1. The Saturday angst.
(a) Falak. The brutal assault on two year old Falak - bitten, beaten and assaulted - is simply disgusting. I
am convinced that the perpetrator/s of the dastardly act on the li'l baby is/are mentally sick. Here's
praying that the police are able to book the culprit/s at an early date.
But my worry is something beyond. What would be the mental health of the child if she were to recover?
We should provide the best medical rehabilitation processes for the li'l one - the country owes it to the
child as it'd provide the coming generations the comforting thought that 'we, indeed care'!
(b) A late tribute. Dr. Sukumar Azhikode, the orator par excellence and scholar had passed away last
week. He was being treated for cancer at the Amala Hospital in Thrissur over the last couple of months.
I'd wanted to look him up but couldn't make it though I do not have any valid reason to toss up as
a valid excuse for my inability.
What I remember of him was his tremendous admiration, affection and love for my grandfather, the late
PN Panicker and shall never forget the moving piece that he'd written titled, 'Here, in the passing away of
the great man, death has failed'.
RIP sir. Your literary efforts and the numerous crusades, against grave injustices committed against
the weakest sections in society, that you'd undertaken shall always keep you alive in the minds and
hearts of the people of Kerala.
2. The Sunday melange.
(a) One of the numbers beamed on today's Rangoli was 'Ajeeb dastan hai yeh......' from the movie
'Dil Apna Preeth Paraya'. The song has been picturised on
- a sad yet ravishing looking Meena Kumari
- a confused looking Raj Kumar
- the naughty and ever ready to fish in troubled waters, Shyama
- the taunting and bitchy Nadira.
No wonder life becomes so difficult for an insider but simple and easy to an outsider - an impassive
observer!
(b) Waheeda Rehman picturised in the number 'paan khaye sainya hamaro....' was simply delightful,
as always.
(c) Nandini Krishnan's review of the movie Agneepath, starring Hrtihik Roshan, Priyanka Chopra
and others was nice especially for the line, 'Nirupa Roy delivers babies in huts and lose them in fairs'
that tickled me no end!! The review, incidentally, figured in the day's Indian Express.
(d) And of course, it was a day when quite a few of my friends and relatives at Kochi dropped in to
offer their condolences on the passing away of my dad.
(a) Falak. The brutal assault on two year old Falak - bitten, beaten and assaulted - is simply disgusting. I
am convinced that the perpetrator/s of the dastardly act on the li'l baby is/are mentally sick. Here's
praying that the police are able to book the culprit/s at an early date.
But my worry is something beyond. What would be the mental health of the child if she were to recover?
We should provide the best medical rehabilitation processes for the li'l one - the country owes it to the
child as it'd provide the coming generations the comforting thought that 'we, indeed care'!
(b) A late tribute. Dr. Sukumar Azhikode, the orator par excellence and scholar had passed away last
week. He was being treated for cancer at the Amala Hospital in Thrissur over the last couple of months.
I'd wanted to look him up but couldn't make it though I do not have any valid reason to toss up as
a valid excuse for my inability.
What I remember of him was his tremendous admiration, affection and love for my grandfather, the late
PN Panicker and shall never forget the moving piece that he'd written titled, 'Here, in the passing away of
the great man, death has failed'.
RIP sir. Your literary efforts and the numerous crusades, against grave injustices committed against
the weakest sections in society, that you'd undertaken shall always keep you alive in the minds and
hearts of the people of Kerala.
2. The Sunday melange.
(a) One of the numbers beamed on today's Rangoli was 'Ajeeb dastan hai yeh......' from the movie
'Dil Apna Preeth Paraya'. The song has been picturised on
- a sad yet ravishing looking Meena Kumari
- a confused looking Raj Kumar
- the naughty and ever ready to fish in troubled waters, Shyama
- the taunting and bitchy Nadira.
No wonder life becomes so difficult for an insider but simple and easy to an outsider - an impassive
observer!
(b) Waheeda Rehman picturised in the number 'paan khaye sainya hamaro....' was simply delightful,
as always.
(c) Nandini Krishnan's review of the movie Agneepath, starring Hrtihik Roshan, Priyanka Chopra
and others was nice especially for the line, 'Nirupa Roy delivers babies in huts and lose them in fairs'
that tickled me no end!! The review, incidentally, figured in the day's Indian Express.
(d) And of course, it was a day when quite a few of my friends and relatives at Kochi dropped in to
offer their condolences on the passing away of my dad.
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