നഗ്നത

അങ്ങകലെ ചക്രവാളത്തില്‍ സൂര്യനുദിച്ചു..

ഇതുവരെ ഇരുട്ടില്‍ എന്റെ നഗ്നത മറച്ചു..

ഇനി ഞാന്‍ എന്ത് ചെയ്യും?

എവിടെ പോയി ഞാന്‍ ഒളിക്കും?

അല്ലാ, ഞാന്‍ എന്തിനു നാണിക്കണം?

ഞാന്‍ എന്തിനു ഭയക്കണം?

നഗ്നര്‍ അല്ലാത്തവര്‍ എന്നെ കളിയാകട്ടെ..

നഗ്നത മറച്ചവര്‍ എന്നെ പരിഹസികട്ടെ...

House warming

[Originally posted in Thalatherichavar]

It was nearing mid-night and I was walking with Pappu. We both were holding big plastic bags in each of our hands. We had reached Karukapally junction. We have walked around 2 Kms, and still has to cover around 1 km. Felt like the darkness around is the reflection of my mind. It was cold night, but the cold was not affecting our body. We haven't talked since we left Aadarsh's house. One of the bag I was holding contained boiled eggs and the other biriyani rice. Pappu's was chicken legs and biriyani rice.

Pappu was the first to break the silence. He said 'Should hit Aadarsh's head. Why he had to bring all those to his home?'

I said 'hmm..'

He continued, 'If he had to bring, then should have arranged the party after the dinner.'

I said 'hmm..'

Pappu, 'And did you see what he was doing, he was not ready to accept his guilt. He stormed out of the house. He didn't even think about us. *****'

I said 'hmm..'

Pappu didn't speak after that. I was not interested in continuing the conversation. It was like my tongue had freezed.

I re-collected the incidents leading to this.

It was Aadarsh's house warming ceremony, and we had reached 'quarters', the day before. All in his family were staying at his new house, as the Pooja was over. The function was scheduled for next day. As his old house, the quarters was vacant, he had asked all of us to come a day earlier and arranged for a booze party. All arrived by evening, me, Jinu, Boney, Pappu, Anoop, Sachin and Prasanth@. We had a very good time, boozing out, watching movies. Really enjoyed a lot. Partying till 2 @ night.

Next morning the lady who supplies milk called out from the gate. Aadarsh's dog was let loose, and so I couldn't go out and she can't come in. So I woke-up Aadarsh. He went to collect the milk. On the way out he hit his room's door, he regrouped, and continued. He again hit the front door on the way out. That high was the effect of our partying.

We all went attended the function. All were feeling sleepy, but enjoyed a lot, coz it was one of those rare occasions when all of us, The Naughty Nine, were present outside the college. After lunch we went to the quarters. Aadarsh requested all to stay back. But except Pappu and me, all went home. [We were the ones destined to witness the drama about to unveil that night]. As we were tired we went to sleep. By evening Aadarsh woke us up. He said, he was going to give treat his friend near his home. He wanted us to join. His friends also called us. But, as we were very tired, we rejected the offer, and decided to continue our sleep. It was the best decision we took on that day.

Aadarsh said, 'So, you people carry on with your sleep. I will come back by 8, and we will go to my home to have dinner.'. He left saying that and we continued our sleep.

As he said, he came by 8. We got ready and went to his home. Aadarshs other friends, who were there for Aadarshs evening treat, were also with us. When we reached his home, Aadarsh's fathers senior and his family were there. And they were having dinner. So we all gathered at the sit-out and started to cat. In the mid-way Appu made a stupid coment, and all burst into laugh. The noise was too much. Pappu and I looked at each other. We felt things are not alright.

Aadarsh's, brother Hari, came out and told Aadarsh, that they being disturbance to the other guest. Aadarsh said, he will take care of it and Hari went back. But nothing happened, the shouting and laughing just increased. After 5 mins, Aadarsh's, Dad's collegue and family went. And Aadarsh went in. He came out after another 5 minutes. From his face, it was obvious that things were not alright. Others also sensed the same.

We got to know that, his Mom was not happy with the way we all behaved. She was scolding Aadarsh for that. Aadarshs other friends felt the condition was not right and some of them left. Now Pappu, me, Lajith and 2 others remained. Now that increased the anger to Aadarsh's Mom. Aadarsh has asked to keep food for 15-20 people. And now only 5 are there. Food was from the after-noon's function. She could have distributed the food to their neighbors. She was furious and started to shout at Aadarsh.

Lagith and the others had food. After the dinner, Lagith went to Aadarshs mom.

He said, 'Mother, we had a party and we are little drunk. Sorry for that'.

