As a kid/teenager, my only source of information to learn malayalam was Manorama Publications' Balaram, a children's fortnightly and my granny. I still vividly remember how she used to teach me the basics of malayalam whenever I come to Kerala on vacations. My granny was also a great source of amazement for me as she used malaylam proverbs or the so called "pazham chollu" every now and then. These proverbs, though small in length and use, had deep insights! Though I can read/write Malayalam today, thx to Balarama and my granny, I used to miss her proverbs a lot. But not anymore!! Thanks to this Wikipedia link , forwarded to me by Vinay
Infact, I think, the third and fourth picture touched most hearts across the world!!
ReplyDeleteYeah, those two are award winning photos of Indian photo journalist Arko Dutta. The first one was taken by Arko Dutta during the recent floods, the third one during Gujarat riots, and the last one during Tsunami.
ReplyDeleteThe second pic is very the one that a National Geographic photographer took 19 years ago in Afghanistan