Based on T,P Rajeev's novel- "KTN Kottoor his writing and Life"
'Njaan' (Self portrait)
Ravi!
Greetings, this is from the North assistant commissioner's office,
One minute I'll give to sir
Mr, Ravi Chandrasekhar, good afternoon
This is North AC, Jayashankar
Sure sir, I'll come,
What is left behind is simply losing my sleep,
Didn't find on Facebook or WhatsApp,
Its a very good dress, okay,
I'm leaving,
Why m an, early?
Assistant commissioner of police has ordered to extinguish the fire,
Then straight to despicable person's den!
Kottoo r?
Do I need to come?
No need,
What man, what is the line?
Is it the police language?
No, no, a good invitation like a milk,
If it doesn't cause any inconvenience to you,,,
,,,it would be good if you could come up to here, like that,
Will call you after the function,
Okay,
MBRHDRG
Please come,
Ravi Chandrasekhar,
I'm Jayashankar, North AC,
This is Shoukath, Cyber cell DYSP,
You are this Kottoor, or you are the,,,
,,,one who is writing the biog in that name,
What is this Kottool'? Is this the name of a place?
Yes sir,
The name of your native place is it not?
No,
Kottoor is the native place of KT Narayanan,
Who is that?
There was a person like that sir,
After 1947, there was no information about him,
What was his activity like?
Profession?
Was he a politician?
Sir, had politics,
But like these days, he was not a person who took it as a profession,
Had political stands,
As a part of freedom struggle,
It is mentioned that he had done a lot of activities,
Then, was a poet,
Several articles of him were published,
Let the history Kottoor remain there,
But the blog written by you, in that name is,,,
mcreating lot of controversies,
Is it not true?
It is wrong to say controversy,
Argument, that will be the right word,
Controversy is a debate, no?
The meaning of a debate is,,,
,,,a situation when both the parties fails to prove which is correct,
On a debate there is no author,
And also authenticity,
There will be a method on argument,
Also logical sequences,
I would say my writing are 100 percent arguments, I'll say that only,
What you had written before the last 'Lok Sabha' election,
For a parliament member who is send to Delhi,
At least must have a proficiency in Hindi or in English,
Other wise it will be like a dog visiting the market,
Then what is the other one?
Sitting in the chillness of the parliament house,
Those who snore, we don't again need such kind of comical figures,
It was those kind of sharp comments,
That has irked the members of all major political parties,
The number of your followers has increased also,
An argument reasoned with logic,
That is why sir,
Like what you have told sir, received two results like that,
On the strength in the increase of followers,
On that basis you religious, social leaders will conduct,,,
mregarding your political interventions,
Pertaining to the protection of western ghats,
Before the private interests had to bend low the heads,
Regarding the political stupidity,
And finally against the human Gods which the Kottoor has attacked,
There is no complaint received against you, to charge a case,
But,,if you continue like this, that will be there,
At present, from the higher ups, to find you, who is behind this Kottoor,
That is the instruction what we had received so far,
That task is completed here,
Ravi, you may go now,
Okay,
Thank you sir,
Brother,
This is a kind of warning,
From the power centers,
If you are interested to carry on with this creative program, can slightly,,,
"decrease the severeness,
The more when it gets sharp, the chances of breaking,,,
,,,the tip is also high,
The age is very young, I have also read, all that what is written,
Has got great respect for each and every word, But,,,
But do you want to get busted? Think over it,
At that time no one will be there,
No supporter will remain with you,
Will go and see, if it doesn't work,
We'll give another complaint,
Hey man, Kottor,
Brother Joy,
Can't you join with them and bend and twist the body and all?
Not only for the drama performers,
This is equally good for the film actors,
Son, I'm not there for any sort of activity that calls for physical strain,
Ravi!
In the film, it is said that you aiming to reach the vacant 'king's couch'
All that I'll adjust with the expression acting, Do you want to see that?
Will that do?
Hey Noushad,
Tell the matter,
Look, he has come to meet you, He is interested to bring,,,
,,,out a book based on all your blog writings,
We have discussed a lot on that topic,
That can't be worked out,
Hey, don't disdain it all of a sudden, Ravi,
Man, it has got a good readability,
Whoever wants to read that, they are reading it through blog, is it not?
Or they have finished reading it, no?
Just consider this a book in your own name,
That is not a bad thing at all,
On telling the own name when the book comes out, it will be in,,,
,,,Kottoor's name is it not?
Yes,
On writing in the name of Ravi Chandrasekhar Kottoor,
It can be also like that, is it not?
Not that Ravi, you have been carrying this Kottoor for quite long,
By studying his life history and by collecting his works,
What is the next stage?
A play based on Kottoofs life,
A wonderful idea, If you are serious,
The next production of 'root' is Kottoor,
Will you direct it?
Why not?
Where to? If some film comes will leave it and go,
No man, I have not taken acting as a full time job,
You write I'll do it,
Should give the text of that to me, okay,
Ha! This fellow, Has this guy not gone yet?
Quit the place!
We need to discuss this,
Murali finished?
Just one minute,
Has got a nice collection of poems are you publishing it?
Whose is it?
Narikunnu Chandran“,
Who is that?
That is me only,
Go man!
What son? What is the new proclamation?
In the stage of acting, To die, are you coming back to drama?
My dog will come to die in the stage,
The next production of root, that is written by Ravi and I'm directing it,
Not that, Ravi will write and we know that also,
But how to trust you man?
If at all in any of the movie if a role of a father in the church comes,,,
,,,you will leave this and go is it not?
Jealousy, jealousy!
Hey man, the thing is serious,
In the name of Kottoor stories, he has been killing us for a very long time,
This time he is coming with a play out of it,
That will be really stylish, Give me the hand,
I supporting this idea, there are several reason behind it,
The first one is,
The man named Kottoonhis life's current significance,
That is what my doubt also,
What is the relevance of that life history in day to day times?
Can I say?
Wait!
Let them all speak out their doubts, You answer in the last,
Like what the doctor has said, the relevance, may be since I'm not,,,
,,,aware of that life history,
That life story or history,
That is to be shared, is it not what Ravi intends with this play?
The next person,
Not that brother Joy,
A person who lived in 30's and 40's on saying to recreate that life,
The limitations of the stage,
The so called space of the stage, limitations which is,,,
,,,mentioned by Azad, is not there,
The actor who is standing in the stage is saying,
Here, this is the middle of the sea,
I'm the fisher man clinging on to a barren tree,
The very moment on saying that,
That space is sea,
Exactly,
That is it, That is the strength of theater,
We can do this,
The moment when Ravi told that,
I'm really impressed in that character,
You don't lure on seeing that character,
Nothing has been worked out on the casting,
Friend, I meant the life of Kottoor,
Yea, yea, indeed!
Winny, Seena how come both of you had not mentioned anything?
I'm not there to interrupt between the 'high frequency' dialogues,
Let the writing get over,
Now, Ravi you speak,
MBRHDRG
Attenborough, through the movie Gandhi, the life story of Mahatma,,,
,,,showed us in the format of a movie,
Its a very personal opinion,
The play done by Nasrudhin Shah Mahatma Vls Gandhi,
It has got more than what is there in that movie,
Again,
What is not there in any of the big books written in the history,
The relevance of life story of a big man named KTN Kottoor,
Its importance,
I have only one counter question,
Is it only given the rights to owners of those names that we know?
The success of Indian freedom movement,
Or is it, there is no relevance on the tomb of unknown, in history?
Again one more thing,
For the failed births,
For their monuments,
Why should we deny the soil?
This,,Can be anyone!
Not being able to become anything,
Its the story of a person who failed in war and in competition,
He is still living among many of us,
In political or in social, in any kind of space,
Who couldn't tell his views and opinions aloud,
In the creative spheres, where was not recognized and identified,
That is very clear!
You write about that poor person Kottoor,
Ravi, we are with you as characters and performers in that tale,
Tell to make it fast,
Engaged in a big job, no?
Told, today you are in the office,
Had gone, gave the leave and came back,
On a journey?
To Kottoor,
Who is there now? Is there his house still remaining there?