With that he fell on her feet. She was spell-bounded. He stood up and went out. Now Aadarsh started to shout at his mother for behaving badly to his friends. (We felt from the way Aadarsh was talking, as if, it was Aadarsh's mom who is drunk, and its she who spoiled the occasion). And with that he stormed out. We both at the dining table. It was a good dinner. We were not enjoy the dinner, but were swallowing the food as to finish it. All these time, Aadarsh's Mom was complaining about him to us. His sister also has joined. She also was complaining about the food that will get wasted. So we came-up with an idea, that we will take the food to quarters, were the fridge still is, and will keep the food in it. So they started to pack the food.

'What the **** were you doin there? !@#$%^&*' Pappu was shtouting at Aadarsh. We had reached quarters, and there he was sitting in front, waiting for us. Seeing him, Pappu had started to shout at him. We thought Aadarsh will be sorry for what has happened. But in-turn he was still furious at his mother. And he started to complain about her and the way she behaved to his 'friends'..

We told him what all happened after Aadarsh left home and what his father told. It had happened like this: Aadarsh's mom was continuing the complaining. All of a sudden, Aadarsh's father came from his room. He said to his wife, 'There is no point in talking about it now. You should have scolded him when he used to come home late and drunk. You didn't do anything then. '

She replied, 'I didn't knew, he used to drink'.

He said, 'Don't lie, You knew it already. And you knew it well. If you don't, then why do you think, he comes home late? Why do you the think, he comes home only after every one has slept? So stop complaining. And leave these kids. Its already late.'

With that his Mom stopped talking. We could see tears running down her cheeks. She packed the bags and gave it to us. And we left to quarters on foot.

Aadarsh was surprised on hearing this. It was a great shock to him. He had believed that, his father never knew about his deeds. He also stopped talking.

PS: Next day morning, Aadarsh went to Prasanth's home. They, Pappu, Aadarsh and Prasanth, went to Wayanad,(Prasanth had an estate there) as it was our study leaves going on. Aadarsh never informed his home about his trip or what he was doing. It was Prasanth, who called Aadarsh's home frequently and informed about their trips and all. He went back home only after around 20 days. We all thought it was because he was still angry with his mother, but in reality he was ashamed to face his Father.

Sorry guys, I haven't used the real name of the Hero. He would kill me, if I used his name.

@ Don't remember whether Shajeeb was there

വിശപ്പ്

ചങ്ങലയില്‍ ബന്ധിതനായ പൈതലിനെ നോക്കി,

രാജാവ് ചോദിച്ചു "ഇവന്‍ ചെയ്ത കുറ്റം?"

മന്ത്രി മൊഴിഞ്ഞു "അപ്പ കഷ്ണം മോഷ്ടിച്ച്!"

രാജാവ് കല്പിച്ചു "മോഷ്ടിച്ച കൈകള്‍ വെട്ടു!"

വിദൂഷകന്‍ ഉണര്‍ത്തിച്ചു "മോഷണ കാരണം അറിയേണ്ടേ?"

രാജാവ് ആക്രോശിച്ചു "വിധുഷകന്‍ രാജ്യകാര്യങ്ങളില്‍ ഇടപെടേണ്ട,

നീ വെറും കഴുത, നമ്മളെ ചിരിപ്പികേണ്ട കഴുത"

പടയാളികള്‍ രാജാവിന്റെ ഉത്തരവ് ശിരസ്സാവഹിച്ചു.

അറ്റു വീണ കൈകളില്‍ നിന്നും ഇറ്റു വീണ,

രക്ത തുള്ളികള്‍ ഉണങ്ങും മുന്‍പേ ദാസികള്‍ നൃത്തം തുടങ്ങി..

പക്ഷെ ആരും ഒരു വിശക്കുന്ന വയറിന്റെ ദീന രോദനം

കേട്ടില്‍ അഥവാ കേട്ടതായി ഭാവിച്ചില്ല..

വര്‍ണങ്ങള്‍

പടിഞ്ഞാറന്‍ ചക്രവാളത്തില്‍ സൂര്യന്‍ അസ്തമിച്ചു..

പ്രകൃതിയില്‍ പടരുന്ന ഇരുട്ട് എന്റെ മനസ്സില്‍ നിന്നാണോ?

ഞാന്‍ വരയ്ക്കാന്‍ ശ്രമിച്ച ചിത്രങ്ങളിലും ഇരുട്ട് മാത്രം..

പ്രകൃതിയിലും , ക്യാനവാസിലും, എന്നിലും പടരുന്നത്

രക്തവര്‍ണം ആയിരുന്നെങ്കില്‍, എന്ന് ഞാന്‍ ആഗ്രഹിക്കുന്നു...

A Football Fan's Diary!!

