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From: mece21x@jane.uh.edu (Yesudas, Michael)
Newsgroups: alt.culture.kerala
Subject: Re: Tippu Sultan - some speculation
Date: 27 Jan 1993 12:35 CST
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In article <1993Jan27.172423.19358@engage.pko.dec.com>, sreeharshan@elis.enet.dec.com (Sreeharshan.O.G...) writes...
> 
>  Michael, I think you are referring to Kerala Varma Pazhassi Raja. He was from
>  the Kottayam kovilakam. This Kottayam is very near Kuthuparamba.
>  Kuthuparamba is appr. 10 kms from Thalasseri. ( And it is very near home
>  for me !)  So you are right ( more or less ;-) ) in saying that it is near
>  Calicut.

Yes, that is the place!

> 
>   Pazhassi Raja ruled from Pazhassi. It is another 10-15 kms towards east. The
>  Pazhassi Kovilakam is still there. A hill there is still called "Kotta-Kunnu".
>  ( Fort-Hill in Malayalam) . The fort is long gone. It is said that it was
>  destroyed by the English East India Company army.
> 
>      Any way Pazhassi Raja did fight the Company and had defeated them and
>  recaptured Pazhassi. He was eventually defeated. He died in Wayanad.
>  There is a bit of controversy about how he died. Some say he committed
>  suicide when it was certain that he was going to be captured, in a battle.
>  And some say he was killed in battle.
> 
>  Pazhassi Raja once joined Tippu to fight against the  East India Company.
>  I think later he fought against Tippu as well. I read these long time back.
>  I could be wrong about the sequence and I don't remember the reasons.
> 
>  As for Tippu Sultan himself, not many people have fond memories about his
>  invasion in the part of Kerala that I am from ! Anyway, those were
>  different times. Did we not have three major kingdoms battling each other ?
>  Did we not have mamanGam ? In yesteryears our 'very own' kings have killed our
>  'very own' people. Reasons ? power/wealth/... why do kings/kingdoms/nations
>  fight with each other ?
> 
>  About the Duke of Wellington. Thalasserri ( very much Tellicherry then ! )
>  was the capital of British Malabar. The time I think was the early 1800s
>  or late 1700s. Anyway he was the "in-charge" at the Tellichery-fort then.
> 
>  That is my bit of history session for now ;-)

Excellent, Every single piece of information fits!

>  Harshan

Great Work!!

Sincerely,
Michael
From: subraman@myria.cs.umn.edu (Satish Subramanian)
Subject: Thirukkural ( Chapter 1 )
Organization: University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, CSci dept.
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 01:14:44 GMT



_______________________________________________________________________
 Thirukkural   		kadavuL vazhththu 	Chapter 1
			(Praise of God)
_______________________________________________________________________

[1] 		"agara mudhala ezhutthellaam aadhi
	 	bhagavan mudhaRRE ulagu"
	
"As the letter A is the first of all letters, so the eternal God is
first in the world"

[2] 		"kaRRadhanaal aaya payanenkol vaalaRivan
		 naRRaaL thozhaa ar enin"

"What profit have those derived from learning who worship not the good
feet of Him who is possessed of pure knowledge"

[3] 		"malarmisai yEginaan maaNadi sErndhaar
		nilamisai needu vaazhvaar"

"Those who are united to the glorious feet of Him who passes swiftly
over the flower of the mind, shall flourish long above all worlds. "


[4] 		"vEnduthbal vEndaamai ilaanadi sErndhaarku
		yaandum idumbai ila"

"To those who are united to the feet of Him who is without desire or
aversion, evil shall never come."


[5]		"eruLsEr eruvinaiyum sEra eraivan 
		poruLsEr pugazhpurindhaar maattu"

"The two-fold deeds that spring from darkness shall not adhere to
those who delight in the true praise of God"


[6]		"poRivaayil ayindhavitthan poytheer ozhukka
        	neRininRaar needu vaazhvaar"

"Those shall long prosper who abide in the faultless way of Him who
has destroyed the five desires of the senses"

[7]		"thanakuvamai illaathaanthaaL sErndhaarku allaal
	 	manakkavalai maaRRal aridhu

"Anxiety of mind cannot be removed, except from those who are united
to the feet of him who is without likeness"