Yes,
The home in which KTN was born and grew up,
Should see that one,
The routes on which Narayanan walked,
Any one the relatives?
Like his children or grandchildren will be there, no?
Narayanan, didn't have children,
Have read some of the comments of astrologers,
He had the fate of 'Kulanthaka Yogam'
What does that mean?
Just a belief,
The 'Kulam' (Clan) will end along with him,
There will not be descendants of heirs,
To which age did he live?
Narayanan was seen lastly on August 15th '47,
On the day when the country got,,,
,,,the independence the Narayanan disappeared,
He might have thought on living here, may see several things,
So, I take leave,
He is obsessed with Kottoor,
He himself is the Kottoor,,Rebirth,
'Kottoor Gram ma Panchayat'
Hallo,,Mukundan?
I've reached at the Kottoor,
I'll come down,
Hey man, I'll just go and come,
We will just have one tea and go,
Not necessary,
On reaching there, there won't be any one,,,
,,,present to give a glass of water,
No, thats okay,
Then in that case, we will go, Do I have to take my vehicle?
No need, we will go in this,
Okay, will go is it not?
You go straight,
The person called Narayanan Nair,
Is he alive or dead? On that matter,
There is no surety, that is why this house is neither partitioned,
Not being able to sell, that is why this house is closed like this,
His father's sisters, daughter's son is there in Bombay,
One Sudhakaran Nair,
He is the person who delegated my father,,,
,,,to undertake the work, over here,
Come,
Might have dead,
But still at the court there should be an evidence for that,
As the father is ill, the duty over here is delegated to me,
On saying duty, should pluck the coconuts which is in here,
And should send that money to Bombay,
That will be divided among the many un known people,
Hallo,,Yes,
Hey man,I'm here at 'Koyilothazhathufl
You come to Karur,
At the party office there is my vehicle's key, okay,
You should take that and come, okay,
I'll reach there,
Okay, fine,
The house of 'Koyilothazhe Veedu',
To this house and owner of the house Kunjappan Nair,
The village of Kottoor has great love towards them,
From Kunjappan Nair only,
The compatriots of Kottoor heard the name of 'Gandhiji' for the first time,
For the Kunjappan Nair and Devayani Am ma,
Before the birth of the son Narayanan,
One day,,h
Where to?
Are you going to lead the gathering?
At the 'Theruvathe' bank, one toddy shop is opened,
In the village will spread bad habits, some new dwellers,
That can't be permitted,
Going to conduct 'Satya Graha' (insistence on truth)
Brother Anty,
Some thing is coming, okay,
What is it fellow?
Two boats are there, Full of men dressed in white dress and caps,
Hey man, that is congress,
I'm also a congress,
What is itAnty?
Will it create trouble?
You sit and drink, we will take care of them,
Sit and drink, you guys,
Come,
All, pay attention here,
At first Kunjappanaar, will talk to him, Only then we will start 'Satya Graha'
If he comes here for any sort of fight, we mustn't move from here,
Then come,
Dear brothers,
Greetings to you,
To free our nation from the British rule,
You are aware of the strikes that is conducted by us,
It is also a part of that, termination of alcohol use, that is,,,
,,,both Mahatmaji and Guru Devan has told that,
To fight against the British empire,
We do not have the material and physical strength,
Our weapon is the strength of our soul,
It is the strength of the truth,
We mustn't use any kind of intoxication that will weaken it,
Intoxication will flame up our in born talents,
That will extinguish the grace of the soul,
What Guru Devan told is,
One who extracts the toddy, one who serves it, one who drinks the,,,
,,,it will smell bad,
On account of that,
Till this toddy selling center is closed we are going to conduct,,,
,,,'Satyagraha' here
Our fight against the intoxication,
If it doesn't succeed, today,
Tomorrow our country will belong to alcohol drinkers,
By losing the physical and mental health, a population of that nature,
Shouldn't be born tomorrow, for such a thing is ourtoday's effort,
All of you sit, sit down!
Sit, sit now,
All of you sit,
Then Kunjikanna, in that case,
Then serve what is there for them,
Vande Mataram! (Long live Mother Land)
Kartho!
Mahatmaji Ki,,Jai! (Long live Mahatmaji)
Vande Mataram! (Long live Mother Land)
Like that, be like that,
Vande Mataram! (Long live Mother Land)
Like that, let it be like that,
Vande Mataram! (Long live Mother Land)
Let it be like that!
Vande Mataram!
Run!
My mother!
Run!
Vande Mataram!
Run!
Kehppaa"!
Hey don't beat!
Oh! My God!
Run!
Lot of congress people,
(people running")
Reached back to shore, is it? I'll show you son of a dog!
What are you searching? What is coconut for? Don't throw that!
Will hit some where! My mother!
Vanda Matharam', Vanda Matharam',!
One who extracts it, one who sells it, who drinks it, if all will smell foul!
One who has come to obstruct that, should also feel that smell!
Bring it here man!
Yes,
Today its a tem ple festival at Kunnathu Kavu, are you coming?
Will come,
Its is the family deity of 'Koilothu' ancestral house,
This mother of'Kunnathu Kavu',
Then I'm the committee secretary,
Communist party engagement and temple festival committee, no?
That is secret of our mass support,
Then on saying, there is no God, we will be left alone,
Can we categorically say no to it?
Just like the Narayanan Naifs case, God's case is also similar,
Can't categorically say whether it is present or not!
Yea!
In the life story of KTN Kottoor,
Several characters who has got the face similarity, some people,
Ravi saw through his camera eyes, over there,
Kunjooli!
Meenakshi!
Kunjiraman!
Prabakaran Nair',!
Lakshmi Kutty!
More than what Ravi imagined, those faces,,,
,,,it was well suited for various names,
Just take a look at that one,
My heavens!
Stop, STOP!
What happened?
We,,,
What was the name of that owner of the house, where we ate food?
Surendhraettan,
Forgot the camera over there,
That is all right that we will take in the morning,
Will it get missed?
No, what to get missed from our native place?
You come on, without fear,
Are you scared to sleep alone at night?
No, that is what I like,
At the 'kavu' (Temple) committee people are waiting,
Some settlements are there, that is why,
Otherwise I would have given you company,
No problem, Mukundan you may go,
Then, as per what is said,
It has almost become good morning,
Okay then,
What is it?
That my child has got to say,
Let me hear that,
At certain times I wish to see my mother very much,
At that time, I'll feel like crying also,
Can you show my mother to me?
My child,,You may close your eyes,
In the mother's hand,,You as a little baby,,Can see that!
Don't cry,
The crying is not stopping, Devu,
Sister how will it stop? In the breast there is not even a drop of milk,
On getting hungry, other than to cry what does it know?
Have obtained this after several prayers and waiting,
The fate of that became like this!
It is not by merely giving birth,
What is called as mother,
Some ladies will have like that,
The breast will not give milk at all
That is the problem during the time of delivery,
The nerves might have got tangled up,
Kunki, what is the solution for this?
There is a maid servant dwelling in our courtyard,
Not much after her delivery,
On calling won't she give the breast milk to the son, out here?
That lady?
At the dusk, a maid servant who welcomes men!
What is her name?
Kunjooli!
Kunjooli, I will not return back as I came,
Kunjooli, who is that? What?
That I'll handle you go inside,
Wait there, I'll come there,
I'm the one who is living without the protection of any male or a dog!
I will sleep with only those people which I like,
If you have any doubts, my 'sickle' will clear that doubt,
Why?
Then, nothing else to say no?
Why is that you low class, am I having any sort of leprosy?
It is not for free, no?
You daughter of a dog! I'll show you!
You go and show that to your wife!
It seems he will show or what?
Whatever be the character,
In the breast of the lady who has delivered, there will be only milk,
You ask Kunjappa,
Can call, What is wrong in that?
That is also a human lady is it not?
It is heard that she has got immoral conduct,
The lineage of immoral conduct, It is not transferred through breast milk,
That is received only by giving birth,
Can't bear to hear the cry of the baby,
If this is the only solution, What I would say is, delay no further,
On calling will she come? Sister Shalu,
Kunki, must go,
I'll go,
And I'll bring her also,
She is living in our enclosure, So she must show the gratitude of that,
I have told the son's father to evict her from there, He didn't listen,
For that good heart, will receive the thankfulness,
Kunki, you may go,
Hey Kunjooli!