I haven't watched a single football match after Brazil's exit from WC-06. I was so much upset with Brazil's WC exit that, I stopped following football. Then, this WC-10 started and somehow the First match I saw was Brazil VS S.Korea. And thats when, I knew how much I loved Football. I never knew, I love Football more than cricket. And how much I have missed football in last 4 years. This WC brought back the memories of all those things that I have done in my childhood for the love of football. I was a weak boy, still I went to play football. Me and my bro had collections of football players, cut-outs from news papers, stickers.We bought football magazines and waited for news papers daily, to collect the pictures.

Sometime back, when WC-10 started, I got a message, saying, 'We Indians are the best football fans, as we cheer, fight and cry for Brazil, Argentina, England, Germany etc., knowing that our country will not even play in the world-cup in our life time.' So, I just wanted to tell that, we too have football stars, who are world class players.

That message brought back memories of article that I have read about a football player. I would like to share it with you. This story came in Mathrubhumi Paper at the time of WC-2002. I think it was written by Vimsi, the renowned sports writer. I don't remember the exact places. The story goes like this:

This happened by the 80s. There was a famous football club in Kozhikode. They had won many a tournaments. They were one of the best at that time. But alas, they haven't had a good time at their native place. So they wanted to show-off their strength at their home ground. They organised a football match against a team from Thrissur. The Thrissur club was a low profile team. They had selected thrissur club, because they wanted to win the match and that too with a high margin. The match time came. Tcr club arrived. Tcr club also had a kid of age around 10-12. He was wearing a half pant, which was tied with some coir and a shirt that was torn at places. Seeing the kid, the crowd started to howl. They said, 'This is not a school match' etc etc..

The match started. The Calicut club was dominant. Tcr club, didn't even had chances to attack. By half time Cal club was leading with 5 goals against 0. After half time they again scored 2 more goals. The crowd went ga-ga. Some felt sympathy towards Tcr club. They said Cal club should allow Tcr club to put at least one goal.

At around 70th minute, the coach of Tcr club, substituted their main sticker with the kid. The howling of the crowd went much higher. They thought, Tcr club wanted save their main player from the shame. The kid had came to play bare foot, with one hand holding his half pants and with the other wiping his nose. He was dark, lean and weak.The crowds howling was at its peak.

But what happened in next 10 mins was unbelievable. Not a single person present there would have dreamed such a thing even in their wildest of dreams. After around 10 mins, Tcr club had equaled Cal club with 7 goals, all of the coming from the legs of the kid. Every person present there was mesmerized, except the members of Tcr club. The kid was playing like anything.

Cal club was at the verge of losing. They started fouling and it lead to fights between the 2 teams and the match was abandoned. But that couldn't steel the limelight from the kid every single person present there was all praise to the kid.

That kid grew up, and now holds the record for 3rd fastest international goal in history, hitting the net after only 12 seconds. He played for India and had captained Indian team. He is one of the few players in the world who had successfully executed Scissor-Cut. He is known as Black-Pear [Karutha Mutthu]. He is the one and only I M Vijayan.

PS: Next world-cup happens to be at Brazil, Mecca of Football. Hope, we will see Indians playing there. That will be the only time, I will be cheering for a team other than Brazil.

How worse it can get?

'Orange!! Orange!! 5 for 10'. that yelling woke kumaran. he was tierd and had fallen asleep as soon as he got seat. He was on his way to his native. The train had stopped. He checked which station it was, and realized it was coimbatore, were he had to get down. He hurried, took his bag and got down. As soon as he got down the train moved. He sighed, a sigh of relief. He walked out of the station and reached the bus stand. he had to reach gandhipuram, from where he will get a bus to his native.

He reached gandhipuram and got on the bus. He took ticket, it costed him Rs. 25. The journey ahead was 2 and half hour long and it was 11pm already. The bus started.

He thought, it was the worst day of his life. He had returned to Ernakulam from his native only 3 days back. everything was fine then. Today morning, Lakshmi, his wife had called him and said his son is very sick. They had took him to doctor and doctor had asked them to admit the kid to hospital. She was alone and don't know what to do. she didn't had any money too.

He also didn't had any money with him. Anyway, by evening he could collect some money from his friend and had just started. But to his bad luck, some one pick pocketed his purse. luckily he had kept 500 Rs in his bag that remained with him. He had boarded the train without taking any ticket. He somehow had to reach his native. He can arrange some money from there, once he reach there.

He felt sleepy. he looked at neighbors watch and realized in 30 minutes he will be reaching Singur, his native. Suddenly there was an blast and the bus stopped. Kumaran thought, 'whats it now?'. The conductor and driver got down and was checking under the bus. Conductor came back and said, 'Bus won't go. Its axle broke'. He was giving back the money of the ticket. Only 9-10 people where there in the bus. The got down and waited for any vehicle to come. some car and jeep came but they didn't stop. He thought he would walk. If he walk for 1km, there is a cut rod, by taking which he will reach his house in 20-30 minutes and so he started to walk.

