Wednesday 2:32am . . ತಿರುಮಲಣ್ಣ.....ಇವು ನಿಂಗಳ ಅಪ್ಪ ಅಬ್ಬೆಯಾ...?.....ಹೀಗೆ ಮಾಡಿದ್ದೆ...ಹೆಂಗಾಯಿದು....?... . Wednesday 10:42am namaskaara ganEshaNNa. ivu enna ajj ನಮಸ್ಕಾರ ಗಣೇಶಣ್ಣ. ಇವು ಎನ್ನ ಅಜ್ಜ ಮತ್ತು ಅಜ್ಜಿ. ಹಳೆಮನೆ (ಕಾರಿಂಜೆ ) ಕೇಶವ ಭಟ್ಟ ಮತ್ತು ತಿರುಮಲೇಶ್ವರಿ. ಲಾಯಿಕಾಯಿದು ನಿಂಗೊ ಟಚ್ ಅಪ್ ಮಾಡಿದ್ದು. ಇನ್ನೂ ಸ್ವಾಭಾವಿಕ ವಾಗಿ ಬಯಿನ್ದು. ಥ್ಯಾಂಕ್ಸ್ . ಓಹ್ ಇವು ಮತ್ತೂ ಹಳೆಯವು ಹಂಗರೆ ....ಆನು ಅಜ್ಜಿಯ ಮತ್ತೆ ನಿಂಗಳ ಮತ್ತು ರಾಜೇಂದ್ರಣ್ಣನ ಮುಖಚಹರೆಯ ಹೋಲಿಕೆಯಿಂದ ಅಬ್ಬೆ ಹೇಳಿ ಗ್ರೇಶಿದೆ...ತಪ್ಪಾತು . appu s appu enta suddi ? . ಮತ್ತೆಂತ ಸುದ್ದಿ ಇಲ್ಲೆ....ಇಲ್ಲಿ ಭಯಂಕರ ಚಳಿ ಬೀಳತೇ ಇದ್ದು ಈಗ ಮನುಗುದೇ... . illiyoo chaLi hima enna ajja hechchu kaliyaddaroo, very intelligent, hardworkind and wise person very considerate also aNNaaya bhattaru hELi avakke thumba gowrava itthu engaLa kaDe li during his younger days, avara kaarubaaru time lli he was somebody we all looked up to as a role model person his education was only 3rd grade / standard, but his character and ability was so high the family was very poor when he was in his youth . ಓಹ್ ಅಪ್ಪಾ . it was because of his leadership, I think, that the halemane people came up one thing he told me once in the 1970s when I was college student perhaps, I had almost forgotten, but came back to me as a very important titbit, hint of information, also confirming my other suspicions . ಹೌದು ನಂಗಳ ಏಳ್ಗೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಹಳೇಯೋರ ಪಾತ್ರ ತುಂಬಾ ದೊಡ್ಡದು . he said, when I mentioned to him about my meeting dr balike rama bhat in iit madras or writing to him something like that (we had a good, close relationship with balike rama bhat during those days as an appachchi who was doing very well with high degrees and big jobs, related to us from both grandfathers' sides through their aunt and sister married to balike families) he said that "baaLike yavu kure" looking back, I think it is a statement with much meaning 9and not about kanjoos or poverty or spendthrift) it was about character. using info in a backstabbing, deceptive way, or being a transmitter of such info of bringing harm to the halemane family, I suspect that it started with my grandfather's time. that balike was involved in putting poison seed, vishada beeja, in the halemane family, between my grandfather and his brothers. perhaps it resulted in one of his brothers (aachigaaNa ajja, mahalinga bhat) becoming mentally unstable, he would get mental attacks about twice a year or so, very violent at that time. also stealing aDike etc from our jaalu front-or-side-yard . ಇಷ್ಟು ದೊಡ್ಡ ಜಾಬಲ್ಲಿದ್ದು ದೂರದ ಅಮೇರಿಕಾದಲ್ಲಿದ್ರೂ ಹಿರಿಯರ ಬಗ್ಗೆ ನಿಂಗೊಗಿರುವ ಗೌರವ ಭಾವನೆ ಕಂಡು ಹೆಮ್ಮೆ ಅನಿಸಿತು ತಿರುಮಲಣ್ಣ...I really proud of you.... . more animosity, stress etc between family members I strongly suspect that external anti-halemane forces were involved, and were using close relatives, like these balike people, against us, for at least three generations. they also acted against ambikana 9and later yelkana0 ambikana was totally ruined atarting in the 1970s, lots of hardships thanks for listening. u may be tired. good night . ಇಲ್ಲೆ ತಿರುಮಲಣ್ಣ....ಎನಗೆ ಎಂತ ಹೇಳೆಕ್ಕು ಗೊಂತಾಯದಿಲ್ಲೆ ಅದಕ್ಕೇ ಸುಮ್ಮನಿದ್ದೆ . btw, later, conflicts were created among my ajja and his sons, between my father and my appachchi, and, their father my appachchi quarreled with his father (my ajja in the photo) and my father, starting in the late 1960s, and, finally built his house and left old ajja alone, totally unconcerned (others must have influenced him to change like that because he was very different type very good son previously, also very fond of my father and all of us, I was his favorite when small) my younger brother udayabhanu stopped his education and stayed with ajja afterwards for a few years, later (after ajja passed away) we were able to sell the propert although for very small amount) earlier attempt to sell and take ajja to mangalore with us was not successful. and my appachchi refused to take care of the property even after I requested him to do so, saying he does not have to give us any money, just look after it and enjoy it for a few years until my father 9his brother) retires and comes back to live in the village (we had only rented house in mangalore), and other younger brothers and sisters were there. i had a meeting with my appachchi in july-aug 1974, a few weeks before i came to usa for phd, when i was spending the vacation with ajja helping in supervision of agriculture, paddy cultivation, for about a month or two after finishing MSc at IIT madras i was very disappointed by his reply, refusal to help ajja and us, by continuing to oversee or manage the entire property as he had done until a year before and keep the earnings, keep the beLe for himself he or his wife did not have to take care of ajja i had told him that we will take ajja to mangalore to live with us i had also asked him if he wanted to buy our share of the property he said no, he could not afford it he said he wants to just take care of his family and his share of the property he did not want to help ajja he did not want to invite ajja to live with him, of course, they quarreled, got their share, built new house, and left the main house, leaving ajja alone. ajja later hired a cook to stay with him, old havyaka person . ಛೆ . looking back, ever since 1968, after i came to Bangalore, there were hidden evil forces targeting me, also in iit madras, in usa and in india at those times, during those years, i thought they were all discriminations against me, partiality thOrisiddu against people from dakshina kannada in Bangalore, against non tamilians in nadrsa, against brown foreigners in usa etc. i connected everything together only later, much later, starting in the 1990s and later so, the struggle continues anyway, i will stop now, saying many thanks, praNaams and best wishes to you and family matThe ellaa sowkhya ? . ಸೇಮ್ ಟು ಯೂ ತಿರುಮಲಣ್ಣ ಗುಡ್ ನೈಟ್ . ಎಲ್ಲ ಸೌಖ್ಯ . good night ok bye sweet dreams . 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