v-¹-mâ-v- \S¯s-¸« h-yà-nb-mb-nc-p¶-p U-mek-v- s-hb-n³k-v-.

At-ac-n¡ C¶-v- t-\c-nS-p¶ Hc-p he-nb {-]i-v-\a-mW-v- h-ml\t-a-mS-n¡-p¶X-n\-nSb-ns-e BÄ¡-mc-ps-S s-SI-v-Ì-n§-v-. Hc-p A]IS-w Dï-mI-p¶X-p hs-c Bc-p-w Ct-X¡-pd-n¨-v- t-_-m[-mh-m·-mc-mh-p¶-nà F¶X-mW-v- b-mY-mÀ°-y-w. \-mjW t-k^-v-S-n I-u¬k-ne-ns-â ]-pX-nb ]T\§Ä A\-pkc-n¨-v- Hc-p hÀj-w 3-,00-,000 t-]c-mW-v- h-ml\t-a-mS-n¡-p¶X-n\-nSb-n s-SI-v-Ì-v- s-Nb-v-X-v- A]ISa-pï-m¡-p¶X-v-. AX-n 3-,000 ¯-n A[-nI-w t-]c-mW-v- C-u Xc¯-ne-pÅ A]IS§f-n Hc-p hÀj-w acWs-¸S-p¶X-v-. aZ-y-w D]t-b-mK-n¨-p h-ml\t-a-mS-n¡-p¶ BÄ¡-mc-pï-m¡-p¶ A]IS-w CX-ne-p-w I-pdh-mW-v-. AX-mbX-v--, aZ-y-w D]t-b-mK-n¨X-n\-p t-ij-w h-ml\t-a-mS-n¡-p¶X-ne-p-w A]ISa-mW-v- h-ml\t-a-mS-n¡-p¶X-n\-nSb-ne-pÅ s-SI-v-Ì-n§-v-. ]T\§Ä A\-pkc-n¨-v- h-ml\§Ä H-mS-n¡-p¶hc-n 82iXa-m\-w t-]À-, H¶-pI-n t-^-m¬ s-N¿-pIt-b-m-, s-SI-vÌ-v- s-N¿-pIt-b-m-, AX-pas-æ-n Cs-ab-nÂ-, N-mä-nM-v- F¶-nh s-N¿-md-pïs-{-X. s-s-{-Uh-v- s-N¿-p¶X-n\-nSb-n s-at-kP-pIÄ Abb-v-¡-p¶X-v- he-nb Hc-p I-mc-yaà F¶-pÅX-mW-v- ]ec-ps-Sb-p-w DÅ-ne-nc-p¸-v-. ]t-£ s-s-{-Uh-v- s-N¿-p¶X-n\-nSb-n s-SI-v-Ì-v- s-N¿-p¶

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