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
Yep I agree that 60 years ago it was Pareshan, but not it's not Jawan, it's again back to the stage of Pareshan due to the high corruption building up in Govt. Depts and services. I hope people do agree to me.
ReplyDeleteHmmm... I do agree with you Sri that bureaucracy and red tapism is still a problem in India, but looking at the brighter side, we now have the RTI (Right to Information) Act. I know of many people who are successfully using this and not paying any bribes.
ReplyDeleteAn awareness among the general population about this particular act will help reduce the problem that you stated earlier. I hope so! :-)