[8]     	"aRavaazhi andhaNanthaaL sErndhaarkku  allaal
		piRavaazhi neendhal aridhu"

"None can swim the sea of vice, but those who are united to the feet
of that gracious Being who is a sea of virtue"


[9]	 	"kOLil pORiyil guNamilavE yeNguNatthaan
		 thaaLai vaNangaath thalai"

"The head that worships not the feet of Him who is possessed of eight
attributes, is profitless as a sense without the power of sensation"

[10]   		"piRavip perungadal neenthuvar neendhaar
		 eraivanadi sEraa dhaar"

"None can swim the great sea of births, but those who are united to
the feet of God"



___________________________________________________________________

Corrections/ Discussions/ Different Interpretations are welcome.
		Posted by Satish Subramanian
 		  (subraman@cs.umn.edu)	
	        Thanks to Siva Bala Narayanan
Newsgroups: alt.culture.kerala
From: pjn+@cs.cmu.edu (P J Narayanan)
Subject: Re: English/Hindi names of spices - Help
Followup-To: alt.culture.kerala
Organization: School of Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 16:46:59 GMT

	English			Malayalam		Hindi
	-------			---------		-----

	Turmeric powder		Manja(l)ppodi           Haldi
	Cumin seeds		(Perum) jeerakam      	Jeera
	Mustard seeds	        Kaduku                  Sarson/Raai
	Fenugreek Seeds		Uluva
	Corriander Powder	Mallippodi		Dhania
	Corriander seeds	Malli/Kotthamalli
	Fennelseeds		Cheru jeerakam ?	Somph	
	Clove	 		Grambu/KarayAmpoo	Lavang
	Cinnamon		Karuvappatta		
	Cardamom 		Elakka(ya)		Elaichi
	Black pepper		Kurumulaku		Kaalimirchi          
	Curry leaves (?)	Karuveppila             Kadipatha
	Asafoetida		Kaayam			Hing
	Cilantros (Sp ?) 	Malliyila               Kothmeer(l ?)
	Nutmeg			Jaathikka(ya)/Jaatipatri
	Red chilly powder	MuLakupoty
	Saffron			Kesari/Kumkumappoo	Kesar
	Sesame/Gingelly		eLLu			Thil

PJN

-- 
---
Robotics Institute, CMU			pjn@cs.cmu.edu
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
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From: sanx@lakshmi.tdc.unisys.co.jp (M.Sankaranarayanan)
Newsgroups: alt.culture.kerala
Subject: Songs, Lyrics and Nostalgia
Date: 26 Jan 93 14:47:49 GMT
Organization: UTexas Mail-to-News Gateway
NNTP-Posting-Host: cs.utexas.edu

Lyrics, Songs and Music

I find the modern malayalam songs also quite interesting. There are a many
with very good lyrics and music also. 

The dominant lyricists of the present movies like ONV, Kaithaprom, Yousuf Ali
(he uses a lot of Sanskrit words in his lyrics) etc. are well established 
poets outside the film world itself. Their film lyrics, though at a different 
level as compared to his poems, are really beautiful. One could give any number 
of examples :

1. "oru manju tuLLiyil neelavaanam, oru kunju poovil oru vasantam.." (Yesudas
   in Aksharangal)

2. "kEvala marthya bhaasha keLkkatha.." (Yesudas in Nakhakshathanghal). Every
   line of this song is beautiful.

3. "Aareyum bhaava gaayakanaaku .." (Yesudas in Nakhakshathanghal) 

4. "Indra NeelimayOlum.." (Chitra in Vaisali). Really great especially if one
   knows the story. Though many of the imageries are borrowed from Kaalidasan.

5. "Indupushpam Chooti nilkkum raathri.." (Chitra in Vaisali :National award)
   Again, very beautiful and relevant to the situation. Lines like "Poovalla
   poonilaavin kiraNamalla, nin poomizhikal anangante priya baananghal.." etc.
   are beautiful.

Though I ended up giving examples from same movies, it's because I cant write
the lyrics off-hand. There are many more.

BUT STILL, I LIKE OLDIES MUCH MORE .. [Nostalgia is not what it used to be]

Sankaranarayanan.
From: chidi@eng.umd.edu (Chidi Subramanian)
Newsgroups: alt.culture.kerala
Subject: Chettimantharam
Date: 23 Jan 1993 04:19:14 GMT
Organization: Project GLUE, University of Maryland, College Park
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Here is the lyric of "Chettimantharam .."