Come this way,
On seeing the males, the maid is like a cat on seeing the fish!
Leave behind what is there to feed your baby and give, okay,
For me both are not separateflTham burati,'
A mother who gives birth to twins, Must feed both, no?
I'll consider just like that,
Kunki!
Come!
Next time when she comes, tell to wash the breast and feed, okay,
Sham sister',!
On feeding her breast, will the character be like her?
For that this baby is a boy, is it not?
I won't tell any one that you drank the breast milk, of a low caste lady,
At the age when I had no memories, mother was dead,
The day of fathefs death, I'll never forget that,
Narayana',!
Just wait for a while,
Dear ones!
At the valley below this mountain,
Beyond this village of Kottoor, the entire part of big world,
On accepting the proclamation of Indian freedom movement,
Through the 'non-violent strike movement' of Mahatmaji,
They are engaged in the fight against the foreign powers,
We should not be 'frog in the well' today we are taking a pledge,
Like that we compatriots of Kottoor is also going,,,
,,,to be a part of a big movement,
This tricolor flag, as a proof of that, we are fixing it here,
No Kunjirama, don't cry!
Kunjiirama',!
Hold, hold!
Don't cry, Kunjirama,,,
Can't bear it,
You don't cry,
My dear 'Thampuran' is gone,
Gone!
Leave it you remain without crying,
Aunty!
After some time will father get up and sit?
Why God's,,,?
Did you do this cruel act?
That is being shown on that poor person!
Where is he lying?
Where is my chief head, lying?
Go from here!
You slut! What has it got to do with you, over here?
Mother, come lets go!
Take her and throw this disgusting one, to the courtyard,
Having more grief that the own relatives, this low class,,,
,,,daughter of a dog!
Get up, you lady!
My heavens, my mother!
Patmanaban Nair',!
Mother, mother, leave her!
Mother!
Narayana',!
Stop there!
Narayana',!
Go from here!
God! My son!
My Son!
Get lost! Both of you should not be seen in this vicinity!
Move back man,
Son!
"All of a sudden, the childhood got drained"
"Like the fishes in the river,,Those days cannot be contained like that"
"That by breaking all the ties,, ,,without being aware of anything"
"Playing here and there By climbing several raised walls,,"
",,with playfulness and laughter"
"Leaving behind several memories, it faded out"
"The time when the 'tumba' (Leuca Indica) has blossomed"
"The time when the dragon fly began to speak"
"The time when the fire-flies gave the light at night"
"Little rain drops I'm a little rain drop"
"Companion rain drop You are a friendly rain drop"
"The vessel of milk made out of green jack fruit leaves"
"The tiny grains of sand The elixir of life"
"In the hamlet made of grass,"
",,,dinning and sleeping, that food of love never returned"
When father died,,,
,,,I did not understand why Kunjooli Am ma, cried,
Aslo why uncle treated her like that,
"Companion rain drop, Like some heavy rain which has come"
"Merging to some river Separated into two routes"
"Being hard to recognize on seeing"
"Separated into two routes Being hard to recognize on seeing"
"Being hard to recognize on seeing,,"
Hey! My child!
He is a child without father and mother,
I and Saraswathi, doesn't have children, no Shalu sister'?
We will take care of him,
Without he being here, don't know how I can strive on?
To be highly educated, it was the wish of brother Kunjappan, no?
Then this Vadakara, is it that far'?
When the school closes, I'll bring him here,
Then shall we leave sister? Before it gets hotter, can reach at Perambra,
If he commits any mischief, don't beat him Prabakara,
Uncle Prabakaran Nair's,,,
',,,Saraswathi Vilasam press', Along with the letters,
Where Narayanan, grew up,
In the magazine named 'Udaya suryan'(Rising sun)
The magazine that promotes the new ideas, in that magazine,
Narayanan, under the pen name "N" started writing the articles,
Narayanan was adorned,
And also one who loved,
The friend named Suseela,
Those days gave to him,
'Here these jails doesn't have a roof
'The lips of the wind doesn't carry the flute'
'From the southern caves that reaches'
'A person with a breath of snow'
I had enough,
What kind of a poetry is this?
While reading and hearing, that should soothe the mind, is it?
Is it not Kunjam buetta?
From the mind a door leading to outside,
That is what poetry is to me,
When the nation is boiling in the flame of agitation,
Can we sing love songs and carry on?
A boy who is very studious and smart in studies,
Those who are teaching have got great expectations,
The merits which are attained on studying,,,
,,,that is not there in my mind presently,
Kunjambuetta!
The problem is with having more of intelligence,
Being an average nutty intelligence, for me the life is happy and smooth,
Our P, Krishna Pilla is really mad now,
In the'Udaya Suryan'
An article which was written criticizing Gandhi,
He has liked that,
But he is tensed to know, who the writer is,
Just check this,
Mr,N, don't you want to come out from this false name?
What we have to say and share,,,
,,,that is made possible through writing,
What is there in a name and all?
Tomorrow the world m ust know this great man, through a name, is it?
If you can obey, I'll suggest one name,
Let me hear it,
Koilothu Thazhe Narayanan Kottoor,
KTN Kottoor,
That is marvelous,
KTN Kottoor,
MBRHDRG
Even if it is fresh or kernel coconut,
Should give it at a price what is dictated by the sellers at Koilandy,
At the 'Koilothu' enclosures and paddy fields,
No one should think there will be work through out the year,
Hey man, is it counted and put?
What Kunjiramettan, has told,,,
,,,that is the situation in all the ancestral homes,
Then can guess what will be the situation of small homes, is it not?
The thought 'farmefs association' why I had put forward,
That is to study these kind of problems and to find a solution,
When the farmer's face the financial problems,
Naturally it will effect the farming workers also,
Arippan's son Ariyan's suicide,
Narayanan might have known that is it not?
Heard that,
Can't consider that the poverty has forced Ariyan to do that,
The emotional hardships that is inflicted on lower caste people,
We should realize that also,
For human beings there are certain things beyond food,
Their self respect, personal life,
Family,
In one's village the hardships faced by low caste people,
That really worried Narayanan, a lot,
Those who had the communist view in the nation freedom struggle,
Or else,
Away from the socialist thoughts,
Those who have slowly changed to communist ideologies,
Only they have realized the life of lower caste people,
How long will you be here at the native place?
Not going back, the studies are almost disdained, can say like that,
This age is not be hatched in the educational institutions,
Do you have close association with Krishna Pillai and all?
Then it will be better to work in a place which is more wider,
Thinking just the opposite,
The own village and near by areas,
To study about the problems faced by the lives of people over there,
In the corrective measures on that,
Participate in those strikes that are the ways of solution for it,
For some time, few people among us,
Really confused us in the name of 'N'
Elegant and forward thinking,
Those articles were written by,
Hard to believe even now it was done by this lad,
What is it Prabakaran Nail'?
He is the son of a Ghandian, who had a firm political thought,
Congress socialist conference is going to take place,
At Calicut, Narayanan should participate at any cost,
In the middle of expression of ideologies,
The romantic that was inside him,
Many a times on the working of the movements,
He had kept the difference of opinion inside him,
If he was alive today, it means,
On telling he is a dreamer who is not practical,
He would have been sidelined,
Even today, there are some people like that, is it not?
