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Ami jevthaana vaadaacha padhaartha - baatha, baaji, paala, vagairah vagairah - kaayin haala karnaatha jevaanvan. Jevthaana adhika bolthaane, adhika paaniyin pithaane. Hallu nidhaana chagalun (dhaantha asnaara) jevaanvan.

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12 November 1952 -

 

Pallavapuramaantha gharaantha shanaacha sampaaka. Lokayin barun hothe. Aajimma, amma, Avo aaji, Kaki askin milun sowlaacha sampaaka karlothe. Paapadaacha kheere. Mee payilla pankthintha jewaala basungelon. Payilla paana barun baatha Avo aaji vaadle. Gharcha thoopa aeka pali barun ghaatle. Payilla baathaala mee lonchaacha rasa ghaalaantha mantlon. Ambaacha lonchaacha rasa ghatle, vora ardha pali chokkota thela, besha milivun kalivingitlon. Aek ghansa kaadun thondaantha ghaalingitlon. Thevdacha. Thae aavakkaai loncha mana, aekdham moharecha vaasa (mala thae ghaane), mala avadlacha nahi, thondaanthala baatha haathi kaadun paanaantha aeka pattisa ghatlon. Konki saangitla, baatha avadthini manje sarkivun tivuntakun veghla baatha geinge manu, Tasacha karlon, kaalvana, nanthara saara, gulchita, nanthara paapadaacha kheere, dahi baatha askin jevun utlon. Maja amma saangitle, payillacha loncha kasa ahe manun rooche paavuntakun nanthara baatha kalivingitlaasanvan. Kevda baatha haala hola paa, thevdi Lakshmi. Jevthaana paana paavun kaaye kevda pajje manun vichaarun jevaanva, kaayin haal karthaane. Gharcha thaandoola, thoopacha, asalthiri thevda padhaartha haala hungela paa, manuna. Thyaaj nanthara mee udhanda paavun, pajjetha vichaarun, nakkotha nokko manuntakun jevana. Paanaantha ghaalaacha askin jaalthe poorthe kaavuntakina.

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Paranthu ala 10 June 1974 -

 

Thanjaavooraantha maja dhakti bahineecha saasurwadi chaannaacha jevanaala ghelothon. Chaannaacha jevanacha, paranthu gharaa aantha cha. Baatha vaadun kaalvana ghaatle, meeyin kaayiki yochanana karatha baatha kaluvinghatha hothon. Maja bahine, bavoji somora baslothe jevaala, thina mala paavun hasatha hothi, mala samjalni. Aek ghaansa baatha thondaantha ghaalaaka gelon, themmaacha mala kalla thae kaandhecha saambaara manu. Kaandhe mala janma virodhi, majaana khaayaalacha hoina, thyaaja karthaancha maja bahine mala paavun hasatha asliye. Aththa kaaye karna? Mee jevthini, utun jathon mantlon, thae haathaavate thaecha paanaantha punayin jevaala hoina, kaandhecha ghane badivala. Maja mama, Vittoba Mama, sedhaari baslothe, theni saangitle, 'Utlaas manje, punayin jevaala basthaane. Veghla paana sedhaari ghalthila, baslaaska aeka thaataantha haath dhuvinguntakun veghla paanaantha jeve' manun. Tasacha karlon. Nanthara mama saangitle, vaadthaanacha kallakini thae kaandhecha kaalvana manun, thoo themmaacha nokko mantlaasaavan, manun. Malayin manaala udhanda srama hola, evda baatha haala karuntaaklon ki manun.

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Thyaakarthaancha saangna jevthaana yochana aggi baandhun tivuntakun jevaanva manu,

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Dhone varshaa puda aeka nischayathaarthaala Indira Nagar Chennai) gelothon. Laahna tikaana, loka barun hothe. Jevaacha tikaanayi laahna. Jevanaa bayaarasun yaala vela hungela. Pandhra pandhra dhanecha jevaala basaala hola. Thyaantha aekle jevun utle, paayilthra paana upayoga karlaaskacha nahotha, kaaye jevlaanthaka nahika manun vicharlon. Pot barun jevan jaala. Kaaye pajjeki thae poortha ghale manun jevaacha dhandaka mala, kaayaacha padhaartha aggi haala karna mala avadna, mantle. Asamana asaanva manu maningitlon. 

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Thaecha varaadi gharaantha (jevana contractaantha nahithra), kaan, Mathaanthapini loka paan kaali karthinitha, barun haal karthaatha. Aachaare loka, brahmana loka jevana sampivithaana kevda khaana aeka patisa lotun tivthaatha? Shaasthraala nankara paanaantha soduya, thaelamanu thevdaka haala karna!

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Aththa sampaakaacha padhaartha vikaacha molaala (thandhoola chokkota panchaapan rupaye aek kilo, thurith dhaale, uddhaacha dhaale, mughaacha dhaale askin thevdacha, thela (?) vichaarnacha nokko. Padhaartha haala karnaatha jevanacha jevnacha borora, jevaacha padhaarthaala mola paathaane, paranthu haala karacha padhaarthaacha mola avasya paavan.

 

Aaje evda puray. Aniki yevuya, mee vaa a..

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Raajaram Ramachandran

27-10-2015

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