He started to curse his fate. In the morning he got the news of his son's sickness. then he was pick pocketed. Now this. he thought, can this get any worse. Then he thought, it was his fate. Can't blame anyone. God has been really harsh to him.

He was a brilliant student. Topper in his school. One of the few kids, from his village, who has been to college. It was his last year and his father expired. All the burden came to his shoulder. To sisters bellow him. He had to go to work. He took his family profession, that of dhobi. it was not going that well, until he came to kochi with his uncle. From there he earned pretty good, for his family to sustain. He had to work from morning 7 to night 8. He saved every ruppee and his sisters were married well. He also got married. But his happiness didn't last long. His mother passed away 2 years back. She had lead a hard life, and when it was time for her to take some rest and have a good life, she passed away.

His son was of 5yrs. He wanted to give everything that he didn't get. wanted him to get high degrees and all. And now he is lying there sick. Lakshmi was crying when she had called in the morning. Doctor has said to admit the child as soon as possible. if delayed child's condition may get serious, and can even go fatal.

He had some money with him, but had spent all when he came Singur last week. It was 'Puthande' and had spent money in buying dresses for his family and relatives.

He was walking, thinking of all these and without checking crossed road. 'Bang!!!' next moment, kumaran was lying on floor. It took some moment for him to realize what had happened. A car had hit him and he was lying on the road. He hands were paining and when he checked it was bleeding. The person who was driving the car came running. He helped Kumarn to stand up. Kumarn had realized that it was his mistake. A smile came to his face. He thought 'It can't get any worse!'.

The driver was helping Kumaran to whipe of his wounds with hi s towel. He bought a bottel of water and Gave it to kumaran to drink. He insisted on to take Kumaran to hospital, for which Kumaran denyed. Kumaran said, 'Its OK. It was my mistake. You go on. I have to reach my home. Can't wait to care for my wounds.' The person said, 'OK, I will drop you at your home.'. He asked kumaran to get on to the car. and asked him the way to his home. The person said, 'I'm Martin. I was on the way to palakkad from my estate. Is there any problem at home. You seemed walking in dreams, when I had hit you. And now you seem to have an urgency to reach home'. Kumaran told Martin what all happened to him that day.

In a few moments, they reached Kumaran's home. Lakshmi was waiting in front of the house. it was evident that she was disturbed. she came running to Kumarn and was crying. She said, the child is having high fever and she had sent their neighbor boy to get some vehicle to go to hospital. And was waiting for that. Kumaran rushed to inside. Martin also followed. Child was shivering. Martin suddenly, picked up the boy and carried to his car. Kuamar and Lakshmi was astonished,but they followed him. They all got into the car. Martin asked, 'Where is the nearest hospital?'. Kumaran said there is government hospital near by. But there won't be doctor there at night. The other is 15Kms from there. Martin said, 'Lets go to govt. hospital. If we had luck, we will find a doctor there. else we will go to other'. Kumaran said, 'With my luck, is shouldn't even expect to find that hospital open now!'. Martin said, 'Don't worry, doctor will be there'.

They reached the hospital. The compounder was in the friend. Kumaran got out of the car, ran to him and asked, 'is there any doctor?'.
compounder said, 'Why, Dr. Jayakrishnan is here.Whats the matter?'. Kumaran said, 'Thank god! My child is very sick' Compounder said, 'Get the kid to the lobby, I'll get the doctor'. Saying this, he went inside. By then, Martin had brought the child. They laid him on the stretcher. By then the doctor came. He checked the kid. and asked the compounder to take him to room. He then turned to Kumaran and said, 'Everything will be O.K. Don't worry.' And he went inside. Doctor checked the child and prescribed something on notepad and gave it to compounder. He went and to store, and brought some medicines. Doctor gave some injection.

Martin went to doctor and asked him about the child's condition. Doctor said. 'Child is OK now. you brought him in time. He will be alright in todays. Its viral fever.'

Saying this doctor went to his cabin. Kumaran went to compounder and asked, 'What happened to Dr. Jayakrishnan. He was not like this. He was harsh and all. Now he is talking very softly and he is working at night.'. Compounder said, 'One month back,his only son died in an accident. He died because, he was not given timely treatment. That changed the doctor. After that he is very soft and caring to his patients. He insisted on having a doctor on duty at night. If none was available, he himself came.'

Kumaran was surprised and he looked at Martin. He was smiling. Martin took his hand and brought him out. He took some money from purse and gave it to Kumaran. Kumaran rejected. Martin said, 'Take it as a loan. When everything is alright, give it back to me.' saying this he thrust the money to Kumaran's hand. Kumaran asked, 'How will I find you again?'. Martin said smiling, 'Don't worry. I'll find you.'