Just because they have thought with a heart,,,
,,,those people who are kept apart,
Regarding the movements and the manner that should be carried out,
There are certain difference of opinion,
Must talk in detail with you one day,
That can be done,
But don't restrict yourself in reading books and writing,
Should meet and hear people,
And by living among them, that is how a soldier for the,,,
,,,strike should be created in you,
As today is the ending day of the camp of the corporative army,
Either myself or EMS or AKG,
Does not intend to talk to you,
On the contrary,
Regarding your evaluations on the camp,
What we are going to do is hear that,
Among your group,
First of all I, welcome Sri, KTN Kottoorto talk,
An association,
Whatever may be the name and address of that,
That is a fort that is constructed,
To inside and outside by closing the way,
It will be having a door that will be closed,
Narayanan, not knowing whether inside or outside,
On those closed doors were knocking feebly,
With his own logical views,
In the language which is known to him KTN made a speech like this,
Before the eminent dignitaries,
I was born in a house that had no mirrors,
On account of that,
I didn't know how I was,
That day was when felt love towards a girl,
For the first time I looked at the mirror,
That too under the doubt and fear any one is seeing that,
I, saw myself,
That figure was not that much un familiar to me,
But in this cam p, my refection on mirror on which I looked at,
I felt like a un familiar image, that is looking at me,
To win over any hurdle, for that we must require the physical might,
The tutors in the camp told that,
We had conducted the physical training also,
But at the same time, with only physical power,,,
,,,can we tide over the hurdles?
For that don't we require the mental strength also?
From the fallacies of mind of a person who is seeing the mirror for first time,
Don't we want a liberation? Don't we have to recognize ourselves?
Sri, Sankaran Namboodiripad was given the,,,
mresponsibility of answering KTN's question,
The gentleman, KTN Kottoor's opinions,
More than a political worker,
It is more of a literary person,
Upon saying more clearly,
It is more of a individual radical creative poet's,
The poets to be let free like this,
No political movement can do it,
This is not my own opinion,
Comrade \/,l Lenin has also expressed the same opinion,
It is said that KTN Kottoor has said like this, that is what is quoted,
I have told, what I have to say,
Namboodiripad, what he had to say,
That is a sort of accepting the defeat, is it not?
Why didn't Kottoor speak out the difference of views?
There is no point in saying that,
Must require the power to prove that, no?
Kottoor was only one individual,
Yes, was not a group,
In the big world there are lot of big people,
Narayana,
If the return is by night, must possess some light, son,
The whole native is infected with lot of cobras,
Take a fire torch in the hand,
Okay aunty,
Why did he stop studies?
To correct the things out here, only he is there is it not?
Had possessed enough education and all, is it not?
Always reading books and writing,
Won't talk much also,
Don't you have any job at the other side?
Kunjirametta!
The things out here, only that is there for you to look after, no?
For that is there any reason for him to stop the studies?
I liked him to study well and becoming a great man,
After counting coconuts, I like to drink some hot water of the porridge,
Hey girl, you go and take that,
Without babbling,
A hard working farming workers family,
The ladies and gents who goes for work daily,
Because of that, the house that does not have to struggle for food,
In such a situation, why did Ariyan, commit suicide?
We must get the answer for that,
May be, that is the first news of a suicide hearing at the Kottoor,
It is not the hurdles in life,what Ariyan confronted as problem,
That is connected to his personal life or on his emotional grounds,
We have with us Ariyan's most close friend Theyyan,
You may tell what you know,
He had a deep sorrow,
It is at 'Vellianchery', no? His wife and sister goes for work,
Certain characters of Kutb; Sankara“ Thampuran,
Created lot of problems for ladies,
Will tell clearly,
Ariyan's wife and sister has been the victim of Vellianchery,,,
Kutty Shankaran Naifs and friend's greed for lust, several times,
Ariyan had come know about this after much delay,
The solution what he found was to end by himself,
Why don't we go to Vellianchery as a gathering?
Can directly ask Kutty Sankaran Nair?
Kutty Shankaran is a eminent person with men and support,
Through the non violent means,
We must try to find a way to fight with him ,
Narayanan, you tell what should be done?
'Blockade'
From today onwards, no one in Kottoor village,
Should go to Vellianchery, for any sort of work,
When Kutty Sankaran tries to bring people from outside,,,
We'll obstruct that,
Yes,
Will everyone corporate with this?
That is what our action is,
Should make to corporate,
Not only that,
Their and their families protection that is also our duty,
'Kalakuttar'(Lower caste people) They are all in your support,
Enough,
We should also speak the matters and convince others,
We are,,Koilothazhathe, Kunjappettafls boy,,,
,,,Narayanan!
Pew! That is for the old generation at the Kottoor,
Today he is known as KTN Kottoor,,,
,,,among the congress-socialist workers,
Articles used to come,
Started writing in the 'Udaya Suryan' under the pen name 'N'
Later under the name KTN started appearing in 'Prabatha Beri,,,'
,,,And one publishing from Kannoor, 'Kahalam' have seen some of it,
A very sharp and in depth language,
So he is the founder of 'farmer's association' at Kottoor
He is only a young child, no?
At present! Will grow big,
Not for the body but that name will grow big!
Let it remain there itself,
Not to engage in the works in this paddy fields and enclosures,
That is what is told to farming workers,
Who will listen to that?
Ha! They will listen fellow!
The so called 'Kottoor' which is only as long as 'loin cloth' but outside it,
Those who have heard, started to gather one by one,
Against the landlord"
,,,the workers starting to strike, the name of the strike movement is,,,
,,,'Pani Mudakkam' (To desist from work)
Those ladies working in the kitchen and at the enclosure, none had,,,
,,,come today for work,
Hey man,
Along with 'them that 'KomaraKaran(scheduled caste
That Chathukutty's son will be there, is it not?
What was his name?
It is Kunjikannan,
Yes, that is it,
V,P, Kunji,,Kannan!
He must be,,Brought into here,
Tell Chathukutty, that I want to meet his son, Inform him,
Hw will send the boy,
Aunty, has slept,
Shall I serve the porridge?
All that fairness that was there, when you came is all gone now,
Walking under the sun is it not?
To which all places are you going?
To meet people,
For what reason?
While personally meeting people,
Then only will know their problems and sufferings,
On knowing?
Will try to help them,
Then, is this the job from now on?
Should take care of ones own affairs, is it not?
The world in which we live, should be free from sufferings is it not?
For that we ourselves should take the effort, is it not?
How can the suffering be removed from the world?
The faces of the people should be happy,
Then the face of the world will be also beautiful,
I won't understand all this, okay,
Forgot to tell, that the room upstairs should be cleaned,
I'm planning to change my sleep to the upstairs,
What is there by the time you finish drinking porridge,
The room will be clean,
Are you scared to sleep alone?
If you want I'll sleep at the corridor,
Hey no,
You may go and sleep,
Sit, man,
Are you communist'?
No!
'Kottoorfarmer's association' under the leadership of Kottoor Narayanan,
Aren't you also an activist?
Yes,
But, it is not a part of communist people,
Few of us, who has got Congress view are working in that,
Hey Man! In '34 at Calicut,
In a room of a shop at Palayam,
S,V Gatte, P,Krishna Pilla, Sankaran Namboodiripad,
K,Damodaran,
All these men gathered,
Within the congress, united the men who had extremist thoughts,
To start the beginning at communist movement,
On taking the decision, that story, do you know that?
Aaa,,That is the continuation of that,
In '39 at Pinarayi,
Sankaran Namboodiripadd, along with AK Gopalan and S, Sharma,
And Balaram,
Along with Krishna Pilla, All joined together,
The first conclave of Communist party was held like that,
Do you know that?
All this history,
L,,Don't know that much in detail,
Then you understand,
KT Narayanan has returned back to Kottoor,
To make a wing of communist party over here,
You sit to this side,
Hey man, those who believe there is no God, The Narzi's,
It is gang of those people, The 'Komarakaran' Chathukutty's son,,,
Can he support such a thing?
No!
You have the health,
On climbing on top of 'this' or ' that' platform,
You have got the power to speak loud anything,
You may make wearing 'Kadhal' a routine,
Without much delay the Britan, will back off,
The rule will be handed over to Jawaharlal,
Then for you to eat, without taking any effort,,,
,,,for you that 'Kadhar' will be sufficient,
Communism will spread,
In certain countries,
The seed of that without falling at the Kottoor,
That I'll see to it,
So, when I take the steps on that,
On the body of Chathukutty's son,
That must not fall, that is why you are called in here,
If you have,,Clearly understood what is said,
You may go!
