Memoirs of Christ Nagar XVIII

Hi to my dear batch,

Nice to contact all of you once again. Continuing with our school memoirs,

Malayalam : Gangadharan sir was our teacher. He taught us sincerely, and I used to feel sorry for him when our batchmates make fun of him and call nicknames. He is a known diabetic, on insulin, used to come to Trivandrum Medical College to get injections regularly, and thus,
I could get acquainted of him later. Hope none can forget the vritham that he had taught.

Manjari: `Slathakakalivrithathil randam pathathilanthyamam
Randaksharam kurachidil athu manjariyayidum'

Keka : `Moonnum randum randum moonnum randum randennezhuthathil
Pathinnalinnezhaksharam patham randilumonnu pol
Guruvonnenkilum venam marathoro ganathilum
Nadukku yathi pathathi poruthemithu kekayam'

Kakali : `Mathrayanchaksharam moonnil varunnoru ganangale
Ettu cherthulleeradikku chollam kakali ennu per'
Vamshastham : `Jathangal vamshasthamatham jarangalum'
Shardulavikreeditham : `Panthrandal masajam sathamtha guruvum
shardulavikreeditham'

Other types of vritham like nathonnatha etc.

Quiz question for all of you – what is "ya ra tha bha ja sa ma na"?

Samasam : 4 types – avyayibhavan, thalpurushan, bahuvrihi, dhwandhwan.
Sandhi : adeshasandhi, lopasandhi, agamasandhi, dithwasandhi. (Hope Nitish Mathew remembers his bitter incident)

Remember the I paper text book with 25 chapters including, Nanathwavum ekathwavum, Venuganam (Cherusseri), Sree bhoovilasthira (Kumaranasan), Krishnanum Kuchelanum, Abhinava kalalayam, Pazhanchollukal (Pazhanchollil pathirilla), Indumathee swayamvaram,
AR Rajarajavarma (an essay which sir made the whole class to recite one day- against dwithiyakshara prasam) etc.

Remember the II paper text book `Uthishtatha jagratha', which is the life history of Swami Vivekananda. His childhood (Narendran), life, journeys to US (Chicago - 1893), and end have been depicted very well.

To continue in the coming sessions,

Yours sincerely,
Sundar Singh