National Awards 2021

The Foundation Does It Again

The PN Panicker Foundation has been awarded the coveted National Award for its outstanding contributions in creating a significant impact in Science and Technology Communication (Category A) during the last five years. The award consists of a memento, a citation and a cash prize of Rs.5 lakhs.

The organisation's Science Exploratory has gone into every nook and corner of Kerala making the ground work done by the Foundation, of reaching science to the masses and popularising it, a reality.

Heartiest congratulations!

    

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Adieu KPAC Lalitha!

The multifaceted actress, KPAC Lalitha of the Malayalam movies, passed into the mist of time last evening. She had been ailing with a problematic liver for a while and succumbed to it in the end. She was all of 74 years. People in the movie field have spoken a lot about her and anything that I might utter might sound shallow and too little and hence I desist but I shall add a few very personal thoughts of mine to tell you as to how much I liked her as an actress.

Who can forget the skirt-and-blouse-clad Panchami - Karuthamma's younger sister in the Sathyan, Sheela, Kottarakkara Sreedharan Nair starrer in the evergreen hit, 'Chemmeen' - wailing on the beach when her sister and brother-in-law, Palani do not return to their hut? Or the female voice conversing - the protagonist is never shown in the movie - throughout with Mammootty, in the film 'Mathilukal'? Her histrionics was an inborn talent.

She has played a variety of roles and was loved and respected by her colleagues. She was given a befitting farewell by her relatives and the people at her house at 'Enkakkaad' in Wadakkancherry, this evening.

Adieu KPAC Lalitha! My salute to a fine actress and a wonderful person who has helped out quite a few people in the journey of her life. May her near and dear ones have the strength to tide over these stressful times.

Tailpiece.

Got up at a quarter past 6, the chores and was ready by a 20' to 10. Carried out the usual Wednesday 'aarathi' of the house.

Worked on Muthachhan's biography.

Helped Lekha in watering the plants.