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No one travels
Along this way but I,
This autumn evening.

നീണ്ട വഴി
മഴക്കാല മൂവന്തി
ഞാനേകന്‍.

Which translates (quite poorly) to: A long way / Rainy day evening / I'm alone.

The Mullah recently quoted Master Basho ("Oh! the stillness - / The voices of the cicadas / Penetrating the rock; / Oh! the stillness!" and "The old pond - / A frog jumps in; / The water sounds - / The old pond!"), which re-sparked a haiku intrigue. On further interrogation, he also mentioned The Buddha Eye: An Anthology of the Kyoto School and it's Contemporaries.

I think I want to read that, but I also think I'm not quite ready for it yet.

എല്ലാ കോട്ടകൊത്തളങ്ങളും പുരാവസ്തുക്കളാകും
എല്ലാ സുല്ത്താന്മാരും വെളിച്ചം കടക്കാത്ത ഇടനാഴികളിലൂടെ ഒളിച്ചോടും
ഉറക്കച്ചടവില്ലാത്ത കണ്ണുകളോടെ
എന്റെ കുട്ടികള്‍ അതെല്ലാം കണ്ടുനില്ക്കും

എങ്കിലും ഞാന് ഭയന്നു:
കാവല്ക്കാരന് അവരുടെ തോളുകളിലും കൈ വെച്ചു പറയുമല്ലോ:
"സമയമായി"

("കണ്ണൂര് കോട്ട", from memory.)

Kadammanitta, who brought the raw rhythm and strength of words to a hungry generation, died on March 31. His work was well received and appreciated long before I was given a membership in the local library, at the age of nine. Back there bearded nerdy young men and nostalgic middle aged men (shaven and unshaven, sometimes with minute remnants of nerdiness) continued to recite Kurathi, Kattalan, Kozhi and Shantha late into the 90's. I am not sure they still do.

I didn't know until yesterday. The good thing about not subscribing to a newspaper is that you're spared a lot of the crap, but then...

Thank you for everything you gave us.

What were Raja Ram Mohan Roy's contributions to society?

Why did Aryans come to India?

What is the area of a circle? What is the value of PI? What is the spelling of "queue"?

Why did Amma shed a tear when she saw the first fruit falling from her young mango tree?

( ... )

I never mentioned here that Delna's book of poems, titled Mazhavillum Kilikalum (Rainbow and Birds) was published by Olive Publications, Kozhikkode. So mentioning.

Book release was on August 2nd. It was organized by her small village primary school, and I'm told that it was quite an event there. (I was away in Zanskar those days.) I'm also told that she's appearing in television on Thursday evening. In Manorama news channel, which is not available around here. (Damn!) (And this is not even the first time for her to show up in television and newspapers. Hmm.)

And now I have to deal with the fact that the nine year old clinging to my fingers while walking around Sulthan Bathery is a poet, one with a book to her credit at that. A largely unaffected one. Incredible.

All of a sudden the Internet shrunk the world we live in (yes, big news, I know.) What was previously considered to be your local, somewhat private, cherishments, has gone global. What do I know, it probably is a Good Thing too.

In other news, a Cuban expatriate Spanish teacher living somewhere in Florida in the United States thought of sketching a Kunjunni Mash, someone she's never even heard of previously. She says, "I never knew about him. But I immediately love those who write, and I love them even more if they do it for children. I too have memories of authors from my childhood."

And that, "My sketch was most impersonal although I enjoyed the soothing features of his face, the fluffiness of his beard and his kind and slightly surprised eyes. The look on his face was the most childlike I've seen (coming from an older person)."

Man. We are watching a revolution or what?

Other featured artist is my friend Roopashree who is holding her first exhibition of oil paintings - April 8 Saturday to 11 Tuesday, 11 am to 7pm, at the following address:

Virtuoso Art Gallery,
199-f Nilgiris Basement,
27th Cross, 3rd Block, Jayanagar,
Bangalore - 560011.

Please show up and give Roopa a pat or two on her back. Apparently art is The Big Investment for all these moneybags these days. I hope she will make a lot of money from sale of the paintings. Good luck, Roopa!

It isn't.

Maybe it is. Who cares.

Entries tagged with poet

Haiku.

നിങ്ങളോര്ക്കുക.

Uskoolu bittu.

Now that there's an author in the family.

Kunjunni Mash globalized.

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