Parapil Narayan an Nam biar,
Okay,
To Nam biar, the delegates of farmer's association will talk today,
Then only regarding the eviction of the house,,
Chathappan, need to think, okay,
But by that time, what if,,,
,,,Nambiar's men try to recourse to physical force?
That is what is said,
For another 2 more days let Chathappan and family,,,
,,,stay at the relative's house at Chalikara,
On fearing the landlord, should one go hiding or return boldly?
Must act on knowing the strength of the foe,
For the physical attack,
It is not by throwing our people, how strength should be shown,
Then Chathappan you may go,
He owned a herd of oxes, that is the crime against him by land lord,
Yes,
When the working class has started to live by working, on knowing that,
Their slavery and dependency is ending is it not?
Then to evict him from his enclosure,
Physical attack,
Like that will do several things,
But anyway we will meet Parapan Nambiar,
When will this poor people achieve the dream their own land?
For that in the coming times, the bigger strikes,,,
,,,are going to take place,
For the son's of soils, the right for soil must be obtained,
We are going up to Naduvannoor,
We meet in the morning at the farmer's association,
Okay,
"Like the bullet-wood trees Applying aromatic turmeric"
"Beside the intoxicating moon light,,l slept "
"In the swiftness of my breathing"
"The sleep at night was never disturbed"
"Adored with the dew drops in the hand"
"Along with the dawn In the meadows, yesterday"
"Even her heartthrobs, "had the blushness of dance"
"Without arresting it, in such a manner"
"The 'ldavam' month, with its severeness"
"On hearing its blowing sound,,"
"Together cuddled in the heavy rain"
"With the snap of a finger,Should not stop fearsome expression"
Aunty!
Slept!
Will you marry me?
Granted,
MBRHDRG
A typical feudal family's child's, all the rudeness was there in,,,
,,,Narayan an,
His age, the situation and the servility shown by Janu,
All that is simple excuses is it not?
That poor lady was loving him,
To emerge a thought like that in Narayanamdid not do anything,
Then, Janu has asked whether she would be married?
In such an intimate situation,
That will have only the value of lovers,
Azad, it is a very explicit anti-feminine view,
Yes,
Okay, I retreat!
We can approach this subject in another angle,
Narayanan, is the son of Kunjappan Nair,
The genetic influences and then house, that space,
There he can be only like that,
Yes,
Having those handicaps he is an ordinary person,
Not only that,in each situations to none of the ladies who were,,,
"associated with him,
He couldn't express his mind correctly,
Who he was, what he was, his mind was like, that had no idea on it,
Again to blockade Parapil Narayanan Nambiar,
where will it go?
I don't support this,
If Chathappan and family is evicted by Nambiar,
Kunjikannan, are you saying we should watch that and stand?
We should understand the reality and take actions,
On turning the entire land lords at Kottoor as enemies,
We won't be able to live here,
We are trying to transform the land lords at Kottoor as human beings,
Narayanan, you are talking in the language of a communist,
I cannot become a communist,
If your devious plan is to convert all of us to communist,
I cannot cooperate with farmefs association,
Kunjikannan!
Some one has created a misunderstanding to him,
I'm not a communist, I'm only a lover of human beings,
My mind and politics is only that,
Raghavan, convince him and he should be brought back,
(Walk!)
(Mmm,,Walk)
'Kootalida Aviloth' SchooL
What is your name?
Nakulan,
What is father's name?
Can't you hear?
Tell your father's name fellow?
Tell, he is dead,
Answer the question, fellow,
Tell, he is dead,
He is that 'Korathi Kunjooli's' son,
Who his father is, she doesn't know nor him,
Mother Kunjooli?
Mother is not feeling well,
That is why I returned, again I'll be here,
I wanted to see,
Come, will go home,
Come,
All the operations were concentrated at Calicut,
All the news of Narayanan was,,,
,,,known through the activist at Vadakara,
AKG and all has high regards,
That strength inside that young man will give a new,,,
,,,direction to movement,
That is what are the things told, okay,
Is this the house?
Yes,
Come,
Before entering the house, you should hear one thing,
Tell,
Mother, on seeing you can't say what she will say or behave?
She yell out what she feels like, now,
The compatriots are calling lunatic Kunjooli,
That name has got the answer for everything,
Now, at present it is that,I, should call you younger brother,
If at all on saying whatever,
On behaving however, that is my Kunjooli Amma,
Like you, I also grew up on drinking that breast milk,
Come,
Who is that?
Why standing there?
May come here,
For me,,By looking at the hand,,And telling the fortune,
Came for that,
Can be told, the time is right to tell anything,
This mist,
You may sit inside,
I'll pour some water on the head and come,
Sit inside,
That is how the Nakulan was born,
After that Kunjooli hadn't welcomed the visitors,
Do you know who I'm?
Even If I know, I won't say that,
Do you know who I'm?
Who?
Even If I know, I won't say it to anyone,
To send Britisher's back to Britain by ship,
All the world's idiots have gathered and began the strike,
The time is that,
Let it go on,
The scattered princely states joined together,
India, which emerged as a great country, from the rest of the years,
To rule, those who have been elected by themselves,
They are ready now by stitching new dress,
The country wants freedom,
The com patriots also wants it,
On saying compatriots, KT Narayana,,,
,,,I also will be included in that,
'Cheruman and Pulayan'(Lower caste) on saying they won't step,,,
,,,the feet inside the 'Valliancherry' enclosure,
What is lost is my freedom,
That must be returned back,
I'm more routine to conducting the court than entering inside the court,
For the 'Veliancherry'
So,,l will go as per my path,
What? Can I go?
The path is a public path, That is also a public property,
Everyone has a freedom of transportation,
Several un known have walked and made the stoney path smooth,
As long as there is the path, Kutty Sankaran Nair can,,,
,,,travel on the motor car,
Only the thing should not target the chest of the one who come across,
In the journey to become Mahatma,
No one knows what all is waiting,
To confront, there should be a great courage, which is required,
In this young age, will it be there?
For the son of Kunjappan Nair!
I'm sure, nothing greater than death will come in the front,
Veliancherry, you may go!
Hallo, Narayana!
There is no light with you,
Should have taken one,
This is the time when the creepers come out!
Take the vehicle man!
Aren't you heading home?
Ho! Nakulan!
If heading home, take the path of 'Kaithapard
Why taking that long path, can go straight, no?
At the narrow path at 'Kailadathufl
There are 4 to 5 people waiting for you,
Kutty Sankaran Nair has brought them from 'Kadiyankadu'
To teach you by beating,
Had seen him on the way,
Also a word of caution, should be careful with creepers,
Not that,,How did you reach here exactly?
I'm 'Kurathi's'(a lower caste) son no?
The son of Kunjooli, who predicts the 3 phases by looking at eyes,
From Vadakara, Prabhakaran has send you a letter,
What is it regarding?
Should reach there urgently,
Nothing else is written,
Is it?
Then will go,
Let everyone free from sickness,
Will go and check,
Will you return fast?
First of all let me go and see what the matter is,
What is it man?
Nothing,
Will return fast,
Okay?
Press is confiscated,
Police has told should not open, till a decree is granted,
For what?
The crime is for printing communist Iiteratu re,
Communist literature? Who has printed that?
Every now and then Krishna Pilla will come and print certain matters,
I never used to read all that,
What police is telling, those were small comm unist articles,
You should be careful!
Those who have contacts with Krishna Pilla, police is searching,
For that, I'm not a communist,
It is said that, Krishna Pillla is Congress Socialist, no?
That is to the out side,
For the communist party, as the secretary of 'Kerala Kadakam'
Krishna Pilla had started working for some years,
First you go and eat something then after that we'll talk,
I can't understand anything,
She has been waiting for you, for quite a long,
You people talk,
The things in Suseela's house,,,
,,,that can be done by me and your uncle,
As expected without much fuss,,,
,,,looks like my family will accept,
Shall we take a walk to outside?
Need to talk,
Do you fear that you will be arrested?
No,
Since not done any crimes,
There is no fear at all,
Then what is there in the mind?
Started this walking for some time,
Told, had something to tell,
Not speaking anything,
Will tell,,Was clearing the mind,
On asking whether it is right or wrong, don't know that,
At the Kottoor, in the previous days, a girl had come to the life,
A girl coming to life?