	Chettimantharam thulasi pichchaka malakal charthi
	Guruvayoorappa ninne kanikanenam

	Mayilpeeli choodikondum manja thukil chuttikontum
	Mani kuzhaloothi kontum kanikaneenam
      (2) Mayilpeeli ..

	Chettimantharam ..

	Vakacharthu kazhiyumpol vasanappoo aniyumpol
	Gopikamar kothikunnorudal kaneenam
      (2) Vakacharthu ..

	Chettimantharam ..

	Akathiyamadiyente ashruveenu kuthirnoru
	Avilpaadi kaikolluvan kanikaneenam
      (2) Akathiyam ..

	Chettimantharam ..		


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From: umcheria@news.cc.umanitoba.ca (John A. Cherian)
Subject: Greetings and a question
Organization: University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL5
Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1993 01:29:50 GMT


Subject: Greetings and a question
Newsgroups: alt.culture.kerala
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A big hello to all those ackers out there!
This happens to be my first posting in this newsgroup or any newsgroup, period.
So I hope this posting doesn't turn into a pumpkin at midnight.

I have read this newsgroup periodically. Mostly I found postings on words to
music, and movies. Since I don't watch/listen to the afforementioned music/movies,
I don't find these postings very practical to me. 

But I do like the information about Kerala (like the Census:when was that census
taken? and is there any reason why there are a lot of females?) and the recipes are 
interesting to theoretically consider ( I am not a cook). In general, a nice place 
to get some news on what other Malayalis are thinking or doing.

I would like to ask a question for any person to respond...

I see from the addresses of the postees that Malayalis are all over the U.S. and
Canada. I assume that these Malayalis are mostly associated with a larger, localized
community of Keralites.

I would like to know if these communities that you belong to, have formed any formal/
informal association of Keralites. Would you be so kind as to include a brief descripton
of size of "association", what events/functions/services the "association" organizes, 
what is the mandate of the "organization", and how involved are youths and members in this
"organization". 

I hope I didn't ask too much on the first try. I ask these questions because I am curious
to know how developed/established Keralites are in North America (are there actually ackers
in the rest of the world?)
I also ask because I would like to see how my own (rather small) Association can improve.
There seems to be a decline in attendance/participation in my  organization and a group 
of us are trying to get a survey going to find out why. Any similar problems in your
"organization"?

Thanks!

PS. If don't want to take up space on ACK to reply to my "small question", then you 
      can e-mail me at : umcheria@ccu.umanitoba.ca 
      I prefer e-mail since it is easier for me to access all the time.

Thanks, once again!
   BYE!
From: annie@cc.uow.edu.au (annie george)
Newsgroups: alt.culture.kerala
Subject: Sambar
Date: 26 Jan 1993 09:12:06 -0600
Organization: UTexas Mail-to-News Gateway
NNTP-Posting-Host: cs.utexas.edu

Here is a simple way of making sambar (a la Madras! )

1] 1/4 cup paruppu (or dhal) cooked in enough water (no salt) and mashed up
2] 2 tbs sambar powder
	OR
   2 tsp chilli powder 
   1.5 tsp coriander powder (malli podi)
   a pinch of turmeric powder (manjal)
   A pinch of kayam (powdered)
3] mustard seeds
4] curry leaves about 4
5] 1 tsp grated coconut
6] 1/6 tsp tamarind concentrate
	OR
   1/4 cup tamarind liquid of normal strength
7] 1/6 tsp vendhyam (optional)
8] 1/4 cup sliced onions
8] 1/2 cup vegetables (optional )
9] fresh coriander leaves (optional)
10] 4 tbs oil/butter/ghee

Method:

1] Bring 1 cup of water + tamarind +veges + salt to boil and cook the veges

2] In a saucepan heat the oil/ghee/butter and splutter the mustard .  
 Add vendhyam, curry leaves and onions. Fry them till onions are well done
Add the coconut. Fry till coconut is light brown.
  Remove from stove and add Sambar powder or the substituting spices
Add this to the boiling tamarind mixture.

3. Add the mashed paruppu and let it all boil together for about 5 mins.
  Add water if needed. Garnish with coriander leaves.