Maritn said, 'Think, everything here is alright. I have to take coer of some other things also. So let me leave'. He had held Kumarans shoulder while telling this. Kumaran felt a sense of security. He thought, after all things are not that worse. Martin got into the car. He smiled at Kumaran and the car took off. Kumaran looked at the number plate. All he could see is 600 written in big bold letters. He felt it was not 600 but rather written "GOD" !!!

A Forgotten hero!!!

Anu was roaming around through the estate. She reached the hill slope. She was planning to climb the hill half way that will give her the view of valley. The green lush valley, as her dad told her always. She climbed up, and what she saw was not as imagined. The valley was partly covered with rubber trees. A river flows through the valley, or can be said used to flow through. River is almost dry, except some patches of water. It has changed a lot. She has come to this place some 10 years back, with her father. She sat by the shade of the rock.

As Anu looked the up hill, she could see a man sitting there. A man who was in his 40s. He wore a turban and a black coat. He looked like a Sikh. What’s Sikh man doing here, and that wearing a coat in this hot season? May be he will be mad. Anyway Anu felt curios. He was looking neat and contained. Anu walked towards him. He didn’t react.

She went near him and said,

‘Hi’.

The man looked up at her. He looked startled. He asked,

‘Are you talking to me?’

Anu , a little surprised.

‘Yes, there is no one else around to talk to.’

The man more confused and surprised,

‘So you can see me?’

Anu, now she was more surprised. She though this guy is really mad.

‘Yes, for sure. I don’t have a problem with my eyes.’

‘Usually people can’t see me. Its been a long time, since I had talked.’

‘Why can’t others see you? Are you a ghost or what?’

‘Hmm. A kind of. I had died some 70 years ago.’

Anu now a little surprised, rather afraid by the answer.

‘What…? You.. a.. gh.. ghost?’

‘Hey, don’t be afraid. I won’t harm you. Be comfortable.’

Anu was feeling a thrill. Also was doubtful, whether this guy was fooling her.

‘Are you fooling me?’

‘Try touching my hand’

Anu extended her hand to touch the man’s hand. But she couldn’t. It was like she was passing hand through a cold air. She could pass her hand through his hand..

‘Wow!! You really are a ghost!! Wow!! I cant believe…’

After a pause, that she used to digest the truth, she asked.

‘Who are you? I mean before your death. Where are you from? What are you doing here? Why are you sitting alone?’

‘Oh oh oh.. Ask one by one.’

He continued,

‘I was a freedom fighter. I was hanged by British government for killing a General. "

"And about why I'm here, after my death I was offered heaven, but I decided to stay here at India. I considered this as my heaven. And so I’m roaming around for last 69 years.’

‘What, you mean you choose to stay here instead of going to heaven?’

‘Yes, I love this country that much. And so I chose to stay here.’

‘You mean you love this country that much that, you choose to stay here instead of going to heaven. Unbelievable!!’

‘Yes. Why, don’t you love this country?’

‘No, I mean yes, I mean I like this country, but not willing to stay here. I would like to see some places, tour around. But staying here, that’s impossible.’

‘What? You don’t love this country? Its your mother, right?’

‘These sentimental dialogues may suit you at your times, but not now. Have you seen the current situation of the country? How can one stay here? So much of corruption, Terrorism. No security for life. No sanitation. Un-employment’

Anu looked at him. He was calm and listening to what Anu was saying. She continued,

‘I was born here, and was here till I was 5. Then I was taken to US, by my Dad. I studied there and grew up there. At those times, I loved to come here, spent some time. So when I completed my studies, came here to work. I worked at Mumbai, Chennai and Kochi. I worked for 3-4 years. Those where the bad phase of my life. I hated this country as never before. The whole system was corrupt. You had to bribe for everything. And more over, this dirty politics. Making fuss over small issues, destroying public and private properties. Fighting over religion. No security for your life or property. This country is going nowhere. The whole system has to change, and that’s not going to happen. Our politicians won’t allow that to happen. "

She was gasping for breathe.. "Hey leave it. No use of talking about this. Tell me why you were hanged and you didn’t tell me your name’, she said..

There was no change of expression in the face of the sikh man. He calmly asked.

‘Is it that bad? Hmm. I thought it has changed a lot. I thought our time was worst.' she felt, as if he told it to himself.

'My name is Udham Singh and I was hanged for killing Sir Michael O'Dwyer. He was the person who gave shooting order at Jallianvala Bagh. Killing 1300 of people including women and children’.

‘What? 1000s were killed and no action was taken against him? Why he gave orders to shoot?’

