Monday, February 19, 2018

Kozhikode district(1).

The Park View Residency at Thenjipalam only had an impressive frontage and name, but the rooms didn't have many fixtures like wardrobe and adequate number of plug points for charging the cellphones. It was an ordinary room with the ceiling fan not adequately circulating air all around the room. Consequently, it was a very, very warm night to begin with.

Water was at a premium and therefore, we went for a jug of hot water for consumption during the night. The night was just about okay. Got up at a half past 5, said my prayers and went through the chores as today, we were to kick off to Mavoor - the first point of reception - at 8 because there were distances that needed to be traversed through heavy traffic.

Suresh, Aji's understudy, had begun to retch as we sped towards our destination. He seemed to have consumed cold water from outside, in the morning, that had caused the mishap. He was sent to the Medical College, for immediate attention on reaching Mavoor, along with a local person to facilitate easy movement within the hospital. He's now okay and his problem was gastric trouble.

Due to the Panchayat Day Celebrations and the continuing bus strike, our programme for today was restricted to just two panchayats viz.:-

     (a) Mavoor and
     (b) Kunnamangalam.

The crowds were adequate and the interactions good. The Janamaitry Police had carried out their street play in both the points and it was received with great fervour by the audiences, putting the policemen in high spirits.

Our night halt was at Thamarasserry. The Panchayat President, her secretary and the members were at hand to receive us, damn sweet of them. They'd indeed gone out of their way to put us at ease and gave us a scrumptious dinner. We fetched up in our room at the Wayanad Residency by about 9, where we went about our usual chores before hitting the sack.


Tailpiece.

The heat has become unbearable - and we get a first hand taste of it - since we've a lot of interactions outdoors.  

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