Saw a girl, spoke to her, felt love towards her,
Is it what had happened?
More than that, A man and a girl slept together,
On many nights,
Promised will protect,
Did you forget me?
I forgot myself!
To correct the mistake which is done,
Should return back to her,
Kindly walk, I need to reach back to home immediately,
Can't cry on the path!
Is there anything to say?
No,
A person who can't cheat anyone, Nor doesn't know to tell lies also,
The respect is only growing more,
A lady who has become a widow, whose husband is alive!
From this moment onwards that is how I see myself,
MBRHDRG
Janu!
Where did this girl go?
Janu!
Kunjirama, did you see that girl?
Without bathing and washing,
She was sim ply sitting, at the afternoon had not eaten anything,
Shall we tell that physician to come?
The thing is whether this sickness is to be treated with a physician?
What is it Kunjirama?
There is a rumor in the village, that the girl is pregnant,
There is also a talk, that the young owner is the,,
It seems there are also some truth in it,
Kunjiirama',!
The house and enclosure of 'Punnachal' people is purchased,,,
,,,by a Christian hailing from 'Kuttiyadi' there is a talk,
Where is Janu?
She is the one spreading rumor at the river side and market place,
What? Spreading what, are you telling Kujirama?
If at all pregnancy is there, how along can it be hidden?
Grand mother you ask that girl,
Meenakshi, you keep that there and you may go,
I'm telling you,
Then, if at all the girl tells young owners name, how can it be fixed?
Just to make sure, it is better to call him, anyway that will be better,
Owner Narayanan has left the native,,,
,,,people say he has joined the army,
Where was Narayanan at this time?
Will tell, before that,
At the Kottoor, regarding the Narayanan's missing,
A weird story has spread,
A socialist wearing a mask of comm unist,
There was a great person among us at the Kottoor,
Yes,
Koilothuthaze Narayanan Nair!
Once he preached like this on looking at us,
Our country which is submerged and ruled by,
The Britain, which denies the freedom for us,
They are attracting us, to their army,
What they want is not warriors,
They want only 'suicide squads',
For the war which is not ours, You must not be ready to give the life,
The great person who said this, has been so many days after,,,
mabsconding from the native,
From the sources what is heard, he has become an officer,,
,,,in the British army,
This person who maintains the action and speech,,,
,,,which are different,
In what name do we have to call him?
Who is that man?
Owner, it is Kunjikannan,
Will you,,Drink?
No,
Good,
The intoxication and chess both are not meant for idiots!
The story that the Narayanan Nairjoined the army,
It is almost believed by the people,
That is the fate of them,
When your breed tells by preaching aloud, should be trusted today,
When it is changed and preached, it should be also trusted,
Actually where Narayanan Nair, is, you know that,
No,
Actually where was Narayanan?
At the Kannur Central Jail,
Was arrested under the crime of treachery,
KTN Kottoorwasthe first communist person to be arrested in Malabar,
He won't be there for a longtime will be released,
At that time KTN Kottoor will be more powerful,
That should not take place,
The day when I got released from the jail,
How did you know that exactly?
As if to welcome me,
At the Kottoor, you where there,
Narayana, I'm 'Korathi's' son, no?
I can see the future,
Hey fortune teller!
Then tell, will India get the independence?
What is freedom?
There is no counter question more dreadful, than that,
Okay, after getting the independence,
Will Mahatma Gandhi, rule India?
No Gandhi will be killed,
But the benefit of that is not for the murderers,
That will be obtained to those who say they are 'Gandhians'!
Stop it, Forecasting the future, Madness,
Nakula!
I need your help,
At the Koilothuthazhathu, there was a Janu,
I know,
She is not there now,
Cant ask aunty and others,
I just want to see her,
You should also come, to her house,
To see her, you should go not there,
To my house,
Janu, today she is my wife,
MBRHDRG
What is it fellow?
Kunjikannan has come,
Call him,
Did you have food?
What is the decision?
From the tomorrows committee,
Narayanan will walk out,
Or he will be evicted,
On saying to evict,
There should be a reason,
Should convince other fellows, no?
That chance, will be given by him,
Smart man!
You have learned, The lessons of chopping down!
Butter milk!
Useless fellow!
While beating,That should be given on the cheeks,
Did you understand Kunjikannan?
Understood!
Friends!
As far as our native place Kottoor is concerned,
This is a special important day,
Till this day, has not shown any inclination to any political parties,
Kottoor farmer's association,
Today it is making clear its political stand,
It is declaring it aloud,
In the great country of India,
The Indian National Congress which has become the heart throb of it,
The Kottoorfarmer's association is going to merge in to congress,
In the mind, some of our workers who carry communist thoughts,
The operations to start a fraction of communist party, over here,
It has already come to our notice,
Those who advocates, anarchy,
Those communist, who denies existence of God,,,
,,,to fight against them,
We must depend on the big tree, that is Indian National Congress,
This bill of merging declaration,
That everyone has agreed in principle, to understand this,
Your clapping should arise here,
Respected KT Narayanan has not clapped the hands, that is noted,,,
mspecially,
Do you disagree with this bill?
There is disagreement,
People in which political parties they are joining, that is very personal,,,
,,,decision,
But in our village, the simplest of simple lives,
To rise to a better level,
Should try for their physical and spiritual betterment,
The farmer's association which was started with that aim,
After losing its identity and becoming something else, can't agree to that,
For us without having the burden of doctrines, without limitations,
Can't we work for the betterment of human beings?
You don't try to do a big speech!
Will ask in a simple manner, are you a communist?
Are you anti- congress?
If you agree on one among this, you can walk out,
If you are ready to be a part of majority, you can sit here,
I'm a lover of human beings, an ordinary person,
If such a person doesn't possess the quality to sit here,
I'm going-
That will be better,
A person who is un political, it is better to throw him out, for any,,,
,,,political movement, that is what I, strongly believe,
III-
I believe, that is what VP Kunjikannan has told now,
In stead of the word 'we' when the leader starts saying 'l'
That will show the face of coming years, which is going to be vulgar,
Can't sit here any more,
VP Kunjikannan or other respected friends,
Ever seen the inside of Kannurjail?
I was there and suffered,
During that time, the positive thoughts kept close to the heart,
That is what you have snatched from me now,
Son!
Work not over yet?
How long is it taking?
Will be over now,
Coming,n,
Those of you, who have drunk, can go, Then Kunju, go home,
By wandering here, don't eye on my chest and butts!
With your arrack(Local liquor) and the way you talk,
Then what you said, Valli, there are only those areas to eye, is it not?
Mu riyala, I will put you under the fire heath, okay?
Come,
Have you come by mistaking the route?
Or,,,
Come,,,
Muriyala, put the money over there and get up,
And the rest of the people also,
When the young lads come, you won't like us,
Afine piece to like also!
Go, go!
The Murugesan, only told who sharpens the knife,
Will be obtained here,
The place what is told by Murugesan, is this one,
Just come inside and sit,
Sister Valli, come,
Coming,
Valli,
Valli and Murugesan,
This is not'Padikunnu'
This is the same old 'Palani' mountains,
Sister,
Just see how is the flame?
Do you want some more?
Can give,
How is it?
No hatred, No anger,
No love, No desires,
No fear of death,
Like the saints who had meditated for a long time, its such a condition,
What you gave me, with two mugs of liquid,
'Nirmama padam'(Absolute bliss)
Heading to 'Padikunnu'!
What is there?
Few gipsies are staying there by building the huts,
What has he got to do there?
People used to go there to drink 'arrack' (a local liquor),
There is brewing at the Tamil girl's hut,
What happened to this boy?
Whom to ask?
Narayana,
On hearing did not believe,
Have you come to see directly and to get realized?
This is not suited to Narayanan,
To cooperate along with Narayanan,
Your movement cannot do that, That is was told point blankly, no?
Then, why to come in search of me?
I have not told like that,
Rag hava!
When VP Kunjikannan told,
You were silent,
What does that mean? It means you support Kunjikannan, is it not?
