Today's the first day of onam - 'uthradam'(the star today according to the malayalam calendar). Malayalees, the world over, would have stocked up with provisions and other stuff for celebrating the festival over the coming days - the last minute purchases or rather the scurrying to get all those missed during the previous buys is termed the 'uthradapaachil'. They want to show the best to their beloved and popular king, Mahabali, who's on a visit to his ex-kingdom as per the boon granted to him by Lord Vishnu, eons ago! And the visit's gonna last the entire Malayalam month of 'chingam'(commenced from 17 Aug and will end on 16 Sep).
He's definitely gonna go back with a promise never to return after seeing his people disgustingly deviant from acceptable behaviour. The reasons are simple:-
(a) The government servants have prefixed and suffixed their leave to take maximum advantage
of the holidays published officially, on account of the festival. One can forget serious work to
be done for the rest of the week!
(b) We mallus are gonna break our own previous record of consumption of liquor this time!
(c) And we're not gonna let anyone do meaningful work while we mallus celebrate our festival!
Tailpiece.
(i) I've always wondered as to what really was the extent of Mahabali's Kerala? This is because of
my knowledge that the state's present form had come into being on 01 Nov 1956 on the basis of
language.
(ii) Mahabali must be definitely on stents - and quite a number of them at that - in his bloodstream
thanks to the shocks of his previous visits. Hope he doesn't get a cardiac arrest on this visit of his.
(iii) I believe he's pinning a lot of hopes in the forthcoming 'Emerging Kerala' that's gonna encourage
new investors in the state. I only wish them luck and lots of strength to take on the restive
workforce available here. Everyone of us want white collar jobs so that we can take charge of
others and do nothing else - we don't like to work, you see!
He's definitely gonna go back with a promise never to return after seeing his people disgustingly deviant from acceptable behaviour. The reasons are simple:-
(a) The government servants have prefixed and suffixed their leave to take maximum advantage
of the holidays published officially, on account of the festival. One can forget serious work to
be done for the rest of the week!
(b) We mallus are gonna break our own previous record of consumption of liquor this time!
(c) And we're not gonna let anyone do meaningful work while we mallus celebrate our festival!
Tailpiece.
(i) I've always wondered as to what really was the extent of Mahabali's Kerala? This is because of
my knowledge that the state's present form had come into being on 01 Nov 1956 on the basis of
language.
(ii) Mahabali must be definitely on stents - and quite a number of them at that - in his bloodstream
thanks to the shocks of his previous visits. Hope he doesn't get a cardiac arrest on this visit of his.
(iii) I believe he's pinning a lot of hopes in the forthcoming 'Emerging Kerala' that's gonna encourage
new investors in the state. I only wish them luck and lots of strength to take on the restive
workforce available here. Everyone of us want white collar jobs so that we can take charge of
others and do nothing else - we don't like to work, you see!
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