Adieu to a King of Words

R.I.P Girish Puthenchery
And the Malayalam film industry has suffered another grand loss as a great lyricist turns away from the  world. He died of a brain hemorrhage yesterday night.

As I sit in class…

Woah! Since when do we get laptops for labs? I stared in awe, and perhaps even drooled a bit, as our physics teacher began to pass out brand new and of course, the fully PERFECT Macbooks to everyone. Sanitize your hands, she was saying, you don’t want to get oil stains on these things. They’re [...]

എന്നെ എനിക്ക് വേണം

ഞാന്‍ എന്തിന് നിന്നെ പേടിക്കുന്നു?
നീ ഇതു ചോദിച്ച് മടുത്തുക്കാണും
അന്നാല്‍ ഇപ്പോള്‍ ഞാന്‍ പറഞ്ഞേക്കാം
ഒരുപക്ഷെ നാളെ ഉത്തരം മാറി പോയാലൊ

ഓണം ഇല്ലാത്തൊരു ഓണക്കാലം

ഞാന്‍ ഒരിക്കലും ഒരു നാട്ടിന്‍പുറത്ത് പോയിട്ടില്ല. നാട്ടിന്‍പുറത്തെ ഓണങ്ങള്‍ കണ്ടിട്ടില്ല, കളികള്‍ കളിച്ചിട്ടില്ല, പൂക്കളങ്ങള്‍ ഉണ്ടാക്കിയിട്ടില്ല. എന്തിന്, നാട്ടിന്‍പുറം പോയിട്ട് കേരളത്തില്‍ പോലും ഓണം ആഘോഷിചിട്ടില്ല.

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Vishu Thoughts

“Anju! Come!” Sharmi clutched my hand tightly as we walked together with our eyes closed. It was Vishu. Vaithili miss, Sharmi’s mom had prepared a kani* for us.

“I’m not even Hindu!” I whispered in her ear, afraid that I’d be making some sort of grave mistake by seeing statues of Vishnu and Krishna in the [...]

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Purathu mazha pathiyechaarukayaannu. Rim jim, rimjim rimjim, Rim jim: aa paattu veendum mannassil paadan thudangi. Ee Idea Star Singerinte oru karyam! Annu Sarathu ee pattu padiye pinne ella mazhayillum athinte thaalam, ella mazhathullikalilum athe shabdam. Njan ivideyulla irupathiyettu divasangalil irupathiyaarillum ee mazhayaayirunnu. Deshyamaayirunnu ennikku. Entha njan varumbol mathram ingane? Ente kootukaarude vacations [...]

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