Today that association is either congress or socialist,
What if, if it takes the shape of communist, tomorrow?
In the later years, it will be the bad fate which will fall on it,
The opposition voices, to say it, in the words of Durai,
The leader who is capable of making mute,
Accept it with the silence, which is lingered in fear,
Should not go missing, without knowing who should be corrected,
Otherwise shouldn't act, it is not known,
Raghavan, you may g0,
Other wise to praticalize all world socialism,
Drink the medicine what is with Valli,
Then reach the nirmama padam, (The absolute bliss)
For a person who was evicted from the association meeting,
While on saying, only this anarchist way was there, in front of him,
To me some what,,,
During 1964,
On the day when the communist movement was bifurcated into two,
I cried, as told by Surasu,
I know him,
I feel pity on Narayanan,
Either house or movement, one who carries on like that,
There is no law to judge which route should be selected,
Other wise he can negate all the laws, from now on,
That is a very personal decision,
Valli!
Give the liquid, That is prepared as per the notes from Asuran,
The Devan, will drink that,
The sublime water,
You are a big person is it not?
I'm as tiny as a sand grain,
Valli,
Some where here one hut,
I'm also going to built one,
For what?
For m e to stay,
Why, a different hut for that?
Here your husband will come, is it not?
Murugesan,
He is not my husband,
Then can I stay here today?
Will you bath me?
And will you feed me rice?
Will do anything,
Anything!
How long did Narayanan continue?
At the Padikunnu, the Valli drama,
Not more,
Some where he might have got bored with the bitterness of liquor,,,
,,,and sister Valli's sweated body,
Later on seen at, inside the house",
,,,without getting up from his writing table, That Narayanan,
Like a spread cloth, for me place and time is always like that,
On that I, wave the colorful pictures which has got,,,
,,,no tomorrow and today,
The paths which I have thought that is covered,
It is starting to appear in the front again and again,
Today I walk this severe paths,
That was walked and finished, by this poor Wayfarer, long ago,
Narayana, you say some reply,
Your uncle is waiting for that one,
What is it uncle?
Is it marriage matter?
What other than that?
Shalu sister is tired, looking after your affairs,
When you say a word,
Saraswathi will go and talk to them,
To whom?
If it is Suseela's case, that will not take place,
Then, can we try some other case?
Can look, but there is a demand,
What is that?
We will only look on alliances which is educated and,,,
,,,decent family background,
I don't need both of those things,
Then?
The girl should not have sight,
What madness are you talking?
Are you conning people?
No,
Can carry on the search,
As long as living together,
A girl who cannot see me, that is what I wish,
Through my sound, who can see me and my world,
A blind girl,
The mind behind the decision of marrying a blind girl,
By praising the darkness, The one who writes on the limitations of light,
For such a person,
Blindness is a welcoming truth,
A girl who is blind,
Did that search really take place?
Yes,
Lakshmi Kutty,
'Atillacherry' Govindan Naifs nephew,
Being infected with a small pox at the young age, the sight was gone,
To the out side eye's darkness, the girl who shed light with inner eye,
MC Movie Channel
"The virtuous words slowly,slowly To the innertemple within the heart"
"On crossing the corridors of deity Will reach at the dusk, elegantly"
"Apart from the light of lighted lamp In the inner eye, my beloved,,,"
",,,have you realized my form once?"
"The new, new pictorial expressions"
"As weaved by the dark deity"
"Inside the scroll of pictures in dreams"
"In the previous birth's shores"
"Several decades back, Had this dear image impressed in your sight?"
"Even though it is a mere human eye"
",,,written with the lovely alphabets"
"Those are inner heart lovely poems,,,"
"The eyes which are not opened It is the light which is hidden"
"On opening it, Can find dark inner disrespect of heart"
"As this courtyard is filthy"
"Through the conch of mind, which pours"
"Let the holy water"
"You may kindly sprinkle the droplets of that"
"In the tender mist drops Will you be decorated with that?"
"The tender flower of dawn Just like the petal of it"
"Like the moon light, In the month of 'Dhanu' (Decem her-January)"
"Will adorn the bangles on these hands"
"Like the search often sacred flowers,That brings the chillness"
"You may come, my beloved To paths of my birth"
"Let us jointly, take part in this journey, That continues,"
Not even feeling its a house where a marriage has ended,
An indecent function, without calling anyone,
Feeling as if done some kind of mistake,
It is a big thing that he agreed to marry,
When saying people and feast nothing is permitted,
I can only obey to that,
Again if he changes the old conduct and all, it would be good,
About me, Not all good stories are rumored in the native,
Haven't you heard anything?
Have heard only a good story,
With that the ears were filled with happiness,
What is that?
On saying wanted a blind girl as wife,
Why are you looking so keenly?
How can you understand that I'm looking?
I'm seeing it,
What to see?
Yes, Whatever I like I can see that,
I can also see what is not seen by others,
Look, behind the window at the back, it is burial ground, no?
I can see that,
I can even see the depth of the well over there,
Forgot to ask,
While entering the house,
Saw smiling at the window in the up stairs,
Whom have you seen there?
Father and mother,
My father and my mother whom I don't recognize the face at all,
Yes, they were standing to bless me,
You don't believe, no?
Will believe,
The reality must be seen not with the outer eye,
But with the inner eye,
From the several Iakhs who has got the sight,
A person is born with an insight,
Behind him,
Others fate is to become blind followers,
The Unnikurup has given,
That is a letter box,
Didn't I tell that?
Again when the post man comes, take the letter and put it inside,
Keep it here,
Need to ask and know one or two things,
Kindly sit in the main hall, I'll finish this and come,
What is this police men and all?
Did Nakulan come here?
It has been years, since he came to this house,
Do you know where he is?
No,
In the case on which Nakulan had set fire to a register office,
Do you know that he is accused?
Came to know that you are doubting like that,
He has not told anything like that,
If you get any information on him, you must inform us,
We will go,
That is also what I've to say,
If you get any information, must inform me also,
You are very fond of Nakulan, aren't you?
Yes,
Once upon a time,, I had only Nakulan,
I, for him,
Then why was that he was not seen on our marriage?
He is in a hide out,
What about his wife? She also did not come,
Don't know,
Why sitting like this?
No sleep,
In the well, at the burial ground one person has fallen,
How did you know that?
I heard, had fallen while running,
Who?
Nakulan!
(Men talking at the market place)
Did you know?
What?
Nakulan's case,
What happened to him?
Caught by police,
Yesterday night while coming through 'Chalilparambu',
On seeing the police ran and fell into the well at burial ground,
My sight is the knowledge received to me,
To speak more clearly than that, I don't know,
Hey girl! Tell whether what is heard is true?
Hey girl! Stop crying and tell the matter,
Tell!
Are you pregnant?
What is the surety it is Narayanan?
I'll go!
Kunjirama',!
You tell that Kunki, 'maternity attender', to come,
I'll take care of everything, Tham purati(High caste lady)
Kunjirama',!
You call that girl here,
Come!
From now on you don't have to do any work,
To take care of everything Kunki will be here,
Get up and sit,
Drink it,
It is milk added with medicines,
It tastes bitterness,
Bitterness and all will be there,
That is to make the blood pure,
Thampurati, you may sleep,
I'm getting scared, Kunki,
If anything happens to that girl,
For me, its not a first time,
You may sleep,
If at all hearing any noise and cries, pay no attention!
That will happen only at the morning hours,
My Lords!
"Within the corridors of darkness Rises the lonely cries,,Slowly"
"Awakening to writhe in pain"
"Without reply, sorrows of previous birth"
"From both directions, came shoulder to shoulder"
"Hey red color star! You may fade into heart of the ocean,,"
"Wither away, you night flower"
"Silent memories into the blueness of wide ocean"
"Here white doves has not fluttered its wings"
"Will not rapture the bright star, here"
"Is this the abyss?"
"As you slowly dissolve into,, ,,this fearsome misery"
"Not born to life, which is as dear to me, I, remain as a futile life's, curse"
"Lonely wayfarers journey to the past"
"it is faded off, as the foot prints of the sorrow"
"The shadow has departed The shade of pyre"
"The ember has also perished It has lingered into darkness"
"Before it falls to the abyss Will it stay at the verge?"