Ps. Tamilians are horrified when they know that malayalees add potatoes
to their sambar :-)

Annie.
From: annie@cc.uow.edu.au (annie george)
Subject: Re: more to life & Kerala!!!
Organization: University Of Wollongong
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 93 02:48:05 GMT

mathew5@evans.ee.adfa.oz.au (Mathew) writes:

>There are so many postings for recipies, film titles and song lyrics. 

Just proves how much we miss home.

>I'm asking you all how much Sambar can one man eat??
>How many movies can one man see??

:-) Let me answer like this:
How long can one discuss politics and social problems??
There's more to life than politics especially if you are a poor grad student!

>Think with your intellect and not with your stomach.

After hours of using one's intellectual capacity for grad work
some light hearted fun topics delights me more than serious discussions.

>Some likely topics for discussion could be

A good list.

>Lets improve our game!!

Lets broaden perspectives of our game.

Annie

Newsgroups: alt.culture.kerala
From: mchundat@essex.ecn.uoknor.edu (Mathai Chundattu)
Subject: Re: The origin of the species
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 23:25:39 GMT
Organization: Engineering Computer Network, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK, USA



Talking about such regional variations I remember an interesting
incident told by one of our parallel college professors. 

Once there came four people from Trivandrum looking for jobs and such.
Couldnt find any work, one of them described their sad state to a an 
enquirer.


raNtu pEr~ paanbaaN~  

(Two of us are snakes!)

raNtu pEr~ vaNticchakkRaayitt kaRannGaaN~ 

(The other two, being wheels of a vehicle, are rotating!)



Though actually he meant:

Two of us are about to go.

The other two having just enough money for bus fare, are still looking
for jobs.


mathew

-- 


Organization: Chemistry, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA
Newsgroups: alt.culture.kerala
Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1993 11:51:00 -0500 
From: Prathapan Sreedharan <ps4e+@andrew.cmu.edu>
Subject: Re: Old songs 


I do not remember the lines in full, but I can point out the movies. 
Hope it will be of some help.

1) Neela giriyute....
 The song starts with "Suprabhatham. suprabhatham....
from "Panitheerathaveetu" (it is a wonderful movie adapted from the book
by Parappurath)
Paatiyathu: Jayachandran
Music:  M. S. Viswanathan
Lyrics:  Vayalar, I think.

2) Chethimantharam thulasi..
from "Adimakal" (strongly recommended, one of those early Manjilaas
movies based on a novel by Pamman (of all people!!).
Paatiyathu:  P. Suseela
Music: Devarajan
Lyrics: Vayalar

3) Kutamullappovinum (chorus)

I am not very sure here.  It is either from "Susi" or "Jwaala" 
Paatiyathu: Yesudas and P. Vasantha
Lyrics: Vayalar
Music:Devarajan

I hope some one will come up with the lines.  Otherwise, I shall try to
post the bits and pieces I remember.

Prathapan
From: madanga@hobo.ECE.ORST.EDU (Arun Madangarli)
Newsgroups: alt.culture.kerala
Subject: Re: Annuninte nunakkuzhi
Date: 23 Jan 1993 21:36:12 GMT
Organization: ECE Dept.,OSU,Corvallis
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In article <wfMLTxC00Uh_Q1yYVm@andrew.cmu.edu> Prathapan Sreedharan <ps4e+@andrew.cmu.edu> writes:
>
>Annu ninte nunakkuzhi thelinjittilla
>Annu ninte kavilithra thuduthittilla
>Paatiyathu: Yesudas
>
>

Thank you Prathapan, for posting that absolutely lovely song ! It was one that
I used to be crazy about.....a long while back.

I think that P.Bhaskaran wrote THE sweetest lyrics for malayalam movie songs.
True, Vayalar was awesome in the majesty of his lines and the power of his
imagery.....but for sheer "malayala thanima", give me P.Bhaskaran any time !

Arun


Organization: Chemistry, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA
Newsgroups: alt.culture.kerala
Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1993 11:32:20 -0500 
From: Prathapan Sreedharan <ps4e+@andrew.cmu.edu>
Subject: Annuninte nunakkuzhi

Thanks Ravi, for reminding me of this wonderful song....I can try to
post the lines, but there may be some mistakes.  Incidently, my friend
(more about him later) was of the opinion that the guy who can hum these
lines for a girl ("oru penninte cheviyilee varikal moolan kazhinjavan")
is the  luckiest person in the whole wide world!!

