KALAKAATTUPPAATTI ( 2 )"

                                                     KAKAKAATTUPPAATTI  (  2  )"

                                                                            As  told in the previous post, KP  was kind not only to us children but  very chaste words only escaped her mouth when talking to us or any one in the village for that matter.She was absolutely noncontroversial  and therefore was claiming equal respect from the society as KTV , in her own way and thereby  we were given credence  as children of so and so , so  and  so. A simple  obedience was always in her behaviour to KTV  and as a natural consequence we had also simple obedience to him.. Stream of visitors used to meet KTV for horoscopic consultations  mostly from outside Kalakad  far and near and this macde  KP also busy  in hosting them in most cases.There was no time limits  in extending their generosity.  Coffee or lunch or dinner  should be made ready  on order  from KTV.,This made KP to be always on her toes  until they go to bed , which time  they both did not know..

                                                                   I  was  highly unhealthy  for the first few years  since my birth in September 1941  and the consequent strain on my beloved Mother KP in bringing me to shape was very great..Always crying  with or with out reason   attracting  my Mother's attention  was my usual routine. Perhaps my tone had attracted  the attention of  old aged  ladies also  who were constantly giving their valuable ( ! ) advice to the already worried mother, some of which  I have given below. .

              Lady ( 1 )  " Meenaakshi, why are you straining  for a child which is not going to survive for long  ? Wrap in a sack and throw in the river  "

          L ( 2 ) :  Along with castor oil you mix paddy also and and feed so that there would be conjestion in the throat to yield  good result ( ! ),

    L ( 3 )  : Do not feed him anything so that let him die out of  hunger (  ! )

 and similar suggestions from various ladyfolks were forthcoming , But unfortunately for them none of these suggestions  was carried out by Mother.. Can any Mother would attempt to kill her own child ? 

        Two persons whom I cannot afford to forget  First and foremost is my beloved Mother .Secondly ,there was one Padmanabha pillai who was  brotherlike to KTV ,who used to carry me all the way upto a nearby suburb Donaavoor for my treatment daily ,I would be balmed  with the blood of  goat .For about three full years daily  , He has done this  walking up and down carrying on his shoulders I remember his face vividly  even now as I  am pemming this Article ! I would be declared thankless  had I ever fprgotten him !

                                                 (  to  be continued  )