Get up,
All the curses are just because of me,
Don't say like that,
According to some ones decision, certain things are happening,
All these are certain fools play!
Only that much children,
Was waiting for you,
What is it Gangadharetta?
At the ancestral house, it is busy with partition, is it not?
Those who are far off, selling it at low prices and are getting away,
We can't deny that, no?
What is your plan?
The house and the surrounding enclosure is in your name, is it?
If you are planning to sell, there is a buyer,
I'll get you a good price,
I've already sold my share,
Is it?
To whom? To Nakulan,
What is there for me, decided to write it in his name,
Then shall I walk?
Who is this Nakulan?
Younger brother of Beemasenan,
Have you heard, Nakulan, Sahadevan and all,
That is it,
Coming, you may just ask,
On doing something, there is no point in simply saying,
Narayana! You stay there,
What is it aunty?
Hey what are you up to?
Your share of the property on giving it to 'Korathi's' son,
Are you going to be a saint?
There is a girl here, whom you have married,
Tomorrow children will be there,
At that time, what you think they will do?
Lakshmi Kutty is the child at 'Atillacherry' hails,,,
,,,from 'Cherandoor' house,
For her to live, there they have the means,
Then children, since I'm having 'Kulanda' fate,
Aunty, how will I have children?
Don't talk madness to me,
That 'Korathi's' son,
'Korathi' had a child, not out of any 'sacred pregnancy'
A male has gifted that gift to her,
That is one one else,
Aunty's brother and also my father, that is Kunjappan Nair,
So he is my brother,
His father's property, he has got the rights to obtain that,
What father should have done, I'm doing it,
Or else trying to correct at least one mistake,
Don't speak low of the ones who are dead and who has become soil,
I know your father,
No aunty,
He was not only what we knew,
This is a house which is possessed with truth and justice,
There is a good legacy on this house,
In my life, this good legacy what aunt told, is reason for all loses,
Janu, who would have given birth to my child,
My brother Nakulan,
The love and breast milk which mother could not give,
Kunjooli Am ma who gave that,
Everything was lost to me because of this ancestral legacy,
Won't allow to live as a truthful human being,
This house, legacy and fore fathers,
For the cowards and Iiers to hide inside this,
Right from the days of construction, the darkness is guarded inside this,
To obstruct darkness entering inside this place, for years,,,
,,,what you are doing is guarding it,
On the floors of bath room,,,
,,,the stains of blood that must not be seen at all,
Aunt, you are acting, no?
How long can you continue like that?
By wedding a spoiled lady,
For safe guarding the good will of this ancestral house,
Don't be little him by calling 'Korathi's son'
MBRHDRG
On telling to pluck 2 mangoes to Kunjiramettan,
With jackfruit seeds and mango one curry can be made,
Not that it seems 'Edalam ma' has got chest pain,
How is it? Is it cured?
I'll make some water boiled with cumin seeds,
Drink that,
'Edalamma, Edalamma',!
My God, what is this?
'Edalamma, Edalamma',!
Kunjirametta!
Kalyani!
What is that noise over there?
Young owner!
Young owner, open the door,
On calling 'Edalamma' she is not responding,
Open the door young owner,
Nakula, I can't, I must get down,
I, must get down,
Mother, mother,
Son, son,
What is it son? Did you see any dreams?
I dreamt, I was flying, I couldn't get down,
Sleep!
When I say, Everyone is saying, will listen,
That is why came,
Don't show this kind of obstinacy,
Please go and see the aunt and come,
I won't come,
Don't say like that,
I won't come!
MBRHDRG
Don't be hurt on the feeling that your words killed me,
Through the death, I was liberated,
Like what you have told,
I was not guarding the darkness inside this house,
In that darkness, my life was chained, long back,
Without shadow and form those mothers,,,
,,,who are chained in the corridors of darkness,
Have you understood them, you children?
Have you seen their tears?
Their cries!
On those houses, main halls where the light falls,
Have never gone in search of them,
The male sins in their mind and body,
To know the wounds infected on them,
You also may not be able to do that,
Because,,,
,,,you are the continuation of another one,
In all the three times, you are only a continuation,
Prabhakaretta',!
Prabhakarettan, if you go and call Narayanan, will come down,
Come, there is no one to wait for,
Will take to burial ground,
Prabhakara, has Saraswathi, not some?
No, for the past 2 days she is in the hospital,
Son Narayanan',!
You just come out,
It is time to take it to the burial ground,
Aren't you the one to set the pyre?
Come, son,
No,
Don't call me to set the pyre of my aunt,
I won't come,
Don'y you want to just come and see?
No,,l won't come,
Don't again compel me,
You may go,
Any one is there?
Tell Lakshmi Kutty to come,
No need,
Even at the time of death, I, saw the sorrow on the face of aunt,
At least could have come and seen,
Your face,
Is glowing with beauty,
Come!
No need, It is a house where the death has occurred,
It is a house were the deaths has occurred,
And also the births!
In between that several sexual intercourses,
Come!
Father!
By consecrating the wrong doings in the mind,
My adolescence, on doing masturbation,
In the sexual pleasures by closing the eyes,
To forget the face of now, by visualizing some thing else,
My youth which carries the sin of the sex,
Now after losing the knot of the mind,
Now the forms has began to appear in the eye,
The cause of sexual pleasures,father!
This house has become a room of the hell with torture,
From you, through genetics,
From the legacy of fore fathers, great diseases that is received,
The time has granted a chance for me to be re-born,
What is seen at the childhood,
On the bright days, journeys through the sky,
By touching the branches of the tree to the sky,
By combing off the clouds and flying back to another branch of the tree,
I need my dreams back,
On flying between the walls of this house,
I can't die getting burned, from the flame of a lamp,
Kindly see me off!
About to leave,
Why is that the eyes are filled?
Nothing at all,
Again you won't come back, will you?
Without returning where to go?
The journey is up to Calicut, Sometimes, I told is it not?
Nakulan, is at the Salem jail,
On going there, if possible should meet him,
Why looking like this?
What if, never seen again?
Up to the courtyard, I'll also come along,
Hold my hand!
"In the empty places I kept my memories"
"Descending the steps To the vacuum spaces"
"Came behind All though did not call back!"
"Being struck by the rays of eye I'm burned,,,!"
"I, do not know, How many paths of misery and hardship, I, may stroll"
"I do not know My map of hardships"
"What is known, is,,,Child Is this destiny and hardships"
"Your love is too pure beloved, So is your solace and com passion"
"Beyond that is my in born talents,, ,,call, above all dimensions"
"Where it will reach, not known This louney,,"
"The boundaries of it are marked by you beloved, with your inner light"
"Never will be able to return"
"You grand me your silent consent"
Later, you have never returned to the village of Kottoor,
Neither the dwellers of Kottoor has seen you ever,
In 1947,
August 15th,
In the Marina beach at Madirasi,
T,Y Muthuvel, who is a freelance photographer,
Which was clipped by him,
In this picture, it is you who is standing with the back posture,
Some are telling, those who have digged into your life history,
How far it is true,
There is no other proofs to prove that,
But still I believe,
In the free India's soil, that flew,
Standing saluting the tricolor flag,
The lonely person, That is you!
Dear Kottoor!
Based on facts that is heard,,,
,,,and from references left behind by the time,
The journey which I have made into your life end here,
In it many are untrue,
If you feel so,
Or in the other words,,,
,,,the infringement made into the personal life,
If it is against the permission, I bid the sorry for it,
From Ravi Chandrasekharan,
To KTN Kottoor, not sure whether he is alive or not,
The real play ends with the letter that is written by the playwright,
All this portion is included additionally,
There is a letter,,Letter,
Not to you,
Not to you also,
No! Not to you also,
To you only!
In which era does he live?
Or it may be she,
Or from which era is it coming?
Please read, let us hear,
Respected"
My young friend,
Thanks"
From your own,,
KTN Kottoor!
'Njaan' (Self portrait)
'Njaan' (self portrait)