Annu ninte nunakkuzhi thelinjittilla
Annu ninte kavilithra thuduthittilla
Pottukuthan ariyilla, kannezhuthan arilyilla
Ettumpottum thiriyatha paavatakkari
Oru thottavadi karalulla paavatakkari

Annu ninte mizhiyilee malarampilla
Kanmunayil innu kaanum kavithayilla
Pallikkodam muttathulla mallikapoo maram chari
Padam nokki padikkunna pavatakkari
Kandal kannil kavitha thulumpum paavatakkari
Pinne paari paari parannumayum paavatakkari

Annu ninte manasakum malarpoikayil
Ponkinavin arayannam Irangarilla (aren't these the sweetest lines ever
written for a movie song?)
Paattu paati thannillengil
Pooparikkan vannillengil
Paaloli punchiri mayum paavatakkari
Neelakkannil neeru thulumpum pavatakkari

This is from "Pareeksha"

Lyrics:  P.  Bhaskaran
Music:   Late Baburaj
Paatiyathu: Yesudas



Paatupati thannillengil
From: balak@s8.msi.umn.edu (Ajit Balakrishna [ChemE mg15302])
Newsgroups: alt.culture.kerala
Subject: Re: Movies
Date: 27 Jan 93 17:51:05 GMT
Organization: University of Minnesota

molly@uga.edu () writes:

>In article <1993Jan26.221702.19102@newshub.ariel.yorku.ca> cs911093@ariel.yorku.ca (SHANTY KOKKAT) writes:
>>Here are some movies I like..I don't mind watching it over and over..
>>
>>2. NadodiKatt
	Mohanlal, Sreenivasan, Shobana. Comedy. Has a sequel. Can't remember name.
>>3. Ai Auto
	Mohanlal, Comedy.
>>4. Chithram
	Mohanlal, Rajini (?). Beautiful movie. A must-see. Comedy/Drama. Great
	songs.
>>13. keereedam
	Mohanlal. Violent. Man against system movie.
>Thanks for this list.  Isn't possible to give brief info about some of
>these movies (e.g. actors, comedy, drama etc?)
>#1, #9, #10, #13 about these movies.  Thanks

>Molly

>
From: mathew5@evans.ee.adfa.oz.au (Mathew)
Newsgroups: alt.culture.kerala
Subject: more to life & Kerala!!!
Date: 26 Jan 1993 21:31:23 -0600
Organization: UTexas Mail-to-News Gateway
NNTP-Posting-Host: cs.utexas.edu


Hi there fellow Malayalees!!!

By reading ACK one gets the feeling that all you people are interested in is
eating Kerala food and watching Malayalam films.

Surely there's more to life and more to Kerala than food,films and film songs.

There are so many postings for recipies, film titles and song lyrics. 
I'm asking you all how much Sambar can one man eat??
How many movies can one man see??

There are so many topics that should be discussed on a network such as this.
Topics of social and political concern. Yet we all seem to be content with
discussing about Sambar and Aviyal!!

Think with your intellect and not with your stomach.

India at present is in such troubled times. Why do I not see any posting 
regarding this. Yesterday was Indias Republic Day, yet it received little
attention on ACK.

Some likely topics for discussion could be

(1) Socialism and Kerala

(2) Christianity and Kerala

(3) Kerala's education (whats good, whats bad)

(4) The role of the NRI in the development of India

(5) The political future of Kerala and India
etc etc


Lets improve our game!!



Reji Kuruvilla Mathew
Australian Defence Force Academy
Canberra ACT


"Lighted to Lighten"
From: subraman@myria.cs.umn.edu (Satish Subramanian)
Newsgroups: alt.culture.kerala
Subject: Re: Movies
Date: 27 Jan 93 18:20:34 GMT
Organization: University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, CSci dept.

In article <1993Jan27.134701.9549@rigel.econ.uga.edu> molly@uga.edu () writes:
>In article <1993Jan26.221702.19102@newshub.ariel.yorku.ca> cs911093@ariel.yorku.ca (SHANTY KOKKAT) writes:
>>Here are some movies I like..I don't mind watching it over and over..
>>
>>1. Pukalam varavai
>>2. NadodiKatt
>>3. Ai Auto
	Mohanlal and Rekha (tamil). Comedy, but not of high quality.
	'Sundari' is a nice song.