‘It was a peaceful meeting to protest against the brutal killings of British government. They had banned public meetings. So, for violating that, they open fired at us without even issuing a warning.’

‘What? 1000s were killed just for holding a public meeting? What the hell? You were there?’

'Yes, I was there. I lost my brother, my only blood relation in the firing. General Dyre was not given any punishment. Moreover at England he was given a hero’s welcome and also was given the knight hood.'

'I went there and killed him and avenged the killings of 1300+ of my countrymen.’

He paused for a moment and continued,

‘You told about the condition of this country is bad, right? Think about this, a person was given knight hood and given a hero’s welcome for murdering 1000s of innocent people. And I was hanged for killing a murderer. This was done by one of your so called developed country. How about that? ‘

‘What? I can’t believe.’

‘You know what my last wish was? I wished to be buried at England.’

‘Why? You loved India, right? Then why you wanted to be buried there?’

‘Exactly the same question asked by the judge. They tortured us. They made us their slaves. They took our property, took away our land, killed us for protesting. By burying my body in England, I will own their 6X2 feet of land. I will own that and they can’t do anything about it. Ha ha ha ha.... The last laugh was mine.’

Now a sense of pride was seen over Udham Singh’s face. He continued,

‘You complained about the situation of this country, right? Then why don’t you do something about it. Why don’t you try to change the system? If, Gandhiji, Nehru, Baghat Singh, Subash Chandra Bose and those others who gave their life for this country, had thought like you and did nothing except complaining, you wouldn’t have got the freedom that you are enjoying now.’

Anu felt shame. She never thought about it that way. She had never known such horrible incidents have happened and there were people who gave their life just for us to be free.

Udham Singh had got up.

‘I never knew that a person like you existed. I don’t think many will know you and your love for this country. How do you feel about that?’

He smiled,

‘I didn’t kill Dyre to gain respect or to be considered as a hero. Nor it was done to show my bravery. I just did that for the love of my country. I can’t sit idle, looking at people ripping of my country. If possible, I would die for this country a thousand times.What a greater honor could be bestowed on me than death for the sake of my motherland?’

Saying this he walked up hill and he disappeared into the mist.

PS:Hope you all liked this attempt. I am not sure about the request of Udham singh to be buried at England. Its purely my imagination.

For Refrence:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Udham_Singh

http://www.sikh-history.com/sikhhist/personalities/udhams.html

http://www.sikh-history.com/sikhhist/events/jbagh.html

A Weekend Trip...

Chitra calls me on Friday and says, lets go for a tour this Sunday to Athirapally-Vazhachal. I said OK. Who all will come was not finalized. When I called her on Saturday, things were not yet clear. And finally by 10 PM things where finalized. Anu I, Anu II, Cibi, Chitra, Merin, Resmi, Krishnan, Libish, Maneesh, Rishin, Rohan & Myself were there. Going by a Tempo traveler, leaving Ernakulam by 8 and will return by 6. That was the plan.

Libish called me in the morning and said will pick me. We were to board the Van from Edapally toll junction by 8:15. As we no timeline was not to be followed, we didn’t follow that. Anyway I couldn’t talk my breakfast. We reached Toll junction by 9:00. Maneesh was waiting there from 8:15. Van reached after 2-3 mins. We left and picked Rohan from kalamaserry who was waiting there from 8:15. From Company Padi we picked Resmi, Merin n Cibi. Cibi had reached there by 7:45. After lot of waiting we set towards Athirapalli.

After taking some wrong turns and all we reached Athirapally by 10:30. Took tickets and entered the gate. Seeing the up-hill climb, Maneesh and Rishin was little reluctant to come. And when we started to ascend the would take rest at every point. And finally we reached Athirapally falls. We took some photos. The guard called us showed us two elephants at the bottom of the falls. It seemed like to black/brown dots.

Initially I was not interested in taking dip in the river but decided to get in later. We climbed up the river and found a good place at the center of the river. Except Cibi all others came. The deepest point was up to hip of mine. While we were having blast, we heard a scream from the forest side of the river. Not many heard that. It was of some wild animal, but couldn’t see any. After sometime we saw some movements at the bank and there appeared two elephants. Fully soaked in dirt they were to Female elephants, large in size with long tails and trunks that touched earth.

We were the nearest people. Some were afraid and wanted to go back. But we decided to stay. The elephants came, drank water and went. What an astonishing sight it was. We were so close to the wild elephants. To our disappointment, we didn’t had any camera with us at that time. Damn.

After having some more blast we came out from the river, dressed up. We went to the bottom of the falls. A brilliant sight. Water scorching from the top. Water drops all over the place as if it was covered with mist.





