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MY VISITORS ( skit)

                                        MY VISITORS If  there is a place for the town  with the least number of  Malayalees in the world, in the Guinness Book ,Limca book or any other book, Delareyville will be a top contender  for that coveted position,because we are only four Malayalees here,ie Mr Koshy Mundakathil, Mrs Valsa Koshy,myself and leelamma.Sometimes, when I lament about this over the phone to some friends,they say that the lack of Malayalees is a blessing in disguise,because they say, if  Malayalees are too many,there will be groupism,rivalries,disputes, hatreds,discontent, tensions,so on and so forth.This is most likely because in Kerala, we have a political party in which the father and the son are the major players,and often they are at loggerheads, or with horns locked.So one can imagine the situation here,if this town had 20 or 30 Malayalee families.As we are only four here, and in good terms,with no bones of contention, we live in perfect peace and harm

A review of Anoop Varghese P's poem 'Thirike..'

                                       THIRIKE Delareyville, South Africa 16 June, 2013 INTRODUCTION Last night, the tepmperature here was -3 Degrees C.In the morning, frost was seen like sugar scattered on the lawn. The frost melted in the bright morning sun,and the remaining golden leaves of some trees dropped down.It's a day of final farewell to our vegetable garden.The banana leaves also have dried up. Despite the cold night, the sun shines brightly here, making the day time comfortably warm, at about 20 Degrees. It's pleasant to sit on a chair outside, watching the constant activities of  various kinds of birds around here. Today  I had many visitors,including some VIPs such as a woodpecker couple, a kuruvi  couple, thuthukunukkis, mainas,kili etc.The wood peckers arrived at about 8 a.m, on my favourite tree, and made their  non-stop 'kdak,kdak chanting duet. The most beautiful visitors were a pair of kuruvis,most probably  husband and wife,who take

Reflections On Another Long Weekend

  REFLECTIONS  ON ANOTHER LONG WEEKEND 14 JUNE 2014 South  Africans  enjoy their weekends to the fullest, and another one has arrived. But the excItement is slightly subdued due to the weather conditions, with very cold nights,with the temperature  going down to -2 C last night.The day time is ok,if it is 20 C and above. But the worst is yet to come, when night time temperature drops as low as -7 C in this area. The long weekend here is due to  June 16th,which is celebrated as Youth Day  in  South Africa, to honour the fallen heroes of  Soweto in 1976, when the black children  began a protest  against the imposition of Afrikaans as the medium of instruction in schools.In fact, it was a protest against  the poor quality of education given to black children.The apartheid authorities didn't  want to  provide quality education to black children  because they wanted blacks as an abundant  source of cheap labour.The Soweto uprising spread like wild fire,and the authoritie