>>4. Chithram
>>5. PeruVannaPurathe Vizhenjal
>>6. Bharatham

	Mohanlal's superb performance ( national award for 1991).
	Mohanlal and his brother are singers( classical). Out
	of professional jealousy Mohanlal's brother (Nedu M Venu)
	leaves the house and gets killed in an accident. Only
	Mohanlal and his lover(urvasi) know about this and doesn't
	want to disclose this to others as his sister's marriage
	is also fixed at the same time. Mohanlal has potrayed the
	character very well, especially in the second half, where
	he restricts and controls his emotions and suffers within	
	himself.

	Great songs from Jesudas.

>>7. Thalayanamathram
>>8. His Kindess Abdulla

	His Highness Abdullah. Another comedy from Mohanlal.  Again
wonderful classical songs from Jesudas. Mohanlal is a gangster and he
acts like a long lost son of Nedu M Venu( a king) to take possession
of the royal wealth. But at the end he reforms.

>>9. Kudumba puranam
>>10. Oru paikili kadha
>>11. Vannanam
	^^^^
	I think you mean 'Vandanam'. This is again a Mohanlal's
movie. Nice comedy.

>>12. Akare akare akare
	
	Mohanlal and Sreenivasan play detectives in USA(?). This
is a sequel to the movie Pattina Pravesam. Comedy.

>>13. keereedam

	Mohanlal's another masterpiece. The story shows how a nice guy
can become voilent when pushed to the wall by society. Thillakan as
Mohanlal's father gives a equally good performance.

>>
>>+ any movie produced by Bala Chandra Menon (I guess I spell it correct)
>>
>
>Thanks for this list.  Isn't possible to give brief info about some of
>these movies (e.g. actors, comedy, drama etc?)
>#1, #9, #10, #13 about these movies.  Thanks
>
>Molly
>
>
From: mathew5@evans.ee.adfa.oz.au (Mathew)
Newsgroups: alt.culture.kerala
Subject: visit back to Kerala
Date: 25 Jan 1993 04:45:30 -0600
Organization: UTexas Mail-to-News Gateway
NNTP-Posting-Host: cs.utexas.edu



hi! there folks!! This is my first posting to ACK. Infact this is my first posting to anywhere.

Hope this posting reaches ACK with out any problems. I did send a couple of test postings earlier.

My name is Reji Kuruvilla Mathew and I'm currently studying for a Masters in Electronics Engineering in Canberra, Australia.

I just completed a one month holiday in Kerala. How I love Kerala, the people, the green scenery, the beaches and ofcourse the food!!!  I have been here in Australia for 15 years now but I still feel so much at home in Kerala.

The standard of living in Kerala and I must say the quality of life too is far higher in Kerala than many other states in India. Although much of the improvement in living standards have been brought about by "GULF" money. 

Pullad, my father's place is rolling in GULF money. Infact I have heard it saidthat the Pullad/Kumbanad area is called Little Dubai!!

Ayodya (sorry about the spelling if its wrong!!) has managed to make a total mess of India.  It has single handedly destroyed INDIA and its slow growing economy. Although Kerala was little affected by the calamity, it has left the country in needless confusion and turmoil!!

Any way enough about that!! I miss Kerala and its People and I often wonder what I can do for my home state as a NRI?

I've been reading ACK since its commencement last year but this is my first posting. ACK has given me many hours of pleasure during the long hours I have to spend in the computing room.

I better finish now!!




Reji Kuruvilla Mathew
Australian Defence Force Academy
Canberra ACT

"Lighted to Lighten"
Newsgroups: alt.culture.kerala
From: thekkath@cs.washington.edu (Chandramohan Thekkath)
Subject: Kokum by any other name
Organization: Computer Science & Engineering, U. of Washington, Seattle
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 93 00:27:27 GMT

Kokum is English for Garcinia Indica. The name comes from the Marathi
kokhamb. Though I am not sure if the two are the same, kokum can be
used in place of kodumpulli. Kokum has been frequently sighted in
Indian grocery stores in the Bay Area, Settle, and D.C.
-- 
		    thekkath@cs.washington.edu
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