We climbed back. All were exhausted by then. So decided to leave without going to Vazhacal and to have lunch from chalakudi. It was 3:30 when we had our lunch. We still had time and as we all had food, we were feeling little energetic and decided to go to Cehari beach. After a lot of wrong turns we finally reached the beach. All these time we were having blast inside the vehicle. Teasing both Anu, Resmi and Chitra.

We made a sand castle at Cherai beach. Some foreigners who came by liked the castle and took some pictures. A lady asked, who made the castle to Libish, and he said, he did it. Liar. We took dip in the sea and left all wet and sticky. Anu I[Anu Fransis] was feeling little dizzy. When we were to enter the van, show pointed to a tree branch lying near by and screemed snake. When we reached paravoor, there were some procession going on. I said, ‘Pooram Pooram’. Anu I, looked at it and asked, innocently, ‘Is it Thrissur Pooram?’.

And so that was over. All was over, leaving us with lot of memories that will cherish for a long-long time…

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വെള്ളികെട്ടനും, ചെനതണ്ടനും, കുട്ടേട്ടനും...

[Back @ blog after a long time. ഇത്രയും കാലം പല കാരണങ്ങളും ബിസി ആയി പോയി .അതുകൊണ്ട് ബ്ലോഗ്സ് ഒന്നും പോസ്റ്റ്‌ ചെയ്യാതിരുനത് .
ഇപ്രാവശ്യം ഞാന്‍ എഴുതുന്ന ബ്ലോഗിലെ കഥപാത്രങ്ങളും ആയി നിങ്ങള്‍ക്കെ എന്തെങ്ങിലും ബന്ധം തോന്നുന്നുണ്ടെങ്ങില്‍ അതെ തികച്ചും യാദിര്ചികം അല്ല ഇതു നിങ്ങളെ പറ്റി തന്നെ ആണ്.]

മരിക്കുമ്പോള്‍ കുട്ടേട്ടനെ പ്രായം 90 കടന്നിരുന്നു. അവസാനകാലത്തെ ഓര്‍മയെല്ലാം നഷ്ടപെട്ടിരുന്നു. ശാരീരികമായി വളരെ ക്ഷീണിച്ചും ഇരുന്നു. ആയകാലത്ത് നല്ല സ്വഭാവം ആയിരുനതിനാല്‍ എല്ലാവര്ക്കും മൂപരെ പറ്റി നല്ല അഭിപ്രായമായിരുന്നു. രാമുവേട്ടന്‍ കുട്ടെട്ടന്റ്റെ വീടിന്റെ വഴിക്ക് പോയിരുന്ന ആളുകള്കെ മുന്നറിയിപ്പ് കൊടുക്കുമായിരുന്നു:
'സൂക്ഷിച്ചു പൊയ്ക്കൊളിന്‍.. വെള്ളികെട്ടനും, ചെനതന്ന്ടനും , കുട്ടേട്ടനും ഒക്കെ ഉണ്ടവിടെ'

കുട്ടേട്ടന്‍ മറവി തുടങ്ങിയ കാലത്ത് താമസം ഒറ്റ മോളായ ലക്ഷ്മിയുടെ കൂടെ ആയിരുന്നു. ഒരു ദിവസം മൂത്ത മോനായ ഗോവിന്ദന്‍കുട്ടി അച്ഛനെ കാണാന്‍ ചെന്നപ്പോള്‍ , കുട്ടേട്ടന്‍ ഗോവിന്ദന്‍കുട്ട്യോടെ ചോദിച്ചു.. 'നിങ്ങളാരാ? നല്ല കണ്ടു പരിചയം . എന്‍റെ മൂത്തമോനെ കാണാന്‍ നിങ്ങളെ പോലിരിക്കും'..

കുട്ടേട്ടന്റെ ഹെല്‍ത്ത്‌ വളരെ മോശമായി തുടങ്ങി. മൂപരെ ആസുപത്രിയിലെക്കെ കൂട്ടിട്ടു പോവുകയായിരുന്നു. വഴിയിലെ കണ്ട ഏതൊരു സ്കൂള്‍ കെട്ടിടം കണ്ടിട്ട ലക്ഷ്മി ചേച്ചി പറഞ്ഞു.. 'അച്ഛാ, നോക്ക് അച്ഛാ , അച്ഛന്‍ കെട്ടിയ സ്കൂള്‍..' ഒപ്പം ഉണ്ടായിരുന്ന ഗോപാലേട്ടന്റ്റെ കമന്റ്റ് അപ്പൊ തന്നെ വന്നു.. 'ഞാന്‍ കേട്ടിരുനത് കുട്ടേട്ടനെ കൃഷി പണി ആയിരുന്നെന്ന.. മൂപരെ കെട്ടു പണിക്കും പോയിട്ടുണ്ടോ? ' പിന്നീടെ ലക്ഷ്മി ചേച്ചി ഹോസ്പിറ്റല്‍ എത്തുനത് വരെ ഒന്നും മിണ്ടിട്ടില്ല..

കുട്ടേട്ടന്റെ അവസ്ഥ വളരെ മോശമായി. മക്കളെല്ലാവരും നാട്ടില്‍ എത്തി, ഒരു മകന്‍ ഒഴിച്ച. കുട്ടേട്ടന്റെ കാര്യത്തില്‍ ഒന്നും ചെയനില്ലെന്നു, വീട്ടില്‍ കൊണ്ടെ പൊയ്കോളാന്‍ ഡോക്ടര്‍മാര പറഞ്ഞു. അങ്ങനെ കുട്ടേട്ടന്‍ തിരിച്ചു വീട്ടില്‍ എത്തി. മക്കള്‍ വന്നും പോയി കൊണ്ടിരുന്നു. അങ്ങനെ ഇതുവരെ വരാതിരുന്ന നന്ദന്‍ എന്ന പുത്രനും എത്തി. നന്ദന്‍ വരാതിരുനതിനു കാരണം, മൂപരെ ship ലായിരുനെന്നും, അത് കരര്യ്കെ അടുകാത്തത് കാരണം ആണത്രേ വരാന്‍ പറ്റാതിരുനത്. അങ്ങനെ നന്ദനും എത്തി. ഇ നന്ദന്‍ എന്ന് പറയുന്ന വ്യക്തി പണ്ടെ നാട്ടില്‍ മുഴുവന്‍ കടം ആയി, നിക്കകള്ളി ഇല്ലാതായപോള്‍, അമ്പലത്തിലെ ഉണ്ടിക പൊളിച്ച ആ കാശും കൊണ്ട നാട് വിട്ടതാന്നു . ഇപ്പോള്‍ നാടിലെതിയാല്‍ വലിയ ഗമയ.. വായ തുറനാല്‍ ലക്ഷങ്ങളുടെ പട്ടി മാത്രമേ സംസാരിക്കു ‍.നന്ദന്‍ എന്നോടെ ഒരിക്കല്‍ ചോദിച്ചു, ഏട്ടന്‍ എന്താ ചെയുന്നെ എന്നെ.. ഞാന്‍ പറഞ്ഞു, മൂപര്‍ ethihad ഇല്‍ വര്‍ക്ക്‌ ചെയുകയ എന്ന് . നന്തന്റെ അപ്പൊ അടുത്തുള്ള ആളോട് , 'ഇ പറഞ്ഞ കമ്പനി ലാസ്റ്റ് 6 months ആയി നഷ്ടത്തില.. ഇനി 2 മാസത്തില്‍ മിക്കവാറും പൂട്ടും'. ഇതു പറഞ്ഞു കഴിഞ്ഞ ഇപ്പൊ 6 മാസം കഴിഞ്ഞു .ഇതു വരെ പൂടിടില്ല. ethihad എന്ന് വീണ്ടും പറയാന്‍ പറഞ്ഞാല്‍ കിട്ടില്ല, മൂപരാ നഷ്ടത്തിലാണോ ലാഭാതിലാണോ എന്ന് തീരുമാനികുന്നതു.

കുട്ടേട്ടന്‍ താമസിയാതെ മരിച്ചു. മക്കളെല്ലാം ക്രിയകളും മറ്റും ചെയ്തിട്ടു പോയി. അങ്ങനെ ഇരിക്കെ കൊല്‍കതയില്‍ നിന്നും ഞങ്ങളുടെ ഒരു പഴയ സുഹൃത്ത് വന്നു. അപ്പോഴാണ് കാര്യങ്ങള്‍ അറിഞ്ഞതെ. നന്ദന്‍ ജയിലില്‍ ആയിരുനെന്നും, അച്ഛനെ മരിച്ച സമയത്തെ പരോള്‍ കിട്ടി വന്നതാണെന്നും മറ്റും. ഇതറിഞ്ഞപ്പോള്‍ ഗോപാലേട്ടന്‍ പറഞ്ഞു, ശെരിയ അങ്ങ് കൊല്‍കതയില്‍ ഒക്കെ ജൈലിനെ ship എന്നാ പറയുന്നത്..

നന്ദന്‍ 6 മാസത്തിനു ശേഷം വീണ്ടും വന്നു. ശിക്ഷയുടെ കാലവതി തീര്‍നിട്ടാനെന്നു തോനുന്നു. രാമു ഏട്ടന്‍ മൂപരുടെ പഴയ ഡയലോഗ് മാറ്റി. ഇപ്പോള്‍ പറയാറുള്ളത്
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